Imperial College London is one of the most popular universities in the UK, rivaling Oxford and Cambridge in terms of fame and rankings. And, just like the, it’s hard to get a place at Imperial.
Imperial receives over 30,000 applications each year, more than either Oxbridge university. And yet, there are only around 3,000 places available. That means that you will need to be within the top 10% of applicants to have a chance of getting your place, which isn’t easy to do.
The first step to getting your place is to understand your chances of success, which is exactly what this guide will help you do. We’ve broken down the success rates of each major course taught at Imperial and analysed some key data points to show you what your odds are. If you’re ready, let’s begin:
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Imperial College London Acceptance Rate - overall
Firstly, what is a success rate? Simply put, it’s an umbrella term for two pieces of data that are crucial for us to understand. Firstly, we have the acceptance rate of a degree. This is used to determine what percentage of applicants were admitted onto a course, which we calculate like so:
Number of admitted applicants/Total number of applicants
We also need to consider offer rates, which are calculated in the same way as the acceptance rates, except looking at the number of students who were given offers. The offer and acceptance rates are usually different for a course because not every applicant with an offer ends up studying on a course. This may be because a student didn’t meet the grade requirements or because they chose to study at a different university.
Both statistics are important to consider, but offer rates are generally the more important one if you’re an applicant, as getting an offer is the most difficult part of the process and the part you will have to work the most towards. When applying, there are many factors that could impact your chances of success, but once you’ve received your offer, the main barrier left is achieving your required grades in your exams. You can learn more about how to use this information in our dedicated guide to making the most of university admissions data.
Firstly, let’s look at the undergraduate admissions statistics for Imperial overall. We’ll take a look at the last five years to understand how admissions have changed, so be aware that the year shown is the year of entry, not the year the application cycle begins.
Imperial College London Acceptance Rates (2020 - 2025)
2025
Applicants: 33,923
Offers: 8,143
Acceptances: 3,627
Offer Rate: 24.0%
Acceptance Rate: 10.7%
2024
Applicants: 32,887
Offers: 8,264
Acceptances: 3,474
Offer Rate: 25.1%
Acceptance Rate: 10.6%
2023
Applicants: 30,739
Offers: 7,948
Acceptances: 3,137
Offer Rate: 25.9%
Acceptance Rate: 10.2%
2022
Applicants: 28,877
Offers: 7,616
Acceptances: 3,092
Offer Rate: 26.4%
Acceptance Rate: 10.7%
2021
Applicants: 28,905
Offers: 7,821
Acceptances: 3,308
Offer Rate: 27.1%
Acceptance Rate: 11.4%
2020
Applicants: 25,780
Offers: 8,758
Acceptances: 3,454
Offer Rate: 34.0%
Acceptance Rate: 13.4%
As we can see, success rates have been getting consistently lower since 2020, in line with the continual increase of applicants (although they dropped slightly in 2022). Admissions seemed to have been impacted heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, where the offer and acceptance rates were much higher than following years.
It’s worth noting that, starting from 2021, applications for Medicine at Imperial rose sharply (3,365 in 2020 vs 4,045 in 2021) despite having no additional places available, which could be attributed to the nearly 7% drop in offer rate this year.
In 2025, applications were at their highest point, but the offer rate was ultimately at its lowest rate in the past five years. Despite this, the acceptance rate increased by 0.5% compared to 2023.
Imperial vs Oxbridge - Acceptance Rates
As one of the UK’s top universities and a member of the G5 Universities, Imperial is often compared to the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, together known as Oxbridge. These are two of the oldest and most famous universities in the world, meaning they are also popular choices amongst applicants.
They’re also extremely competitive, with a rigorous admissions process, but how competitive are they compared to Imperial?
Oxford Acceptance Rates 2024
Applicants: 23,061
Offers: 3,793
Acceptances: 3,245
Offer Rate: 16.4%
Acceptance Rate: 14.1%
Cambridge Acceptance Rates 2024
Applicants: 22,153
Offers: 4,760
Acceptances: 3,632
Offer Rate: 21.5%
Acceptance Rate: 16.4%
As you can see, each university receives fewer applications than Imperial each year, but they admit a comparable number of students. The Oxbridge universities give out far fewer offers than Imperial, meaning there is less of a gap between the offer and acceptance rates.
Speaking of success rates, we can see that Imperial was actually much more difficult to get into in 2024. While the offer rate was higher than either university, the final acceptance rate of 10.6% is 3.5% lower than Oxford and nearly 6% lower than Cambridge.
However, this doesn’t mean Oxford or Cambridge are easy to get into. Plus, as we’ll soon see, the addition of a new degree with an extremely low acceptance rate will have negatively impacted the overall success rate. The main takeaway is that all of these universities are incredibly competitive.
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Imperial Acceptances Rates 2025
Each year, Imperial publishes an extensive admissions statistics document that showcases the offers and acceptances for each individual course. There’s a lot to go through here, so the data will be split based on the faculty that teaches them, of which there are four. Let’s get started:
Imperial Business School Acceptance Rates
Imperial Economics, Finance and Data Science Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 2,183
Offers: 309
Acceptances: 162
Offer Rate: 14.2%
Acceptance Rate: 7.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 3,036
Offers: 226
Acceptances: 117
Offer Rate: 7.4%
Acceptance Rate: 3.9%
Being the only course currently taught by the Imperial Business School, it is fairly different from the other degrees taught at the university due to the elements of humanities alongside typical STEM teaching.
