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Imperial today Imperial tomorrow Imperial together Great support
A world-leading academic endeavour must provide
everyone with the opportunities and tools they
need to thrive. We will support our staff to deliver
Leading science This strategy imagines a path through an To ensure our strategy will have a meaningful an inspirational education and to take the inception
We are a science-based university with a difference. unpredictable world that is facing unprecedented and enduring impact, we know we must create of a research idea through to publication and
Our enduring STEMB focus, and the exceptional challenges. It is a blueprint to ensure we continue opportunities for everyone in our community to translation into real-world application.
disciplinary foundations that underpin it, are the to maximise our potential as a force for good in the fulfil their potential – always guided by our values
reason for our continued high-impact trajectory and world, to deepen our rare and specific competencies, and behaviours: Respect, Collaboration, Excellence, We will give our students a consistently inspiring,
place among the top ten universities in the world. and to serve students and society in the uncertainty Innovation and Integrity. tailored and supportive experience from application
of tomorrow. through to their lifelong interactions with Imperial
Interdisciplinary research Great people as part of our alumni community. We will foster
We are an ecosystem that thrives on connection After all, as one of the world’s leading research We will continue to attract, nurture and support a culture of innovation and practice of continuous
and collaboration. The complexity of the challenges universities, we are purpose-built to engage with world-class talent from everywhere. Our strength improvement where colleagues are empowered to
before us demands a truly integrated interdisciplinary uncertainty, and to summon our strengths against it. comes from celebrating and harnessing the diversity combine their strengths collectively to turn great
approach. At Imperial, we forge links between faculties, of our community where everyone contributes their ideas into an even better service.
departments, disciplines, industries, governments This is how we prepare for the expected and the own perspective, experience and skills so that together
and more because we know that greater possibility unexpected. This is how we rigorously fulfil our we can excel in the delivery of our shared mission.
for advancement is found at those intersections. educational mission and our research potential.
It is how we shape the future. And it begins with We will champion an inclusive culture and invest
Inspiring students three core aims. in people so that they are inspired and equipped to
We are a welcoming home for scientific imagination; unleash their potential. We will build and maintain
a place where exceptional minds are enabled with 1. Enabling talent a culture centred on the wellbeing, growth and
inspiration, resource and freedom so that they might Our strategy will develop the people and skills belonging of our community. We will create a diverse
look deeper, dream further and ask bigger questions. the world needs now and into the future. We will and vibrant community where our values are evident
work to attract, nurture and champion the best to all, and we are recognised as innovators in every
Meaningful impact local, national and global talent wherever they are, aspect of our work.
We have the spirit of a 117-year-old startup with and to empower them with everything they need
an agility and orientation to the future that belies to make a meaningful difference. Great environment
our age and heritage. Here you will find a culture We will create an integrated human, physical
of discovery, innovation and entrepreneurial thinking, 2. Powering research and digital ecosystem that fosters and facilitates
where breakthrough science is chased, translated Our strategy is a plan to strengthen Imperial’s collaboration and community and promotes
and applied at incredible speed and with enabling environment for discovery, innovation discovery, learning and innovation. And we will
transformative impact. and impact. We will create an even more deliver sustainable campuses to meet our 2040
deeply connected knowledge community and Net Zero Carbon commitments.
A trusted partner interdisciplinary research powerhouse that will
We are an ally of progress, seen by many of the meet the scale and urgency of the moment The pace of technological change has never been
world’s leading knowledge and technology-driven and respond with intelligence, responsibility faster. We will leverage the digital landscape and
organisations as a cultivator of exceptional talent and agility to everything that comes next. increased digital innovation to grasp new opportunities
and future leaders, and trusted as the partner that are essential to the achievement of our world-class
of choice for research, innovation and impact. 3. Amplifying impact research and education. We will create a world-class
Our strategy will help to accelerate Imperial digital experience for students. Our staff will have
The legacy of London towards, and scale the impact of, new discoveries, the tools and facilities they need to undertake
We are a global hub in a global city. Our work inventions and ideas, and position us as a trusted world-changing research.
shapes the world and our community reflects it, convenor and partner for knowledge and tech
brought together by the undeniable gravitational organisations across the globe. We will look beyond
pull of London’s energy, creativity, diversity, our London campuses to our wider network and
economy and opportunity. wider responsibility, honouring our social and
civic purpose, in London for the world.

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