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Imperial Inspires Scholarships

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

Imperial Inspires scholarships support outstanding international applicants to undergraduate and selected postgraduate taught courses. For autumn 2027 entry Imperial offers at least 300 awards across the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Imperial Business School.

The programme recognises students who combine academic excellence with potential to contribute to their field and society, with particular interest in curiosity, initiative, leadership and a global outlook. It is open to applicants from all countries and no region is prioritised.

Imperial plans to add scholarships for UK students in future years.

Award Information

  • International student paying the Overseas rate of tuition.
  • Applying for a full-time undergraduate course (including integrated Master's such as MEng and MSci) or a selected full-time postgraduate taught course that offers an Imperial Inspires scholarship, in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Medicine or Imperial Business School.
  • Meet the minimum entry requirements for the course.
  • Not available for postgraduate research or doctoral courses.
  • £15,000 per year for each year of the course.
  • Paid either split equally between tuition fees and a maintenance stipend, or wholly towards tuition fees; the Faculty decides and informs recipients after selection.
  • Partial award: remaining tuition fees and living costs are the student's responsibility.
  • The award cannot be deferred and may be withdrawn if the student leaves the course, does not maintain satisfactory academic progress or breaches regulations.
  • Undergraduate UCAS applications for 2027 entry open 2 September 2026; postgraduate taught applications open September 2026.
  • Eligible applicants are invited to apply for the scholarship when scholarship applications open in October 2026; applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
  1. Submit the Imperial undergraduate application through UCAS, or the postgraduate application through My Imperial, once applications open in September 2026.
  2. If the course offers an Imperial Inspires scholarship and you meet entry and eligibility requirements, you are invited to apply when applications open in October 2026.
  3. Undergraduate applicants complete an additional optional essay question from October 2026.

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How selection works

Selection is separate from admissions: receiving or being considered for the scholarship does not affect the admission decision. Decisions are final within each cycle with no formal appeal; unsuccessful applicants may be considered again if they reapply in a later cycle. Attending Imperial events is not part of selection.

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