For its two years running, student numbers were kept very low, leading to the lowest offer and acceptance rates of any degree at Imperial. However, in 2025, supply for places on the course was significantly increased, with close to 100 additional offers being sent out.
Demand also dropped by roughly 850 applicants, leading to a much better offer and acceptance rate compared to the previous year. The course is no longer the most competitive at Imperial, although it is still among the most difficult to get into.
Imperial Faculty of Engineering Acceptance Rates
Imperial Aeronautical Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 1,667
Offers: 326
Acceptances: 150
Offer Rate: 19.6%
Acceptance Rate: 9.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 1,574
Offers: 316
Acceptances: 147
Offer Rate: 20.1%
Acceptance Rate: 9.3%
Imperial Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 74
Offers: 10
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 13.5%
Acceptance Rate: NA
2024 Entry
Applicants: 58
Offers: 6
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 10.3%
Acceptance Rate: NA
This is one of the least popular degrees at Imperial, and we can see that it also has a fairly low offer rate. As well as this, for two years in a row, five or fewer applicants were admitted. We do not have an exact amount, as Imperial’s report does not record figures below five.
Imperial Biomedical Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 1,081
Offers: 335
Acceptances: 136
Offer Rate: 31.0%
Acceptance Rate: 12.6%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 709
Offers: 341
Acceptances: 135
Offer Rate: 48.1%
Acceptance Rate: 19.0%
Imperial Biomedical Tech Ventures Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 8
Offers: 0
Acceptances: 0
Offer Rate: 0.0%
Acceptance Rate: 0.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 115
Offers: 67
Acceptances: 27
Offer Rate: 58.3%
Acceptance Rate: 23.5%
Although applications were open for this degree in 2025, only 8 people applied, and none of them were accepted. Despite this, applications will be open for 2027 entry.
Imperial Chemical Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 948
Offers: 388
Acceptances: 176
Offer Rate: 40.9%
Acceptance Rate: 18.6%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 979
Offers: 428
Acceptances: 168
Offer Rate: 43.7%
Acceptance Rate: 17.2%
Imperial Civil Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 402
Offers: 230
Acceptances: 112
Offer Rate: 57.2%
Acceptance Rate: 27.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 412
Offers: 246
Acceptances: 109
Offer Rate: 59.7%
Acceptance Rate: 26.5%
Imperial Civil Engineering (with Year Abroad) Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 81
Offers: 41
Acceptances: 21
Offer Rate: 50.6%
Acceptance Rate: 25.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 70
Offers: 42
Acceptances: 13
Offer Rate: 60.0%
Acceptance Rate: 18.6%
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (BEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 1,167
Offers: 180
Acceptances: 96
Offer Rate: 15.4%
Acceptance Rate: 8.2%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 1,531
Offers: 236
Acceptances: 83
Offer Rate: 15.4%
Acceptance Rate: 5.4%
As Imperial’s equivalent to Computer Science, which has been one of the most popular degrees for students in recent years, it’s no surprise to see Computing in the top five most popular Imperial degrees (specifically the undergraduate variant). Computer Science degrees are notoriously difficult to get into, so how does Imperial’s compare?
Demand actually dropped for the course in 2025, and offers were also dropped considerably. This didn’t result in a drop in the offer rate, though, and acceptances ultimately increased, leading to a higher acceptance rate. This is still a highly competitive degree, but it remains to be seen if this drop in demand continues.
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 616
Offers: 145
Acceptances: 84
Offer Rate: 23.5%
Acceptance Rate: 13.6%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 670
Offers: 182
Acceptances: 63
Offer Rate: 27.2%
Acceptance Rate: 9.4%
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 782
Offers: 99
Acceptances: 50
Offer Rate: 12.7%
Acceptance Rate: 6.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 808
Offers: 116
Acceptances: 42
Offer Rate: 14.4%
Acceptance Rate: 5.2%
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (International Programme of Study MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 74
Offers: 11
Acceptances: 7
Offer Rate: 14.9%
Acceptance Rate: 9.5%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 77
Offers: 19
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 24.7%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (Management and Finance MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 78
Offers: <5
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: NA
Acceptance Rate: NA
2024 Entry
Applicants: 87
Offers: <5
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: NA
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (Security and Reliability MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 79
Offers: <5
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: NA
Acceptance Rate: NA
2024 Entry
Applicants: 80
Offers: 10
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 12.5%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (Software Engineering MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 325
Offers: 17
Acceptances: 6
Offer Rate: 5.2%
Acceptance Rate: 1.8%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 434
Offers: 27
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 6.2%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial’s Computing (Software Engineering) was one of the most competitive degrees in the UK in 2025, although it’s acceptance rate did improve compared to 2024.
