Merger with Wye College

 Wye College merged with Imperial College London on 1 August 2000. 

Founded in 1447 as the College of St Gregory and St Martin by Cardinal John Kempe, initially as a college for training priests, Wye College subsequently had uses as a private residence, grammar school and charity school. 

In 1894, the South Eastern Agricultural College was established which became the School of Agriculture within the University of London four years later. 

Throughout the 20th Century Wye, based near Ashford, Kent, had an international reputation for research-led teaching in biological sciences, the environment, agricultural economics and business management, agriculture and horticulture. It was also home to an award-winning Distance Learning Programme, offered in conjunction with the University of London.