Brian May greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked at No. 26 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 2012, he was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist in a "Guitar World" magazine readers poll. May was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work". May earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007, and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013. He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission. He is also
Imperial College London Elizabeth II opened the Imperial College Business School. The main campus is located in South Kensington, with a new innovation campus in White City. Imperial is organised through faculties of science, engineering, medicine and business. The university's emphasis is on technology and its practical application. Imperial is amongst the most international universities in the world, with 59% of students from outside the UK and more than 140 countries represented on campus, In 2018-19, Imperial is ranked 8th globally (1st in London) in the QS World University Rankings, 9th in the THE World University Rankings and 24th in the Academic Ranking