Imperial Computing Acceptance Rate (Visual Computing and Robotics MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 85
Offers: 14
Acceptances: 6
Offer Rate: 16.5%
Acceptance Rate: 7.1%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 129
Offers: 13
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 10.1%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Design Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 762
Offers: 181
Acceptances: 103
Offer Rate: 23.1%
Acceptance Rate: 13.2%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 731
Offers: 179
Acceptances: 106
Offer Rate: 24.5%
Acceptance Rate: 14.5%
Imperial Earth and Planetary Science Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 174
Offers: 65
Acceptances: 17
Offer Rate: 37.4%
Acceptance Rate: 9.8%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 134
Offers: 77
Acceptances: 24
Offer Rate: 57.5%
Acceptance Rate: 17.9%
Imperial Earth and Planetary Science Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 94
Offers: 45
Acceptances: 19
Offer Rate: 47.9%
Acceptance Rate: 20.2%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 66
Offers: 39
Acceptances: 15
Offer Rate: 59.1%
Acceptance Rate: 22.7%
Imperial Earth and Planetary Science (with Year Abroad) Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 34
Offers: 22
Acceptances: 5
Offer Rate: 64.7%
Acceptance Rate: 14.7%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 42
Offers: 35
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 83.3%
Acceptance Rate: 23.8%
Imperial Electrical and Electronic Engineering Acceptance Rate (BEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 642
Offers: 88
Acceptances: 37
Offer Rate: 13.7%
Acceptance Rate: 5.8%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 694
Offers: 121
Acceptances: 46
Offer Rate: 17.4%
Acceptance Rate: 6.6%
Imperial Electrical and Electronic Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 601
Offers: 188
Acceptances: 92
Offer Rate: 31.3%
Acceptance Rate: 15.3%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 528
Offers: 209
Acceptances: 95
Offer Rate: 39.6%
Acceptance Rate: 18.0%
Imperial Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 85
Offers: 17
Acceptances: 7
Offer Rate: 20.0%
Acceptance Rate: 8.2%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 86
Offers: 24
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 27.9%
Acceptance Rate: 11.6%
Imperial Electronic and Information Engineering Acceptance Rate (BEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 134
Offers: 25
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 18.7%
Acceptance Rate: 8.2%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 149
Offers: 31
Acceptances: 12
Offer Rate: 20.8%
Acceptance Rate: 8.1%
Imperial Electronic and Information Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 236
Offers: 106
Acceptances: 47
Offer Rate: 44.9%
Acceptance Rate: 19.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 223
Offers: 97
Acceptances: 51
Offer Rate: 43.5%
Acceptance Rate: 22.9%
Imperial Geology Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 120
Offers: 55
Acceptances: 12
Offer Rate: 45.8%
Acceptance Rate: 10.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 87
Offers: 50
Acceptances: 17
Offer Rate: 57.5%
Acceptance Rate: 19.5%
Imperial Geology Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 32
Offers: 20
Acceptances: 6
Offer Rate: 62.5%
Acceptance Rate: 18.8%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 24
Offers: 18
Acceptances: 6
Offer Rate: 75.0%
Acceptance Rate: 25.0%
Imperial Geology (with Year Abroad) Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 33
Offers: 26
Acceptances: 13
Offer Rate: 78.8%
Acceptance Rate: 39.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 28
Offers: 20
Acceptances: 8
Offer Rate: 71.4%
Acceptance Rate: 25.9%
All Geology degrees feature some of the largest disparities between offers and acceptances in 2025, with large drops from offer rates to acceptance rates. This is likely isn’t down to high offer requirements, as Imperial’s data states that the Department of Earth Science and Engineering (which teaches Geology) primarily sent out offers of AAA and A*AA.
Imperial Geophysics Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 84
Offers: 28
Acceptances: 9
Offer Rate: 33.3%
Acceptance Rate: 10.7%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 48
Offers: 28
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 58.3%
Acceptance Rate: 22.9%
Imperial Geophysics Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 49
Offers: 26
Acceptances: 13
%Offer Rate: 53.1%
Acceptance Rate: 26.5
2024 Entry
Applicants: 29
Offers: 19
Acceptances: 7
Offer Rate: 65.5%
Acceptance Rate: 24.1%
Imperial Geophysics (with Year Abroad) Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 10
Offers: 8
Acceptances: 5
Offer Rate: 80.0%
Acceptance Rate: 50.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 16
Offers: 12
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 75.0%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Material Science and Engineering Acceptance Rate (BEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 531
Offers: 102
Acceptances: 51
Offer Rate: 19.2%
Acceptance Rate: 9.6%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 391
Offers: 114
Acceptances: 55
Offer Rate: 29.2%
Acceptance Rate: 14.1%
Imperial Material Science and Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 384
Offers: 146
Acceptances: 62
Offer Rate: 38.0%
Acceptance Rate: 16.1%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 295
Offers: 154
Acceptances: 78
Offer Rate: 52.2%
Acceptance Rate: 26.4%
Imperial Materials with Nuclear Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 128
Offers: 43
Acceptances: 16
Offer Rate: 33.6%
Acceptance Rate: 12.5%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 77
Offers: 24
Acceptances: 8
Offer Rate: 31.2%
Acceptance Rate: 10.4%
Imperial Mathematics and Computer Science Acceptance Rate (BEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 585
Offers: 58
Acceptances: 21
Offer Rate: 9.9%
Acceptance Rate: 3.5%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 722
Offers: 109
Acceptances: 30
Offer Rate: 15.1%
Acceptance Rate: 4.2%
Imperial Mathematics and Computer Science Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 455
Offers: 79
Acceptances: 36
Offer Rate: 17.4%
Acceptance Rate: 7.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 396
Offers: 77
Acceptances: 24
Offer Rate: 19.4%
Acceptance Rate: 6.1%
Imperial Mechanical Engineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2023 Entry
Applicants: 2,650
Offers: 406
Acceptances: 186
Offer Rate: 15.3%
Acceptance Rate: 7.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 2,328
Offers: 430
Acceptances: 205
Offer Rate: 18.5%
Acceptance Rate: 8.8%
Here, we have Imperial’s most popular Engineering degree by quite a wide margin. Imperial offers many different Engineering degrees, but this is the one that many will imagine when thinking about the subject.
