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Our mission statement

Explore the language programs at Imperial College London, including the Year in Europe and Language for Science programs. Enhance your education and broaden your potential.

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Our mission statement

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  1. Languages for Specific Purposesat Imperial CollegeLondonF. Starr-Egger (Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication)

  2. Our mission statement Imperial College London embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering, medicine and business, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare.

  3. Faculties and Departments

  4. Our standing • QS World University Rankings 2014/15 • 2nd overall • Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 • Greatest concentration of high impact research of any major UK university. • 4thoverall for 4* or “world leading research” • Times Higher Education Supplement • World University Rankings 2014/15: • 3rd in Europe 9thin world overall • 2ndin Europe 6th in world for engineering and technology • 3rd in Europe 10thin world for life sciences • 2ndin Europe 4thin world for clinical, pre-clinical and health • 4thin Europe12thin world for physical sciences • Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014/15 • 4th overall • Guardian University League Table 2016 • 1stfor Career Prospects

  5. Students and Courses Students • 14,735 full-time (2013-14) • 8,931 – UG; 2,926 – PGT; 2,875 – PGR An international institution • Students from 126 countries • Top non-UK country (students): China • 62% of full-time students non-UK nationals • 35% of staff non-UK nationals Courses • 127 undergraduate courses • 149 postgraduate taught courses

  6. Unit and Location Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication3rd Floor, Sherfield BuildingExhibition Road, South KensingtonLondon SW7 2AZ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/languages

  7. Languages • Horizons • Year in Europe (YiE) (French, German, Spanish and Italian) • Degrees with a Language for Science (LfS) and Research Abroad programmes • Extension courses (LfS, Physics) • Evening Class Programme • Bespoke courses • Language Pairs

  8. Imperial HorizonsBroaden your education. Enhance your potential.

  9. Key facts about Imperial Horizons

  10. Full list of languages and levels can be found on the website www.imperial.ac.uk/horizons/courseoptions/languages Languages & Global Citizenship 2015/16

  11. Year in Europe/Year Abroad • Languages: French, German, Spanish and Italian • Courses: Almost all departments offer a year abroad • Structure: General language (2 hrs Horizons) plus YiE-class (1hr) • YiE classes: Dedicated slots (Friday lunchtime; levels 2-6) No course book Assessment: (levels 2, 3 – 30 mins. written exam; levels 4- 6 - presentation plus 1-hour written exam) Topics for in-class work based on class composition Tasks (in-class): reading comp, listening comp, summary, dictation, puzzles, info gap, translation, discussion, note taking Presentations: biography, descriptions (substance, experiment, project, graph), summary, critique Prep for residence abroad (guest speakers, masterclasses)

  12. Extension courses • Physics: 1 week,12 hrs (listening comp, description, presentation, discussion, paperwork, search tools (job sites, search engines), paraphrasing, translation prep for stay abroad) • LfS: 4 weeks, 12 hrs (topic specific listening comp, prep for stay abroad)

  13. Partner universities (selection) Heidelberg: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität; Freiburg: Albert Ludwigs Universität; Erlangen/Nürnberg: Friedrich Alexander Universität; Hamburg: Universität Hamburg; Aachen: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule; Karlsruhe: KIT; Vienna; Zürich: ETH Lausanne: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Lyon: Ecole Centrale; Paris: Ecole Centrale; Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris Tech; Grenoble: Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Hyraulique et de Mecanique; Strasbourg: University of Strasbourg; Madrid: Escuela Technica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos; Barcelona: Universitat Polytecnica de Catalunya; Turin: Politecnico di Torino; Rome: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; Delft: Technische Universiteit

  14. Degrees with a Language for Science • Languages: French, German, Spanish • Courses: BSc Biology, Biochemistry or Biotechnology with a Language for Science (with French, German or Spanish) MSci Chemistry with a Language for Science (with French, German or Spanish) • Entry level (for language): A- or AS-level, or equivalent • Structure: Year 1: General Language (2 hrs), Year-in-Europe class (1 hr), History and Politics (1hr) Year 2: General Language, Year-in-Europe preparation, History of Science and Technology Year 3: Year abroad (Life Sciences)Translation (2 hrs) (Chem) Year 4: Translation (Life Sciences) Year abroad (Chem)

  15. Language for Science • 1st year: History and Politics in Spain since 1945 History and Politics in France since 1945 History and Politics in Germany since 1945 • 2nd year Science and Technology in Spain Science and Technology in the French Speaking Countries Science and Technology in the German Speaking Countries • 3rd/4thyear Cultural Project Translation Structure: alternating lecture/seminar Tasks: note taking, listening comp, reading comp, discussion

  16. Thank you

  17. Assessment and Examinations

  18. Numbers for 2014/15

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