Scholarship overview

  • Degree level

    Postgraduate taught, Master's research

  • Value

    Home tuition fees up to £18,500, stipend of £21,000, £1,500 equipment grant & Mentoring Support

  • Number of awards

    4

  • Academic year

    2025/2026

  • Tuition fee status

    Home, Overseas

  • Mode of study

    Full time, Part time

  • Available to

    Prospective students

  • Application deadline

    09/05/2025

  • Additional information

    Scholarship page

    student.funding@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
    • 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

One award is available in each faculty for a candidate with Home and Overseas Fee status. 

  • Have an offer of admission from the College to study a one-year full-time or two-year part-time Master’s course
  • Have a disability as defined in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.
A disability is a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Examples include:
  • Physical impairment
  • Vision impairment/Blind
  • Hearing impairment/Deaf
  • Specific Learning Difficulty e.g., Dyslexia, Dyspraxia
  • Learning or intellectual disability
  • Neurodivergence or neurological disorder

Eligible Master’s courses

As well as the above criteria, you must also apply for an eligible course:

  • One-year full-time or part-time Master’s course in the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Imperial College Business School
Courses that are not eligible
  • Online/distance learning courses
  • Imperial College Business School MBA programmes
  • MA/MSc Global Innovation Design and MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering in the Dyson School of Design Engineering

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

Application process

To apply for a Master's Scholarship supporting disabled students, you need to:
  1. Apply for an eligible course – see the list in the Eligibility Criteria section. 
  2. Create an online account and submit your application through our application portal – use our guide to How to apply for additional help.
  3. Receive an offer of a place for 2025 entry by the scholarship deadline of 23.59 (UK local time) on 9 May 2025.
  4. Firmly accept the offer by the relevant deadline.
  5. Complete our Scholarship application form by the deadline of 23.59 (UK local time) on 9 May 2025.

Additional information

Each scholarship covers:
  • Home tuition fees up to £18,500* for eligible Master's courses
  • Maintenance grant of £21,000
  • An allowance of £1,500 for equipment
  • Mentoring support through the Activate Student Mentoring Programme

*Please keep in mind that this scholarship only covers home fees. If you are an overseas candidate and are awarded the scholarship, you must arrange for payment of the remaining balance.

Contact

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