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
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.
- 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
- 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:- Apply for an eligible course – see the list in the Eligibility Criteria section.
- Create an online account and submit your application through our application portal – use our guide to How to apply for additional help.
- Receive an offer of a place for 2025 entry by the scholarship deadline of 23.59 (UK local time) on 9 May 2025.
- Firmly accept the offer by the relevant deadline.
- 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.