How to apply

1. Apply for a place on a Faculty of Medicine Master's programme

• Please ensure that you have applied for a place on a Faculty of Medicine Master's programme before applying for the Dean's Master's and/or Dr Jean Alero Thomas scholarships. Failure to do so may render your scholarship application invalid.
• It is not essential to wait for an offer of a place on a programme to be made before applying but the initial programme application must be made before submitting the scholarship application.
• To apply for a Master's programme, please use our online admissions system.

2. Complete the application form

• Complete the online application form.
• Students will automatically be considered for both scholarship programmes, where eligible, when submitting the form.
• The form will need to be completed in a single session, so please be mindful of this when opening the application form.
• The form will ask for the following:
  • Personal details
  • The title(s) of the programme(s) which you have applied for
  • Completion of four competency-based questions. 
• If you have any queries or have difficulty completing the form, please contact the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Team (feopostgradtm@imperial.ac.uk).

3. Selection process

• The Dean's Master's and Dr Jean Alero Thomas scholarships are awarded to applicants who are deemed by the panel to have the greatest potential to be leaders in their chosen field. This is assessed through academic excellence, professional/research experience and sense of career trajectory. Typically, applicants should be among the highest achievers in their academic cohort or have considerable professional experience. 
• Applications will initially be reviewed by departments, before shortlisting and review at Faculty-level takes place in June
• All applicants will be informed of their outcome, successful or not, by the end of July.

Terms and conditions

When applying for the Faculty of Medicine Dean's Master's and Dr Jean Alero Thomas Scholarships, candidates agree to the Imperial College London scholarships and bursaries terms and conditions.

Additionally, the following Faculty of Medicine Scholarships conditions override the terms and conditions linked above:

• Before applying for the Dean's Master's and Dr Jean Alero Thomas Scholarships, candidates must first apply for a Master's programme run by the Faculty of Medicine. An offer of a place is not required before applying. 
• Both part-time and full-time students are eligible to apply.
• Candidates who do not apply through the online scholarship form will not be considered for the Dean's Master's and Dr Jean Alero Thomas Scholarships.
• The decision of the selection panel is final. No appeal process is available.
• Awards cannot be deferred or used to fund non-PGT programmes within the Faculty of Medicine, or programmes run by other faculties or schools at Imperial or elsewhere.
• Although your scholarship application will be primarily based on your scholarship application form, the panel may also consult your programme application if deemed necessary.
• The continued payment of a Faculty of Medicine Scholarship is subject to satisfactory academic progression on the programme. Award holders will also be required to maintain a minimum class attendance of 80%.
• The Dean's Master's and Dr Jean Alero Thomas Scholarships are non-transferable. If you transfer to a programme run by another faculty or school, transfer to another institution or withdraw from the College, any payments due to you will be cancelled. Transferring between Faculty of Medicine Master's programmes may also result in your scholarship being withdrawn. 
• Awardees will be required to participate in promotional activities during the course of their studies and allow their image to be used by Imperial for publicity purposes. Such activities may include (but are not limited to) attending recruitment events, discussing their experiences with prospective postgraduate students and producing occasional print or web copy.