The success rates here are very standard, with the acceptance rate staying below 10%. However, it’s worth knowing that this is an MEng course rather than BEng course.
Imperial Molecular Bioengineering Acceptance Rate (MEng)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 341
Offers: 143
Acceptances: 66
Offer Rate: 41.9%
Acceptance Rate: 19.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 240
Offers: 133
Acceptances: 64
Offer Rate: 55.4%
Acceptance Rate: 26.7%
Faculty of Engineering Overall Acceptance Rate 2025
Applicants: 15,844
Offers: 3,763
Acceptances: 1,720
Offer Rate: 23.8%
Acceptance Rate: 10.9%
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Imperial Faculty of Medicine Acceptance Rates
Imperial Medical Biosciences Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 1,633
Offers: 309
Acceptances: 154
Offer Rate: 18.9%
Acceptance Rate: 9.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 1,436
Offers: 342
Acceptances: 155
Offer Rate: 23.8%
Acceptance Rate: 10.8%
Imperial Medical Biosciences with Management Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 231
Offers: 67
Acceptances: 28
Offer Rate: 29.0%
Acceptance Rate: 12.1%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 157
Offers: 37
Acceptances: 14
Offer Rate: 23.6%
Acceptance Rate: 8.9%
Imperial Medicine Acceptance Rate (MBBS)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 2,149
Offers: 661
Acceptances: 357
Offer Rate: 30.8%
Acceptance Rate: 16.6%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 3,444
Offers: 668
Acceptances: 356
Offer Rate: 19.4%
Acceptance Rate: 10.3%
Despite previously being the most popular degree at Imperial College London, Medicine saw a major drop in demand in 2025, with nearly 1,300 fewer applications being received. However, a similar number of offers were sent out (the most of any degree in 2025), leading to a major increase in the offer rate. The final cohort remained almost exactly the same size, but this will be cause for concern if the trend continues for 2026 entry.
Imperial Medicine (Graduate Entry) Acceptance Rate (MBBS)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 329
Offers: 63
Acceptances: 37
Offer Rate: 19.1%
Acceptance Rate: 11.2%
Graduate Medicine at Pears Cumbria was a new offering for 2025. The introduction of this course may explain some of the decline in popularity of standard Medicine, but it only accounts for a small number of applications that were lost from 2024 to 2025. This degree was also considerably more competitive in terms of offer rate.
Faculty of Medicine Overall Acceptance Rate 2025
Applicants: 4,434
Offers: 1,071
Acceptances: 569
Offer Rate: 24.2%
Acceptance Rate: 12.8%
Imperial Faculty of Natural Sciences Acceptance Rates
Imperial Biochemistry Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2023 Entry
Applicants: 1,419
Offers: 327
Acceptances: 152
Offer Rate: 23.0%
Acceptance Rate: 10.7%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 1,297
Offers: 334
Acceptances: 142
Offer Rate: 25.8%
Acceptance Rate: 10.9%
Be aware that an additional 39 applicants applied for variants of this degree with French or German. 11 offers were made to French applicants, but fewer than 5 were admitted.
Imperial Biotechnology Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 345
Offers: 51
Acceptances: 21
Offer Rate: 14.8%
Acceptance Rate: 6.1%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 344
Offers: 63
Acceptances: 28
Offer Rate: 18.3%
Acceptance Rate: 8.1%
An additional 10 applications for Biotechnology with Spanish for Science, though no students were admitted.
Imperial Biological Sciences Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 1,294
Offers: 444
Acceptances: 154
Offer Rate: 34.3%
Acceptance Rate: 11.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 1,098
Offers: 413
Acceptances: 159
Offer Rate: 37.6%
Acceptance Rate: 14.5%
An additional 39 applications for Biological Sciences with French, German or Spanish for Science. Between the three courses, fewer than 10 students were admitted.
