Brian May George Orwell's novel of the same name, with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell. At Hampton Grammar School, he attained ten GCE Ordinary Levels and three GCE Advanced Levels in Physics, Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics. He studied Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1968 with honours. In 2007, May was awarded a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London for work started in 1971 and completed in 2007. May formed the band Smile in 1968. The group included Tim Staffell as the lead singer and bassist, and later, drummer Roger
Department of Computing, Imperial College London department also offers an MRes course as part of the EPSRC, and takes on PhD students. All students graduating with any of the postgraduate degrees (MSc, MRes or PhD) are also awarded the Diploma of Imperial College, DIC. The departments ranks ninth in the world in the Times Higher Education 2018 subject rankings, ranking third in the UK, as well as twelfth in the QS World University Rankings. Domestically, the department ranks second on the Complete University Guide's 2019 computer science table, behind Cambridge, and fifth in The Guardian's 2019 computer science university subject rankings. The department also produces graduates