Scholarship overview

  • Degree level

    Postgraduate taught, Master's research

  • Value

    Imperial College London will cover 25% of tuition and COLFUTURO a Scholarship-Loan of up to $50,000 USD

  • Number of awards

    8

  • Academic year

    2025/2026

  • Tuition fee status

    Overseas

  • Mode of study

    Full time

  • Available to

    Prospective students

  • Application deadline

    28/02/2025

  • Additional information

    Scholarship page

    scholarships@imperial.ac.uk

  • Available to applicants in the following departments

    • Aeronautics
    • Bioengineering
    • Brain Sciences
    • Business School
    • Centre for Environmental Policy
    • Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication
    • 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

Imperial College London is offering Joint Graduate Loan-Scholarships, in partnership with COLFUTURO, to up to eight Colombian students admitted to a one-year full-time Master's course for the 2025-26 academic year.

For information on the eligibility criteria, please go to the COLFUTURO Programa Crédito Beca website and find further information here.

Other eligibility criteria also apply – see "Application process" below.

Please note: This scholarship is not available to continuing students.

Course specific information

Applicants can apply to any one-year full-time Master’s level programme, excluding MBAs and the joint MA (RCA) / MSc Global Innovation Design (GID) or any other jointly run program.

Application process

How to apply 

To apply for a COLFUTURO & Imperial College London Joint Graduate Loan-Scholarship, follow the steps below:

  1. Apply directly to COLFUTURO for the Programa Crédito Beca (Loan-Scholarship Program). The application form and terms and conditions can be found on the COLFUTURO Programa Crédito Beca webpage. Applications will open on 7 January 2025 and close at 23:59 (Colombia time) on 28 February 2025. COLFUTURO will notify applicants whether they have been successful by 15 May 2025.
  2. If your application to the COLFUTURO Programa Crédito Beca is successful and you wish to be considered for a 25% contribution of fees from Imperial College London, search for the course you want to apply for.  Applicants can apply to any one-year full-time Master’s level programme, excluding MBAs and the joint MA (RCA) / MSc Global Innovation Design (GID) or any other jointly run program.
  3. Create an online account and submit your application through our application portal as soon as possible* – use our guide on How to apply for additional help.  (*Important: Some departments have application rounds for their postgraduate taught courses, with fixed application dates throughout the year.  Please check carefully the Deadlines webpage for further details).
  4. In order to be considered for the 25% contribution towards fees, you must receive an offer of admissions from Imperial College London for the 2025-26 academic year by 19 May 2025.

Application fee

If you’re applying for a postgraduate course at Imperial, you may need to pay an application fee. You can find more information on application fees and check if you're eligible for an application fee waiver here. 

Assessment 

Imperial College Selection Panel will assess applications on academic merit and/or potential through the standard admission process. 

Additional information

Value of scholarship

Imperial College London will cover 25% of tuition fees for a maximum of eight eligible students selected as beneficiaries of the COLFUTURO Programa Crédito Beca.  The 8 selected will be notified at the end of June 2025.  The Imperial offer of the 25% of tuition fees will be conditional on them having accepted and formalized Colfuturo's offer of the Programa Crédito Beca (Loan-Scholarship Program) by 31 July 2025. 

COLFUTURO offers each student a Scholarship-Loan of up to $50,000 USD

Contact

If you have any additional questions, please contact us at scholarships@imperial.ac.uk.