FT employers ranking places Imperial in middle tier of universities
College also up seven places in People & Planet ranking.
Imperial College came 216th out of the 500 companies featured in the Financial Times “UK’s Best Employers 2026” ranking.
A total of 20,000 employees across a range of industries were surveyed in the summer of 2025 by Statista for the survey.
The College came in 26th place out of 58 employers in the education sector, above UCL and LSE but below the University of Oxford and King’s College London. The University of Cambridge topped the overall ranking, across all industries.
Provost Peter Haynes addressed the ranking during the March 3rd “In conversation” webinar. Remarking upon the relatively small staff sample on which the index is based, Haynes urged staff members to complete the Imperial staff survey, calling it “far more useful”.
In December, Imperial was ranked 69th on the “People & Planet’s University League,” up seven places from last year. The People & Planet ranking takes into account both environmental strategy and employee welfare metrics. The College scored 53.1% and was awarded a 2:2 class distinction.
