Imperial Inspires scholarship programme launched in Singapore by President

Imperial Inspires, the university’s biggest ever scholarship programme for undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses, was launched by the President during a visit to Singapore.

The sector-leading scholarship programme is designed to support talented students to access an Imperial education and join a community harnessing science and technology to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges.  

Imperial Inspires recognises the vital contribution international students make to our community, they enrich our classrooms, strengthen our research, and extend Imperial’s impact far beyond our campuses. Professor Hugh Brady President of Imperial

Imperial are offering at least 300 scholarships worth £15,000 per year for eligible international students. 
Imperial Inspires is open to students who apply for autumn 2027 entry and provides financial support for outstanding international applicants to undergraduate and selected postgraduate taught courses.

President of Imperial, Professor Hugh Brady, launched the scholarship programme at an event for prospective students, alumni and Imperial partners, in Singapore. Imperial is proud to currently host more than 450 students from Singapore and to have more than 4,000 alumni who call Singapore home.

President Brady said: “At its heart, Imperial Inspires recognises the vital contribution international students make to our community, they enrich our classrooms, strengthen our research, and extend Imperial’s impact far beyond our campuses. These scholarships will remove financial barriers and widen access – nurturing global talent and shaping a future where excellence knows no borders. Imperial is at an exciting moment in its journey – full of ambition, energy and purpose, and we are looking for people who want to be part of that story.”

Find out more about Imperial Inspires 

Singapore engagements

President Brady met with many of Imperial’s collaborators and partners in Singapore to demonstrate the growing links in research and innovation between the UK and Singapore.

The British High Commission hosted members of Imperial Global Singapore's Advisory Council 

Imperial Global Singapore convened its inaugural Advisory Council meeting to explore ways to advance the hub’s ambitions. The Advisory Council brings together leaders from government, industry, academia, venture capital and investment firms - including many distinguished alumni.

President Brady and Imperial Global Singapore's Academic Director Azra Ghani met with the British High Commissioner for Singapore Nikesh Mehta

The British High Commission hosted the meeting at the residence, Eden Hall, and the President met Nikesh Mehta, the British High Commissioner to Singapore, to discuss the contribution of UK universities like Imperial to Singapore's science, tech and innovation eco-system.

Imperial’s research and innovation hub, Imperial Global Singapore, builds on Imperial’s longstanding collaborations with partners in Singapore, enables scientists to rapidly scale new scientific breakthroughs and technology to societal benefit and commercialisation in Southeast Asia.  

Researchers from Imperial Global Singapore presented their work at the CREATE Symposium

Teams from Imperial Global Singapore presented some of their latest research at NRF’s CREATE Symposium on Climate Change, Environment, Health, Urban Resilience. The Symposium was attended by Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, Permanent Secretary (National Research and Development), Mr Heng Swee Keat, Chairman of the National Research Foundation, and many leading scientists and international research institutions to share pioneering research and solutions to global challenges.

Imperial’s Singapore hub is based at CREATE, an international research campus, where Imperial scientists work closely with university, industry, government, and third-sector partners in Singapore. 
Researchers from two of Imperial Global Singapore’s major research programmes presented updates on their work including the health cybersecurity and AI for healthcare programme, IN-CYPHER, and the clean fuels programme SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell).

Professor Frank Kelly, from the School of Public Health, also gave a keynote speech at the symposium, outlining the challenges of transport pollution in cities. Professor Kelly highlighted how Imperial’s MRC Centre for Environment & Health and NTU’s Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Health are carrying out cutting-edge collaborative research to provide actionable solutions to both issues.

The President’s visit followed the recent announcement of two landmark research programmes with partners in Singapore to harness artificial intelligence to accelerate chemistry discovery and software reliability. The programmes, worth nearly S$20 million in investment, are funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and will be hosted by Imperial Global Singapore, the university’s research and innovation hub in the region.

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Malaysia engagements 

The President helped launch Imperial Inspires in Malaysia at a large gathering of prospective students, alumni and supporters in Kuala Lumpur. Imperial has more than 400 Malaysian students and a community of more than 3,000 alumni in the country.

President Brady also met with Malaysia’s Health Minister and Imperial alum, Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, to discuss areas for potential collaboration spanning infections and non-communicable diseases, digital health and convergence science.  

Dr Ahmad said the meeting ‘marked a significant step forward in exploring strategic collaborations to elevate our national healthcare ecosystem’.

Imperial is one of Malaysia’s top science, engineering and medicine research collaborators in the UK, with Imperial researchers co-authoring more than 1,000 publications with Malaysian peers in the last five years.  

Leading the charge to find low-carbon technologies are researchers at the Brahmal Vasudevan Institute for Sustainable Aviation - established following a £25 million gift from Malaysian alumnus Brahmal Vasudevan (Aeronautical Engineering 1990), founder and CEO of private equity firm Creador, and his wife Shanthi Kandiah, founder of legal firm SK Chambers.