Student scholarships and funding
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Number and value of scholarships awarded, 2020/21 - 2022/23
The request
Please provide the number, name and type of scholarships administered by the College’s Central Student Financial Support Team for the past 3 years and the total value awarded under each of these per year.
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-355, 4 August 2023
FOI response, IMPFOI-23-355, scholarships (xlsx)
Student Support Fund, applications, awards and amounts
The request
- The number of applications made to the fund over the past five academic years.
- The total sums of payments made to students from the fund over the past five academic years.
- The proportion of international students/UK who have received payments from the fund over the past five academic years.
Imperial College Response (IMPFOI-23-024, 2 February 2023)
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total applications | 160 | 297 | 199 | 223 | 481 | 342 |
| Successful applications | 92 | 113 | 113 | 130 | 284 | 203 |
| Home students | 59 | 61 | 63 | 74 | 120 | 92 |
| Overseas EU students | 33 | 52 | 50 | 56 | 164 | 111 |
| Total fund awarded | £179,684.91 | £125,942.01 | £284,600.20 | £164,167.31 | £459,732.17 | £252,646.06 |
Student Support Fund, payments to full-time Home fee paying students by gender, 2019/20 to 2021/22
The Request
- Please could you confirm in what year the Imperial College London Student Support Fund was created?
- How many full-time, British, undergraduate students applied for the Imperial Student Support Fund in the academic years 2019-2020, 2020-21 and 2021-22?
- How many of those applicants (full-time, British, undergraduate students) were successful and received any form of funding in the academic years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 from the Imperial Student Support Fund?
- How many of those applicants (full-time, British, undergraduate students) were given a non-payable award and how many received a loan in the academic years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 under the Imperial Student Support Fund?
- What was the average monetary sum that a successful applicant (full-time, British, undergraduate students) received as a non-payable award in the academic years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 under the Imperial Student Support?
- What was the average monetary loan that a successful applicant (full-time, British, undergraduate students) received under the Imperial Student Support Fund?
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-206, 18 May 2023
The Imperial College Student Support Fund was created in 2014. Details of payments made to full-time, undergraduate Home fee paying students: FOI Response IMPFOI-23-206 (pdf)
Student support fund payments 2022/23
FOI Request and response, IMPFOI-23-581, 8 November 2023
How many students had successful Student Support Fund applications in the academic year 2022-3?
221
How many students had rejected Student Support Fund applications in the academic year 2022-3?
215
What was the minimum amount that one student received via the Student Support Fund in the academic year 2022-3?
£95
What was the maximum amount that one student received via the Student Support Fund in the academic year 2022-3?
£5,000
How much money was allocated by the University for distribution via the Student Support Fund in the academic year 2022-3?
£500,000 from College funds in addition to donation funds.
How much money was given by the University to students via the Student Support Fund in the academic year 2022-3?
£608,006 including from donation funds.
In addition to the number of successful applicants, we awarded £244,000 (488 students) in fast-track hardship grant payments to students of £500 each. 465 of these students did not apply to the Student Support Fund, therefore we awarded 686 students in total with funds from the Student Support Fund in the 2022-23 academic year.
Student Support Fund payments to PhD students, 1 January 2022 to 28 February 2023
The request
Information on cost of living payments to PhD students at Imperial between January 2022 and January 2023. Please provide data on the follow categories: the number of PhD students to receive payments; individual amounts PhD students were paid, if this will identify individuals please provide an average value for individual payments; the total amount paid to students; payments broken down by payments made by faculty and departments to students.
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-069, 6 March 2023
Imperial College does not make 'cost of living' payments, but student experiencing financial difficulties can apply to the Student Support Fund for assistance. The information is not available at Department level.
| Faculty | Number of payments | Total amount paid to PhD students |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Engineering | 24 | £49,456.56 |
| Facukty of Medicine | 19 | £25,615.00 |
| Faculty of Natural Sciences | 16 | £28,794.26 |
| Total | 59 | £103,865.82 |
Number of students in receipt of scholarships from China Scholarship Council
The request
From 2015 - 2023, the numbers of China Scholarship Council (CSC)-funded students every year. Please provide aggregated data by departments.
Imperial College London response, IMPFOI-24-092, 13 March 2024
Tuition fee fraud
The request
Since 2018, how many students have been investigated for tuition fee fraud?
Imperial Response, IMPFOI-24-084, 12 March 2024
Since 2018 there have been seven incidents involving suspected tuition fee fraud. The students in each case were not necessarily suspected of perpetrating the fraud.
Tuition fees 2019/20 to 2021/22
The request
Please provide details of the fees payable by UK and international students, 2019/20 to 2021/22.
Imperial response, IMPFOI-24-170, 18 April 2024