Imperial Chemistry Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 824
Offers: 187
Acceptances: 83
Offer Rate: 22.7%
Acceptance Rate: 10.1%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 704
Offers: 202
Acceptances: 100
Offer Rate: 28.7%
Acceptance Rate: 14.2%
Imperial Chemistry Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 426
Offers: 184
Acceptances: 71
Offer Rate: 43.2%
Acceptance Rate: 16.7%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 365
Offers: 171
Acceptances: 71
Offer Rate: 46.9%
Acceptance Rate: 19.5%
Imperial Chemistry With Management Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 60
Offers: 11
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 18.3%
Acceptance Rate: NA
2024 Entry
Applicants: 56
Offers: 6
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 10.7%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Chemistry With Medicinal Chemistry Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 167
Offers: 35
Acceptances: 19
Offer Rate: 21.0%
Acceptance Rate: 11.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 159
Offers: 47
Acceptances: 17
Offer Rate: 29.6%
Acceptance Rate: 10.7%
Imperial Chemistry With Medicinal Chemistry and Year in Industry Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 73
Offers: 21
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 28.8%
Acceptance Rate: 15.1%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 69
Offers: 17
Acceptances: 7
Offer Rate: 24.6%
Acceptance Rate: 10.1%
Imperial Chemistry With Molecular Physics Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 102
Offers: 27
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 26.5%
Acceptance Rate: 9.8%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 76
Offers: 25
Acceptances: 8
Offer Rate: 32.9%
Acceptance Rate: 10.5%
Imperial Chemistry With Molecular Physics with Year in Industry Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 27
Offers: 12
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 44.4%
Acceptance Rate: NA
2024 Entry
Applicants: 24
Offers: 11
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 45.8%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Chemistry With Research Abroad Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 67
Offers: 35
Acceptances: 15
Offer Rate: 52.2%
Acceptance Rate: 22.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 71
Offers: 33
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 46.5%
Acceptance Rate: 15.5%
Imperial Chemistry With Research Abroad and Year Abroad Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 59
Offers: 23
Acceptances: 8
Offer Rate: 39.0%
Acceptance Rate: 13.6%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 48
Offers: 28
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 58.3%
Acceptance Rate: 20.8%
Imperial Chemistry With Year in industry Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 84
Offers: 45
Acceptances: 18
Offer Rate: 53.6%
Acceptance Rate: 21.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 79
Offers: 41
Acceptances: 18
Offer Rate: 51.9%
Acceptance Rate: 22.8%
Imperial Ecology and Environmental Biology Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 175
Offers: 38
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 21.7%
Acceptance Rate: 5.7%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 143
Offers: 41
Acceptances: 13
Offer Rate: 28.7%
Acceptance Rate: 9.1%
Imperial Mathematics Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 1,630
Offers: 363
Acceptances: 150
Offer Rate: 22.3%
Acceptance Rate: 9.2%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 1,388
Offers: 387
Acceptances: 134
Offer Rate: 27.9%
Acceptance Rate: 9.7%
Mathematics at Imperial has seen steady growth in the past few years, and it is now the most popular degree in the Natural Sciences faculty, and one of the most popular degree in the whole university. Despite this, it still maintains a relatively good offer rate for applicants, although it has dropped between 2024 and 2025.
Imperial Mathematics Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 649
Offers: 183
Acceptances: 65
Offer Rate: 28.2%
Acceptance Rate: 10.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 502
Offers: 168
Acceptances: 64
Offer Rate: 33.5%
Acceptance Rate: 12.8%
Imperial Mathematics Acceptance Rate (Pure Mathematics BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 230
Offers: 36
Acceptances: 9
Offer Rate: 15.7%
Acceptance Rate: 3.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 189
Offers: 43
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 22.8%
Acceptance Rate: 5.3%
Imperial Mathematics with Applied Mathematics/Mathematical Physics Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 307
Offers: 36
Acceptances: 9
Offer Rate: 11.7%
Acceptance Rate: 2.9%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 213
Offers: 25
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 11.7%
Acceptance Rate: NA
Imperial Mathematics with Mathematical Computation Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 123
Offers: 24
Acceptances: 9
Offer Rate: 19.5%
Acceptance Rate: 7.3%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 79
Offers: 30
Acceptances: 14
Offer Rate: 38.0%
Acceptance Rate: 17.7%
Imperial Mathematics with Statistics Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 422
Offers: 37
Acceptances: 12
Offer Rate: 8.8%
Acceptance Rate: 2.8%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 278
Offers: 23
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 8.3%
Acceptance Rate: 3.6%
Imperial Mathematics with Statistics for Finance Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 444
Offers: 25
Acceptances: 6
Offer Rate: 5.6%
Acceptance Rate: 1.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 251
Offers: 28
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 11.2%
Acceptance Rate: 4.4%
Imperial Mathematics with Year Abroad Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 95
Offers: 14
Acceptances: <5
Offer Rate: 14.7%
Acceptance Rate: NA
2024 Entry
Applicants: 85
Offers: 24
Acceptances: 11
Offer Rate: 28.2%
Acceptance Rate: 12.9%
Imperial Microbiology Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 118
Offers: 33
Acceptances: 13
Offer Rate: 28.0%
Acceptance Rate: 11.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 99
Offers: 35
Acceptances: 10
Offer Rate: 35.4%
Acceptance Rate: 10.1%
Imperial Physics Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 700
Offers: 196
Acceptances: 80
Offer Rate: 28.0%
Acceptance Rate: 11.4%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 762
Offers: 189
Acceptances: 65
Offer Rate: 24.8%
Acceptance Rate: 8.5%
Imperial Physics Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 677
Offers: 309
Acceptances: 124
Offer Rate: 45.6%
Acceptance Rate: 18.3%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 577
Offers: 263
Acceptances: 101
Offer Rate: 45.6%
Acceptance Rate: 17.5%
Imperial Physics with Theoretical Physics Acceptance Rate (BSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 194
Offers: 43
Acceptances: 18
Offer Rate: 22.2%
Acceptance Rate: 9.3%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 189
Offers: 56
Acceptances: 19
Offer Rate: 29.6%
Acceptance Rate: 10.1%
Imperial Physics with Theoretical Physics Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 291
Offers: 130
Acceptances: 45
Offer Rate: 44.7%
Acceptance Rate: 15.5%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 294
Offers: 140
Acceptances: 58
Offer Rate: 47.6%
Acceptance Rate: 19.7%
Imperial Physics with Year Abroad Acceptance Rate (MSci)
2025 Entry
Applicants: 100
Offers: 34
Acceptances: 18
Offer Rate: 34.0%
Acceptance Rate: 18.0%
2024 Entry
Applicants: 133
Offers: 46
Acceptances: 19
Offer Rate: 36.8%
Acceptance Rate: 14.3%
Faculty of Natural Sciences Overall Acceptance Rate 2025
Applicants: 11,231
Offers: 2,933
Acceptances: 1,148
Offer Rate: 26.1%
Acceptance Rate: 10.2%
That’s all the major degrees at Imperial covered! Now we’ve seen the data, it’s time to see what we can learn from it!
