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Imperial Class talented and highly- Opportunities
“Every year, our

for student
of 2030 move around the entrepreneurs
skilled graduates

Our Enterprise Lab supports more than 2,000

experts in residence, development workshops and
world into careers in students each year with mentoring, access to
more. The goal is to develop their entrepreneurial
From those with great expertise, to those with great potential mindset, skills and networks, help them test new
ideas and launch products, services and ventures
Imperial Class of 2030 and beyond STEMB that address real-world problems.

– this is the principal The Venture Catalyst Challenge is our most

prestigious entrepreneurship prize, each year
Our goal: The Imperial Class of 2030 will be the Imperial’s I-Explore Programme and through new supporting 25 student and postdoc ventures
most talented, the most enterprising and the most advanced skills and leadership modules offered means by which under five themes: Health and Wellbeing, Energy
diverse we have ever had the privilege to serve. by the Imperial Institute of Extended Learning and Environment, Creative and Consumer, AI and
(page 14). We will expand the Imperial Enterprise Imperial makes its Robotics, and Digital and Finance. The programme
Now: We are proud to host talented, high-performing Lab to meet increasing student demand, and the sees student teams pitch their ideas to a panel
and ambitious students from across the globe, launch of Imperial’s four Schools of Convergence of industry leaders for a chance to win a share of
often from backgrounds where the path to academic Science will boost our portfolio of taught global impact.” the £100,000 prize fund – the biggest such fund
excellence has not been straightforward. Our Master’s programmes. of any UK-based university entrepreneurship
teaching is founded in strong, core disciplines and is Professor Peter Haynes, Vice-Provost competition. Previous participants have gone on
research-rich and intellectually stretching. Our taught We will transform Imperial’s digital education (Education and Student Experience) to gain global recognition and raise significant
Master's programmes delivers specialist education infrastructure, including our Digital Media Lab funding, including the founders of Notpla who
at the leading edge of STEMB. And we encourage all and Virtual Learning Environment, and build on won the Earthshot prize for their seaweed-based
students to broaden their educational experience by new initiatives such as ViRSE to incorporate biodegradable alternative to plastic. Notpla was
exploring other interests such as modern languages, virtual reality and other digital technologies co-founded by Imperial students who met while
art and music. into our teaching. studying Innovation Design Engineering, a joint
course by Imperial and the Royal College of Art.
Imperial has a strong track record of digital innovation We will make major investments in our physical
– including our swift transition to online learning at infrastructure, including the development of the The WE Innovate programme recognises
the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And because Sherfield Student Hub, upgrades at our Silwood Park up to 25 outstanding women-led startups from
our work doesn’t finish when students graduate, eco-campus and our London NHS clinical campuses. Imperial every year. It is the first university
we ensure employability and the advanced skills programme of its type in the UK. The programme
they need for a tech-enabled future are embedded We will deliver the next phase of our White City has an annual prize fund, with many teams
across our curricula. Because of these qualities and Deep Tech Campus, including a major new going on to raise significant venture funding
many more, Imperial is proud to have recently been interdisciplinary centre co-locating mathematical, Right: Imperial alumnus and health tech entrepreneur Stilliyana Minkovska is the founder of Matrix, post-competition, including Matrix, the startup
awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, the Times and data and computer sciences, AI and machine learning, developing a self-use cervical screening tool
Sunday Times University of the Year and a Gold Award and business education, with new state-of-the-art the self-use cervical assessment tool that took the top prize at WE Innovate in 2023. and diagnosis device supported by AI.
in the national Teaching Excellence Framework. research facilities for convergence science and
co-created industry research and partnerships.
Next: The Imperial Class of 2030 will be educated
in a welcoming, supportive and appropriately We will review and further invest in our student
challenging environment where disciplinary excellence, residential, sports and recreation portfolio, and
interdisciplinary working and entrepreneurship roll out our new whole-institution Mental Health
training are seamlessly integrated and supported by and Wellbeing Strategy.
state-of-the-art digital and physical infrastructure
and an engaging extracurricular experience. Together, these plans will ensure that the Imperial
Class of 2030 has the freedom to imagine, the
Students will be able explore opportunities for greater encouragement to challenge and an environment
interdisciplinarity through further development of to flourish in.

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