10. Imperial College of London

The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine was established in 1907.

Set in London's scientific and cultural heartland, South Kensington, it was created though a merger between the Royal College of Science, the City and Guilds College and the Royal School of Mines.

Various colleges have merged with the College since. These include St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1988 and the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1995.

In 1997, Charing Cross, Westminster Medical School and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School merged with the College to form the Imperial College School of Medicine.

And, in 2000, Wye College and the The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology merged with the College.

The College boasts of 14 Nobel Prize winners.

Information courtesy Imperial College of London.