Imperial Admissions Statistics - What Can We Learn?
We’ve covered a lot of information here, and there’s much more to be found on the official downloadable Imperial Admissions Report, which can be found online. If you want to take an even deeper dive into the 2024 admissions cycle, be sure to check it out.
Let’s now take a look at some key data points within Imperial’s Application Statistics to get a better understanding of Imperial admissions.
Imperial's Most Competitive & Least Competitive Courses
When applying to university, you may be interested to know which degrees are the easiest to get into, as well as which ones are the hardest. While you shouldn’t make your decision solely based on these stats, it can be reassuring to know that more people get into your course, or it can help you understand how competitive your application needs to be. Let’s take a look at the Imperial courses with the highest and lowest success rates:
Hardest Imperial Courses To Get Into
Firstly, let’s look at the courses with lowest offer and acceptance rates:
Lowest Offer Rates At Imperial 2025
| Course | Applicants | Offers | Offer Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computing (Software Engineering) | 325 | 17 | 5.2% |
| Mathematics with Statistics for Finance | 444 | 25 | 5.6% |
| Mathematics with Statistics | 422 | 37 | 8.8% |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 585 | 58 | 9.9% |
| Mathematics with Applied Mathematics/Mathematical Physics | 307 | 36 | 11.7% |
Lowest Acceptance Rates At Imperial 2025
| Course | Applicants | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics with Statistics for Finance | 444 | 6 | 1.4% |
| Computing (Software Engineering) | 325 | 6 | 1.8% |
| Mathematics with Statistics | 422 | 12 | 2.8% |
| Mathematics with Applied Mathematics/Mathematical Physics | 307 | 9 | 2.9% |
| Mathematics and Computer Science (BEng) | 585 | 21 | 3.6% |
Previously, Economics, Finance and Data Science had been the overall most competitive Imperial, but it saw a major boost in its success rates in 2025. Now, Computing (Software Engineering) and Mathematics with Statistics for Finance top the lists of the most competitive courses.
Overall, Computer is likely to be slightly more competitive, as factors like applicants choosing other courses can impact the acceptance rate. However, all other courses in the top five cover Mathematics, although the standard degree is far less competitive than these variants.
These success rates are lower than any seen at Oxford or Cambridge, especially the acceptance rates. These tables also don’t consider courses that had a 0% acceptance rate or had fewer than <5 offers or acceptances, as we cannot calculate the success rates for these exactly.
However, from this data, we can see that Imperial is one of the hardest universities to get into for Mathematics and Computer Science courses, so ensure your application and grades are of the highest standard if you’re thinking about applying.
Easiest Imperial Courses To Get Into
Now let’s look at the inverse and see which degrees are the easiest to get offers and admission into.
Highest Offer Rates At Imperial 2025
| Course | Applicants | Offers | Offer Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics with Year Abroad (MSci) | 10 | 8 | 80.0% |
| Geology with Year Abroad (MSci) | 33 | 26 | 78.8% |
| Earth and Planetary Science with Year Abroad (MSci) | 34 | 22 | 64.7% |
| Geology (MSci) | 32 | 20 | 62.5% |
| Civil Engineering (MEng) | 402 | 230 | 57.2% |
Highest Acceptance Rates At Imperial 2025
| Course | Applicants | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics with Year Abroad (MSci) | 10 | 5 | 50.0% |
| Geology with Year Abroad (MSci) | 33 | 13 | 39.4% |
| Civil Engineering (MEng) | 402 | 112 | 27.9% |
| Geophysics (MSci) | 49 | 13 | 26.5% |
| Civil Engineering with Year Abroad (MEng) | 81 | 21 | 25.9% |
As we can see, courses that offer a year abroad were less competitive than their standard counterparts. This may be due to a mixture of the lower applicant counts and the university being more willing to admit students to the longer, more expensive course.
The exception to this is Civil Engineering, which was the most popular of the degrees featured in these lists. In both cases, the standard version of the course was less competitive than the Year Abroad version, although the difference isn’t too extreme.
