Our People

We are a large Department, with a community of 100 academic, teaching and research staff, 800 students and 35 support staff.

  • Postal Address: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Skempton Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ. 
  • Travel Directions: Building number 27 on the South Kensington Campus Map‌. For directions see the How to find us page
  • Telephone number for general queries: +44 (0)20 7594 5929 / 5932 / 5931
  • Email for general queries: cvenquiries@imperial.ac.uk

Our community in numbers*

Our academics

  • 50+ full-time academic staff
  • 20 part-time, honorary and visiting
  • 50+ research staff
  • 40+ Professional Services and Technicians staff 

Our student population

  • 225 PhD students
    67% male; 33% female
    48 nationalities
  • 314 MSc students
    61% male; 39% female
    53 nationalities
  • 367 Undergraduates 
    71% male; 29% female
    45 nationalities
  • Total 906 students
    67% male; 33% female

* all numbers are approximate

Measures of success

Research Assessment Exercise
  • REF 2021. 75% of research assessed to be 4* (highest rating), 25% assessed to be 3*.
QS World Universities rankings
  • Subject Ranking. Civil Engineering = 6th (2021); 6th (2020); 6th (2019); 3rd (2018)
The Times Higher Education world ranking
  • Subject Ranking. Civil Engineering = 4th (2021); 11th (2020); 12th (2019)
National Student Survey
  • Overall Satisfaction, 92% (2022), 90% (2021); 78% (2020); 88% (2019)