Which is better for Medicine, Imperial College London or MIT?

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General FactsImperial College LondonMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Type of UniversityUniversityUniversity
Established19071861
Student:Faculty Ratio11:1:13:1:1
Male:Female57% Male,  0% Female1.3% Male,  0% Female
Location Facts

Has a number of campuses situated in the center of London; close to London's museum district, Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park; Campus are located at Charing Cross, Chelsea and Westminster, Hammersmith, Royal Brompton, Silwood Park, etc. 

Lying between central and kendall squares across Charles River from Boston's Back bay. Small instituition with close knit student body postioned to collaborate and contribute to neighbors

Library

7 libraries; Central Library at South Kensington; medical libraries at Charing Cross, Chelsea and Westminster, Hammersmith, Royal Brompton and St Mary's Hospital; Silwood Park Campus Library; Science Museum's library was previously included in the central library

More than 5 million items, with over 21,000 MIT theses
478 online database
17,000 journals
55,000 electronic journals

Campus Life

More than 380 clubs and societies related to academic, arts & entertainment, charitable, cultural, departmental, faith, indoor, martial arts, media, outdoor, social and sports; Caving, gliding and canoeing are also organized by the college; Student Union runs two bars and a nighclub on campus

Over 450 co-curricular organizations, Society for Women Engineers, LGTQ+ community, Black stuents union, 33 varsity sports, The Tech (student newspaper), The Byte (graduate student publication), religious organizations, around 43 sororities, fraternities and independent living groups.

Hostel-#Rooms - $13614
Famous Alumni

Nobel laureates of medicine: Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, Peter Higgs; HG Wells (author); William Crookes (physicist); Thomas Huxley (biologist)

85 Nobel laureates, 58 National Medal of Science Winners, 29 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Winners
Kofi Annan (Former secretary general of UN), Buzz Aldrin (former Apolo 11 astronaut & fighter pilot), Benjamin Netanyahu (Iraesli Prime Minister), Amar Gopal Bose (Owner of Bose), etc.

City Life

London ranks 1st in QS News Best Student Cities for 2023; the capital city of England; known for Palace of Westminster, Tower of London, London Eye, Arts Galleries, Museum of London, Science Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and various other cultural attractions. The UK parliament and PM's home is located in London. 

Cambridge- city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; City is part of the Boston metropolitan area; home to a huge student community; Average salaries offered within the state are up to 97,5000 USD; Famous tourist attractions: Charles River, Harvard Square, Mount Auburn Cemetery, MIT Museum, CambrdgeSide, John Harvard Statue, Sanders Theatre. 

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3 months ago

Imperial College is better for clinical medicine (MBBS) than MIT. The university offers a direct UG medical degree to Indian students with world-class hospital training in London. It consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the world for Medicine.

MIT is better for research in biomedical e

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