London property for sale in 2002, the
constituent colleges were abolished in favour of a new faculty
structure. A merger with University College London was proposed
in October that year, but was called off a month later after
protests from staff over fear of redundancies.[17]
In 2003, the College was granted London property for
sale degree-awarding powers in its own right by the Privy
Council. Exercising this power would be incompatible with
remaining in the federal University of London; hence, on 9
December 2005, Imperial College announced that it would commence
negotiations to secede from the federal University.[18]
The college became London property for sale independent in
July 2007 with the belief that its reputation exceeds other
colleges of University of London [19][20] and the first students
to register for an Imperial College degree were postgraduates
beginning their course in October 2007, with the first undergraduates
London property for sale enrolling for an Imperial degree
in October 2008. The first group of students to be awarded
the Imperial College degree by default commenced their studies
in 2008, but students already registered were offered the
option of choosing to be awarded a University of London degree
or an Imperial College degree. The first London property for
sale undergraduates to be awarded Imperial College degrees
graduated in 2008.
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