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Dedicated to delivering the highest possible quality teaching and research at the heart of Imperial College London and fostering excellence in a diverse and supportive community.

Professor Geoff Hall in front of the CMS silicon tracker at the specialised CERN facility

Professor Ann Dell, Dr Stuart Haslam and postgraduate researcher, Gang Wu are working in a Molecular Biosciences lab

Undergraduates in a Scientific Modelling tutorial session are programming using the C language

Tim Albrecht, Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, using the atomic force microscope and STM (scanning tunnelling microscope)

About the Faculty

The Faculty is led by the Principal, Professor Maggie Dallman and employs approximately 1,200 staff, teaches 3,000 undergraduates and 1,400 postgraduate students, and has a research income totalling £66.5 million (2010-11 figures).

RAE Results

The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed the Faculty of Natural Sciences to be the second strongest in the UK, based on the proportion of world-leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*) research activity over all of our research areas. Full details.