Timeline
1907 Formation of Imperial College of Science and Technology incorporating Royal School of Mines, Royal College of Science and City and Guilds College
1907 Imperial College Union formed as a federation of the 3 College Unions
1911 The Union building in South Kensington is constructed
1922 Founder member of NUS (leaves for the first time in 1923)
1949 Felix is founded
1968 First directly elected sabbatical President
1984 The Union starts catering operation
1985 The Union Starts running own bars
1987 First professional welfare advisor at the Union
1988 Imperial College School of Medicine is established at St. Mary’s
1996 Union Council is made the supreme governing body
1997 Union stops running bookshop on campus.
1998 First Deputy President (Education & Welfare) Sabbatical
1998 Imperial College School of Medicine merges with Charing Cross and Royal Postgraduate Medical schools
2000 Merger with Wye College and Kennedy Institute
2001 Sir Richard Sykes appointed Rector of Imperial College
2003 College adopts Faculty structure in place of constituent Colleges.
2004 College rebrands as "Imperial College, London"
2005 Union Building Redevelopment - Project starts
2005 First Deputy President(Graduate Students) at the Union.
2006 Union Building Redevelopment - Construction work starts
2007 Imperial College Centenary
2007 Imperial College intends to leave University of London
