Scholarship overview
Degree level
Postgraduate doctoral
Value
Full tuition fees, a stipend and consumables budget
Number of awards
50
Academic year
2025/2026
Tuition fee status
Home, Overseas
Mode of study
Full time, Part time
Available to
Prospective students
Application deadline
10/03/2025
Additional information
Available to applicants in the following departments
- Aeronautics
- Bioengineering
- Brain Sciences
- Business School
- Centre for Environmental Policy
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computing
- Design Engineering
- Earth Science and Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Immunology and Inflammation
- Infectious Disease
- Institute of Clinical Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Materials
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- Physics
- School of Public Health
- Surgery and Cancer
Eligibility criteria
The award covers full tuition fees, provides an annual stipend for 3.5 years (£25,224 in 2024-25) and a £2,000 consumables budget
Eligibility
To be considered for this scholarship, candidates must:
- Have been assessed as Home or Overseas fee status.
- Apply to undertake a PhD course
- Have a first-class undergraduate/ integrated Master’s degree, or a distinction in a standalone Master’s qualification.
Please note: This scholarship is not available to continuing students.
Application process
Nomination
You should submit your application for admission to study at Imperial through our online admissions system and your department will put you forward for the scholarship based on academic merit and potential.
Supervisor
You must have made contact with a supervisor in an academic department at Imperial College London who has agreed to supervise your research project.
Supervisors are limited to supervising one scholar at any time. Please review the President's PhD Scholarships - Unavailable Supervisors page for more information.
Guidance
For more detailed guidance, please visit Imperial College London’s President’s PhD Scholarship page.
Additional information
Successful candidates will receive written confirmation of their scholarship. Any offer of a PhD place will be conditional on the candidate receiving the predicted qualifications.
This award is for students starting in the academic year 2025-26 and cannot be deferred. All scholarships are awarded subject to students accepting award Terms and Conditions.
Application and Notification Dates
To help you plan your application, here are the deadlines and notification dates for each round:
- Round 1:
- Apply by: 4 November 2024 (23:59 UK time)
- Decision by: End of January 2024
- Round 2:
- Apply by: 9 January 2025 (23:59 UK time)
- Decision by: End of March 2024
- Round 3:
- Apply by: 10 March 2025 (23:59 UK time)
- Decision by: End of May 2024
Contact
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at phdscholarshipscheme@imperial.ac.uk.