Imperial College London is a world top ten university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial is committed to developing the next generation of researchers, scientists and academics through collaboration across disciplines. Located in the heart of London, Imperial is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges.

The Faculty of Engineering is composed of ten departments amongst which is the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department (EEE) that is involved in the project. The Department has been ranked top for research in the UK's EEE sector in the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 exercise. Recent QS university subject rankings places the EEE Department 9th in the world. The department The EEE department has extensive experience in leading and participating in large multi-partner collaborative research projects and strategic industrial partnerships.

Within the project Imperial College has bilateral agreements with:

- KTH Royal Institute of Technology(Sweden)

- TU Delft(the Netherlands)

Imperial College offers, to a select number of incoming students, the interdisciplinary path -Smart Grid and Power Networks