Imperial Admissions Statistics: Gender Ratios
While this is generally not a relevant metric anymore, it’s important to consider that some degrees have some major differences in gender ratio for admissions. Here we have a table containing the data of admission for each department:
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| School | Applicants | % Applicants | Offers | % Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptances | % Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business School | 2414 | 100% | 376 | 100% | 15.6% | 190 | 100% | 7.9% |
| Female | 962 | 39.9% | 207 | 55.1% | 21.5% | 110 | 57.9% | 11.4% |
| Male | 1443 | 59.8% | 167 | 44.4% | 11.6% | 78 | 41.1% | 5.4% |
| Aeronautics | 2414 | 100% | 376 | 100% | 15.6% | 190 | 100% | 7.9% |
| Female | 962 | 39.9% | 207 | 55.1% | 21.5% | 110 | 57.9% | 11.4% |
| Male | 1443 | 59.8% | 167 | 44.4% | 11.6% | 78 | 41.1% | 5.4% |
| Bioengineering | 1623 | 100% | 558 | 100% | 34.4% | 235 | 100% | 14.5% |
| Female | 835 | 51.4% | 304 | 54.5% | 36.4% | 132 | 56.2% | 15.8% |
| Male | 781 | 48.1% | 250 | 44.8% | 32.0% | 102 | 43.4% | 13.1% |
| Chemical Engineering | 949 | 100% | 388 | 100% | 40.9% | 176 | 100% | 18.5% |
| Female | 362 | 38.1% | 146 | 37.6% | 40.3% | 66 | 37.5% | 18.2% |
| Male | 583 | 61.4% | 241 | 62.1% | 41.3% | 109 | 61.9% | 18.7% |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | 483 | 100% | 271 | 100% | 56.1% | 133 | 100% | 27.5% |
| Female | 148 | 30.6% | 92 | 33.9% | 62.2% | 48 | 36.1% | 32.4% |
| Male | 332 | 68.7% | 178 | 65.7% | 53.6% | 85 | 63.9% | 25.6% |
| Computing | 3210 | 100% | 476 | 100% | 14.8% | 255 | 100% | 7.9% |
| Female | 709 | 22.1% | 73 | 15.3% | 10.3% | 34 | 13.3% | 4.8% |
| Male | 2464 | 76.8% | 400 | 84.0% | 16.2% | 220 | 86.3% | 8.9% |
| Design Engineering | 782 | 100% | 181 | 100% | 23.1% | 103 | 100% | 13.2% |
| Female | 314 | 40.2% | 71 | 39.2% | 22.6% | 33 | 32.0% | 10.5% |
| Male | 461 | 59.0% | 107 | 59.1% | 23.2% | 69 | 67.0% | 15.0% |
| Earth Science and Engineering | 631 | 100% | 295 | 100% | 46.8% | 99 | 100% | 15.7% |
| Female | 308 | 48.8% | 154 | 52.2% | 50.0% | 60 | 60.6% | 19.5% |
| Male | 315 | 49.9% | 137 | 46.4% | 43.5% | 38 | 38.4% | 12.1% |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1698 | 100% | 424 | 100% | 25.0% | 194 | 100% | 11.4% |
| Female | 333 | 19.6% | 79 | 18.6% | 23.7% | 32 | 16.5% | 9.6% |
| Male | 1352 | 79.6% | 340 | 80.2% | 25.1% | 161 | 83.0% | 11.9% |
| Joint Maths and Computing | 1040 | 100% | 137 | 100% | 13.2% | 57 | 100% | 5.5% |
| Female | 183 | 17.6% | 11 | 8.0% | 6.0% | * | NA | |
| Male | 840 | 80.8% | 123 | 89.8% | 14.6% | 53 | 93.0% | 6.3% |
| Materials | 1117 | 100% | 301 | 100% | 26.9% | 132 | 100% | 11.8% |
| Female | 401 | 35.9% | 159 | 52.8% | 39.7% | 67 | 50.8% | 16.7% |
| Male | 711 | 63.7% | 142 | 47.2% | 20.0% | 65 | 49.2% | 9.1% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2650 | 100% | 406 | 100% | 15.3% | 186 | 100% | 7.0% |
| Female | 514 | 19.4% | 101 | 24.9% | 19.6% | 41 | 22.0% | 8.0% |
| Male | 2116 | 79.8% | 302 | 74.4% | 14.3% | 145 | 78.0% | 6.9% |
| Medical Biosciences | 1633 | 100% | 309 | 100% | 18.9% | 154 | 100% | 9.4% |
| Female | 1113 | 68.2% | 197 | 63.8% | 17.7% | 92 | 59.7% | 8.3% |
| Male | 510 | 31.2% | 109 | 35.3% | 21.4% | 59 | 38.3% | 11.6% |
| School of Medicine | 2473 | 100% | 699 | 100% | 28.3% | 378 | 100% | 15.3% |
| Female | 1361 | 55.0% | 365 | 52.2% | 26.8% | 195 | 51.6% | 14.3% |
| Male | 1094 | 44.2% | 330 | 47.2% | 30.2% | 181 | 47.9% | 16.5% |
| Pears Cumbria (Graduate Medicine | 329 | 100% | 63 | 100% | 19.1% | 37 | 100% | 11.2% |
| Female | 203 | 61.7% | 44 | 69.8% | 21.7% | 28 | 75.7% | 13.8% |
| Male | 122 | 37.1% | 19 | 30.2% | 15.6% | 9 | 24.3% | 7.4% |
| Biochemistry | 1833 | 100% | 394 | 100% | 21.5% | 181 | 100% | 9.9% |
| Female | 1073 | 58.5% | 237 | 60.2% | 22.1% | 106 | 58.6% | 9.9% |
| Male | 738 | 40.3% | 154 | 39.1% | 20.9% | 75 | 41.4% | 10.2% |
| Biological Sciences | 1626 | 100% | 528 | 100% | 32.5% | 180 | 100% | 11.1% |
| Female | 1008 | 62.0% | 336 | 63.6% | 33.3% | 118 | 65.6% | 11.7% |
| Male | 607 | 37.3% | 188 | 35.6% | 31.0% | 60 | 33.3% | 9.9% |
| Chemistry | 1911 | 100% | 581 | 100% | 30.4% | 238 | 100% | 12.5% |
| Female | 942 | 49.3% | 267 | 46.0% | 28.3% | 109 | 45.8% | 11.6% |
| Male | 948 | 49.6% | 305 | 52.5% | 32.2% | 126 | 52.9% | 13.3% |
| Mathematics | 3900 | 100% | 718 | 100% | 18.4% | 264 | 100% | 6.8% |
| Female | 1102 | 28.3% | 141 | 19.6% | 12.8% | 45 | 17.0% | 4.1% |
| Male | 2757 | 70.7% | 566 | 78.8% | 20.5% | 217 | 82.2% | 7.9% |
| Physics | 1964 | 100% | 712 | 100% | 36.3% | 285 | 100% | 14.5% |
| Female | 567 | 28.9% | 217 | 30.5% | 38.3% | 88 | 30.9% | 15.5% |
| Male | 1367 | 69.6% | 482 | 67.7% | 35.3% | 194 | 68.1% | 14.2% |
| Grand Total | 32884 | 100% | 8263 | 100% | 25.1% | 3473 | 100% | 10.6% |
| Female | 12786 | 37.7% | 3242 | 39.8% | 25.4% | 1424 | 39.3% | 11.1% |
| Male | 20840 | 61.4% | 4821 | 59.2% | 23.1% | 2177 | 60.0% | 10.4% |
This is a lot of data to go through, but the most important fact is that the 2025 intake consisted of 60% male students and 39% female students (this data excludes applicants with registered as “Unknown Gender”). This is a fairly noticeable imbalance, though it is to be expected considering there were over 8,000 more male applicants. Male applicants made up 61.4% of the overall pool, so the acceptances here are proportional overall.
