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Imperial maintains 2nd place in QS ranking, tied with Stanford

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Imperial maintains 2nd place in QS ranking, tied with Stanford

Imperial maintained its place as the best university in Europe and second-best university globally in the 2027 QS World University Rankings. It has held this position since 2025, but this year was tied for second place with Stanford University. MIT retained the top spot, UCL moved up one place

By Guillaume Felix
Gender gap in Imperial First-class rate achievement increasing again

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Gender gap in Imperial First-class rate achievement increasing again

The gender gap in the share of female and male undergraduates who are awarded First-class degrees at Imperial is increasing again, data obtained via a Felix Freedom of Information request shows. A higher share of female graduates was awarded First-class degrees in 2019-20 for the first time,

By Guillaume Felix and William Chia

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Passkeys made mandatory to limit phishing

Following the advice from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), University Management Board (UMB) has approved the recommendation that all members of Imperial must adopt passkeys by the end of July.  This is as a result of “more sophisticated phishing attacks” that are being used to target members of the

By Guillaume Felix