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Our students learn alongside leading experts, actively engaging with research and discovery in their chosen field.</p> <p><span>The College’s dedicated </span><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/enterprise/" style="font-size: 15px;" title="Enterprise facilities">Enterprise facilities</a><span> are also vibrant spaces for our students to launch SDG-aligned start-ups. We offer start-ups and entrepreneurs support and platforms at every stage of their growth and development through the Enterprise Lab as well as hackspace, incubation, acceleration and collaborative research space.</span></p> </div> <div class="row equal-height-columns"> <h2 class="sr-only">Imperial Education and the SDGs</h2> <div class="col lg-6 wysiwyg"> <div class="media-item full equal-height"> <div class="media"> <img src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/687x378/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/190123-students-mentors-undergrad-001_1615838878927_x4.jpg" srcset=" https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/343x189/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/190123-students-mentors-undergrad-001_1615838878927_x4.jpg 344w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/687x378/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/190123-students-mentors-undergrad-001_1615838878927_x4.jpg 687w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/1374x756/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/190123-students-mentors-undergrad-001_1615838878927_x4.jpg 1374w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/2748x1512/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/190123-students-mentors-undergrad-001_1615838878927_x4.jpg 2748w" sizes="(min-width: 1520px) 687px, (min-width: 1025px) calc((100vw - 146px) / 2), (min-width: 930px) calc((100vw - 114px) / 2), (min-width: 481px) calc((100vw - 64px) / 2), calc(100vw - 32px)" alt="Undergraduate students working collaboratively" /> </div> <div class="content"> <h3 class="title">Undergraduate</h3> <p>We have over <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/courses/">100 undergraduate courses</a> that equip our students with highly applicable skills and attributes to tackles global development challenges ranging across disciplines, from aeronautics to biology and geophysics to medicine.</p> <p>All 3rd and 4th year students have the opportunity to pursue their individual interests in sustainable development through the <a title="Change Makers Independent Project" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/horizons/module-options/3rd--4th-year-undergraduates/independent-project/">Change Makers Independent Project</a>. The programme challenges students to learn and work in diverse and often new ways in their approach to global issues and the wider world. </p> <p><span><span>Undergradaute students also benefit from extra-curricular 8-week summer placements that are typically focused on global development challenges through our </span><a title="UROP" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/urop">UROP</a><span> and </span><a title="IROP" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/students/global-opportunities/ug/summerresearchplacements/">IROP</a><span> programmes. </span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col lg-6 wysiwyg"> <div class="media-item full equal-height"> <div class="media"> <img src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/687x378/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/phd-training-148-071937-001_1615840610176_x4.jpg" srcset=" https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/343x189/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/phd-training-148-071937-001_1615840610176_x4.jpg 344w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/687x378/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/phd-training-148-071937-001_1615840610176_x4.jpg 687w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/1374x756/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/phd-training-148-071937-001_1615840610176_x4.jpg 1374w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/2748x1512/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/about/phd-training-148-071937-001_1615840610176_x4.jpg 2748w" sizes="(min-width: 1520px) 687px, (min-width: 1025px) calc((100vw - 146px) / 2), (min-width: 930px) calc((100vw - 114px) / 2), (min-width: 481px) calc((100vw - 64px) / 2), calc(100vw - 32px)" alt="PhD students in a group training session" /> </div> <div class="content"> <h3 class="title">Postgraduate</h3> <p><span>Imperial has close to </span><a style="font-size: 15px;" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/courses/">150 Master’s courses</a><span> and a wide range of research opportunities, all supported by an extensive programme of professional development. This includes: <a title="MSc Climate Change, Management and Finance" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/programmes/msc-climate-change/">MSc Climate Change, Management and Finance</a>; <a title="MSc Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/earth-science/environmental-data-science-machine-learning/">MSc Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning</a>; <a title="MSc Sustainable Energy Futures" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/mechanical-engineering/sustainable-energy-futures/">MSc Sustainable Energy Futures</a>.</span></p> <p><span>At Doctoral level our PhD community are engaged in intensive programmes of in-depth research, including specific Centres for Doctoral Training focused on SDGs, including the </span><a style="font-size: 15px;" href="http://mpecdt.org/">Mathematics of Planet Earth</a><span>, </span><a style="font-size: 15px;" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/chemical-biology/cdt/">Chemical Biology and Life Sciences Innovation</a><span>, </span><a style="font-size: 15px;" href="https://cdt-acm.org/">Advanced Characterisation of Materials for Energy and Healthcare</a><span>.</span></p> <p><span>At post-graduate level we have </span><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/students/academic-support/graduate-school/professional-development/international-global-fellows-programme/">Global Fellows programmes</a><span> that network the next generation of leading researchers.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="highlight"> </div>  </div> <section class="supplementary-content row"> <div class="supplementary-content__sizer col"></div> <div class="col lg-12"><div class="module btn-container"><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/horizons/module-options/3rd--4th-year-undergraduates/independent-project/" class="btn" target="_blank"><span>Change Makers independent project</span><svg role="img" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" class="icon icon--m"><use 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class="title">SDG 7</h3> <p class="description"> Visit the UN SDG website to find out more about SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col lg-12 news"> <div class="module"> <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/economic-growth/" target="_blank"> <div class="media"><img srcset="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/302x302/prod01/channel_3/media/images/non-standard-dimensions/sdg-8.png 302w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/604x604/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/images/non-standard-dimensions/sdg-8.png 604w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/1208x1208/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/images/non-standard-dimensions/sdg-8.png 1208w, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/302x302/prod01/channel_3/media/images/non-standard-dimensions/sdg-8.png 1x, 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