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Imperial College London
President's PhD Scholarship
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The scholarships allow students to undertake a research project of their choosing with the support of a supervisor, alongside cohort-building opportunities with other President's PhD Scholars.
Do I qualify 6 requirements for everyone + route options
Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- nationality all nationalities
- admission new PhD application
- Not open to: enrolment currently registered Imperial College London PhD student
- institution contact an Imperial academic-department supervisor who agrees to supervise the research project
- admission meet additional application requirements stated by the chosen department
- select the President's PhD Scholarship option in the online application's funding section
These depend on how you qualify. The provider describes 4 ways, and you will not need all of them. The official page shows which applies to you.
- degree first-class undergraduate degree or equivalent
- degree first-class integrated Master's degree or equivalent
- degree distinction in a standalone Master's qualification, or evidence of high performance expected to lead to a dis…
Preferences and flexible criteria (1)
- degree departmental special-case consideration where extenuating circumstances explain grades not obtained and the c…
Not open to: Current registered Imperial PhD students
- Who is eligible
- All nationalities explicitly accepted
- Level of study
- PhD
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Funding details
- Full funding for tuition fees and a stipend of £27,036 a year (2027-28 rate) for living costs over 3.5 years, plus a £2,000 a year consumables fund for the first 3 years and a programme of bespoke events from the Early Career Researcher Institute.
- Duration
- 3-4 years
- Host country
- United Kingdom
- Host institution
- Imperial College London
What I need Not listed here
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Apply On imperial.ac.uk
How to apply
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- Identify the research area and department for the PhD, and check any additional application requirements set by that department. Required
- Review the President’s PhD Scholarships – Unavailable Supervisors page before finalising your application. Optional Open this official step
- Before applying, contact a potential Imperial supervisor and obtain their agreement to supervise your research project. Required
- Prepare a two-page supporting document: page one is your personal statement and page two is your research proposal. Provide a more detailed proposal if your department requires one. Required
- Complete the PhD admission application and provide the names of two academic referees; do not list your proposed PhD supervisor as one of them. Required
- In the online application’s funding section under the additional questions tab, select the President’s PhD Scholarship option. Required
- Submit the application for admission to the PhD programme through Imperial’s online admissions system; there is no separate scholarship application form. Required
- After submission, the department reviews applicants and selects eligible candidates to put forward for scholarship consideration; this is the department’s process, not a separate student scholarship submission. Required
- Deadline
- 1 March 2027
- Deadline notes
- Earlier rounds for the same academic year: 2 November 2026 at 23:59 UK time and 11 January 2027 at 23:59 UK time.
- Deadline timezone
- UK time
- Application cycle
- 2027 application cycle
Details to confirm
- Some hard eligibility requirements are incomplete in the captured source.
- Some eligibility wording is ambiguous in the source — read the exact wording on the official page.
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