However, that’s not to say that admissions in all departments are proportional. Within various schools at Imperial, including Mathematics and Computing, over 80% of the admitted students were males. This isn’t proportional to the number of applicants, 28% of whom were female, for Mathematics. There could be many reasons as to why this was the case, but it may be important for you to consider.
Imperial Application Statistics: International Applications
Lastly, let’s touch on the statistics for international applicants. Those applying from outside the UK generally have a much harder time getting admitted due to the limited places available for overseas students. As well as this, people from certain countries are generally more likely to get in than others, so it’s important to be aware of these stats.
Imperial doesn’t provide a summary of it’s international admissions statistics, so we will have to look at a few key examples to get a better understanding of this. Let’s take a look at the international intake for the top five most popular degrees:
International Applications for Top Imperial Courses 2024
| Course | UK Applications | UK Applicant % | International Applications | International Applicant % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Finance and Data Science | 539 | 24.7% | 1,644 | 75.3% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1080 | 40.8% | 1,570 | 59.2% |
| Aeronautical Engineering | 840 | 50.4% | 827 | 49.6% |
| Medicine | 1,369 | 63.7% | 780 | 36.3% |
| Medical Biosciences | 483 | 29.6% | 1,150 | 70.4% |
International Acceptances for Top Imperial Courses 2024
| Course | UK Acceptances | UK Student % | International Acceptances | International Student % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Finance and Data Science | 70 | 43.2% | 92 | 56.8% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 85 | 45.7% | 101 | 54.3% |
| Aeronautical Engineering | 69 | 46.0% | 81 | 54.0% |
| Medicine | 264 | 73.9% | 93 | 26.1% |
| Medical Biosciences | 81 | 52.6% | 73 | 47.4% |
These statistics don’t reflect too badly on international intake, as Imperial is one of the most welcoming universities for overseas students. However, despite the fact that international applicants often outnumber home applicants, those from the UK are more frequently admitted. Again, this is due to the limited spaces available for those outside the UK.
This isn’t always the case, though, as we can see from this data. Three of these degrees admitted more international applicants, with Economics, Finance and Data Science having the biggest divide.
You should now have a clearer understanding of the success rates for Imperial applicants. This insight will help guide your decision on what to apply for and give you a better sense of the competition you’ll be facing. Imperial is one of the most competitive Russell Group universities, so be sure to check out the other acceptance rates for universities in the group, including our dedicated guides to UCL and LSE.
Regardless of the success rates for your course, it’s essential to put in the effort for your application, as no one is guaranteed a place at Imperial, especially without a top-quality submission. This data should be used to contextualise your application and remind you that you need to rank among the top 10% of applicants globally to secure your spot.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Very. Imperial receives over 30,000 applications each year for around 3,000 places, meaning you need to be in the top 10% of applicants to have a realistic chance. The overall acceptance rate in 2024 was 10.6%, and for the most competitive courses like Economics, Finance and Data Science and Mathematics with Statistics, acceptance rates drop below 4%. Even courses with high offer rates rarely admit more than 27% of applicants, so an offer is far from a guarantee.
In many respects, yes. Imperial consistently ranks alongside Oxford and Cambridge in UK and global league tables, and is one of only five universities in the G5. In terms of raw competitiveness, Imperial's overall acceptance rate of 10.6% is actually lower than both Oxford (14.1%) and Cambridge (16.4%), making it statistically harder to secure a place. The key difference is that Imperial is exclusively STEM-focused, so if your subject sits outside that, Oxbridge is the more relevant comparison.
Imperial expects strong GCSE results across the board, with most courses requiring Grades 7 to 9 in the majority of subjects, including Maths and Science. This is higher than most other Russell Group universities and reflects just how competitive the applicant pool is. While there is no single universal GCSE requirement published for every course, Imperial's own guidance makes clear that a strong GCSE profile is an important part of the application.
There are genuine comparisons to be made. Both are world-leading STEM-focused institutions with strong research output, high entry standards and close ties to industry. Imperial ranks in the global top 10 for Engineering and Natural Sciences, as does MIT. The main differences are scale, location and culture. MIT is significantly larger and based in the US, with a different application process entirely. For UK students set on a world-class STEM education without leaving the country, Imperial is the closest equivalent.
