Facts and figures

The Faculty of Medicine - our size and shape

The statistics for the Faculty of Medicine activity presented here are drawn from the College pocket statistics guide (Imperial College London Statistics Guide 2023-24)*.

  1. Numbers have been rounded as appropriate.
  2. MRes students are counted as research students.

* You can check for the latest published updates to the College's statistics information on the College Data and Statistic Catalogue webpages under 'College Overview'.

Faculty of Medicine size and shape

Student : staff ratios


Full-time equivalent staff numbers and student : staff ratios (2023-24)

Academic staff Research staff Support staff Student FTE Student : staff ratio
 473  1,020  1,178  4,709  10: 1

Notes:

  • The student:staff ratio is the ratio of student load to academic staff.
    Student FTE has been calculated from the 31 December 2023 snapshot figures, based on the methodology employed by HESA.
    The student FTE does not take into account fluctuations due to study patterns.
    Short courses are excluded. Numbers exclude occasional students.
    Numbers exclude postgraduate research students who are writing up.
    Staff numbers are inclusive of all sources of funding.
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External rankings


The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings - Subject rankings 2025

  • The Times Higher Education World University Rankings judge world-class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.  The Medical and Health subject ranking table highlights the universities that are leading medicine, dentistry and health subjects.
  • Imperial College was ranked 4th in the world for Medical and Health for 2025.

The Complete University Guide - University Subject Tables 2025

  • The Complete University Guide University Subject Table for Medicine ranks UK universities by entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality and graduate prospects. 
  • Imperial College was ranked 4th in the UK for Medicine by the Complete University Guide for 2025. (The Complete University Guide Rankings table for 2025 was published in May 2024)


More about our rankings - further information about the Faculty of Medicine and other College rankings is available in the College League tables pages.

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

The College submitted to the following medicine-related Units of Assessment within Main Panel A in REF 2021:

  • Unit of Assessment 1 - Clinical Medicine
  • Unit of Assessment 2 - Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care
  • Unit of Assessment 4 - Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Overall quality profile (percentage of research activity at each quality level)

UoA 4* 3* 2* 1* u/c Cat A FTE
1 - Clinical Medicine  60 34 6 0 0 438.9
2 - Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care 78  21  1 0 0 79.5
4 - Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience 75 24 1 0 0 34.9

Data reproduced from full table of Imperial's overall scores by UoA on the College REF 2021 webpages.

For more information on the College's performance in REF2021, visit the College's Research Excellence Framework web pages.

External rankings


The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings - Subject rankings 2025

  • The Times Higher Education World University Rankings judge world-class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.  The Medical and Health subject ranking table highlights the universities that are leading medicine, dentistry and health subjects.
  • Imperial College was ranked 4th in the world for Medical and Health for 2025.

The Complete University Guide - University Subject Tables 2025

  • The Complete University Guide University Subject Table for Medicine ranks UK universities by entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality and graduate prospects. 
  • Imperial College was ranked 4th in the UK for Medicine by the Complete University Guide for 2025. (The Complete University Guide Rankings table for 2025 was published in May 2024)


More about our rankings - further information about the Faculty of Medicine and other College rankings is available in the College League tables pages.

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

The College submitted to the following medicine-related Units of Assessment within Main Panel A in REF 2021:

  • Unit of Assessment 1 - Clinical Medicine
  • Unit of Assessment 2 - Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care
  • Unit of Assessment 4 - Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Overall quality profile (percentage of research activity at each quality level)

UoA 4* 3* 2* 1* u/c Cat A FTE
1 - Clinical Medicine  60 34 6 0 0 438.9
2 - Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care 78  21  1 0 0 79.5
4 - Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience 75 24 1 0 0 34.9

Data reproduced from full table of Imperial's overall scores by UoA on the College REF 2021 webpages.

For more information on the College's performance in REF2021, visit the College's Research Excellence Framework web pages.