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All we have And through our new Imperial Global network

achieved, and all we will achieve greater global collaboration
to meet global grand challenges.
we can imagine To further energise our vibrant enterprise

ecosystem, we are creating a new venture fund,
Our strategy, Science for Humanity, is unashamedly Science Capital Imperial. And we will deepen
ambitious in seeking to maximise Imperial’s potential our partnerships with government, industry, our
as a force for good in the world. NHS partners, local communities and other
stakeholders to establish the Imperial WestTech
It builds on the university’s strong disciplinary Corridor, to maximise our collective potential
foundations, highly collaborative and collegial as a powerful engine for innovation, job creation
culture, passion for innovation, proven convening and inclusive growth.
power, extensive global partnerships, incredible
network of alumni, friends and supporters and And underpinning everything that we do will
world top ten ranking. be Sustainable Imperial – our university-wide
commitment to play a leading role in the global
Our strategy highlights a number of cross-institutional fight against climate change, biodiversity loss
initiatives that will consolidate our position among and pollution.
the world’s leading institutions tackling global
grand challenges. Our founding mission was ‘to be useful’;
an understated precis of all that our exceptional
The Imperial Class of 2030 is an ambitious teaching, research and innovation have made
multi-pronged programme to nurture the most and continue to make possible.
talented, the most enterprising and the most diverse
graduating class we have ever had the privilege to But before we can usefully change the world,
serve. This will be in part driven by new investments we must first seek to understand it. Our strategy
in our Imperial Inspires Scholarship Programme, engages with, and animates, this foundational idea:
our digital and virtual learning environment and that Imperial’s shared purpose is one of inquiry
our campuses, including the next phase of our and action. A scientific mindset that encourages
White City Deep Tech Campus. imagination, celebrates precision, demands patience,
insists on humility, rewards accidents, steels our
We will launch a major recruitment drive, the backs and makes us brave.
Imperial Future Leaders Campaign and we will
invest in leadership development and skills for In science, as in strategy, there is no easy prophecy
our diverse community, including a new Imperial and no shortcut to progress. An understanding –
Future Leaders Academy for early-career staff. sharpened, deepened, or totally new – is the first
and only precondition.
We will introduce the new Imperial Institute of
Extended Learning, which will help future-proof While much of our direction in this document will
careers, businesses and communities by providing feel new, our destination remains unchanged: to Right: Sir Michael Uren Hub for Biomedical Engineering at the White City Deep Tech Campus.
the advanced skills training and values-driven become a global home for everyone who believes
leadership needed to thrive in a tech-enabled world. in the power of science to discover, to create, to
explain and to transform. To understand more of the
We will create four new cross-institutional universe and improve the lives of more people in it.
Schools of Convergence Science to bring intense
focus, interrogation and research impact to the Imagine that.
emergent forces shaping our future at unprecedented
scale: (1) climate, energy and sustainability; (2) human
and artificial intelligence (AI); (3) health, medtech
and robotics; (4) space, security science
and telecommunications.

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