Scholarship overview
Degree level
Postgraduate taught, Master's research
Value
Up to £18,500 tuition fees, £22,041 stipend, £1,500 equipment grant
Number of awards
4
Academic year
2026/2027
Tuition fee status
Home
Mode of study
Full time
Available to
Prospective students
Application deadline
01/04/2026
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
- Institute of Clinical Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Materials
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medicine
- 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 Fee status.
To meet the eligibility criteria for a Presidential Scholarship for students of Black heritage, you must be in one of the following ethnic heritages (or their equivalent in the respective application systems):
Black – African
Black – Caribbean
Black – Other
Mixed – White and Black African
Mixed White and Black Caribbean
Other Mixed background – including Black African, Black Caribbean or Other Black background
Certain factors relating to widening participation backgrounds will be considered alongside academic rankings when Imperial makes final decisions on scholarship recipients.
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 and Faculty of Engineering
One-year and two-year, full-time and part-time, Master’s by Research courses in the Business School
Course that are not eligible
Online/distance learning courses
Imperial 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 Presidential Scholarship for students of Black heritage, you need to:
- Apply for an eligible course – see list in 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 2026 entry by the scholarship deadline of 23.59 (UK local time) on 1 April 2026.
- Firmly accept the offer by the relevant deadline.
- Complete our Presidential Scholarships application form by the deadline of 23.59 (UK local time) on 1 April 2026.
Additional information
Each scholarship covers:
- Home tuition fees up to £18,500* for eligible Master's courses
- An annual maintenance grant of £22,041
- An allowance of £1,500 for equipment
- Mentoring support
*For the MSc Applied Machine Learning in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and for any Master’s courses in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering the full Home tuition fees will be covered
Outcome of Award: The successful candidates will be notified by email no later than 30 June 2026. If you have not heard from us by this date, please assume you have been unsuccessful in your application.
This award is for students starting in the academic year 2026-27 and cannot be deferred. All scholarships are awarded subject to students accepting the award Terms and Conditions.
Contact
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at scholarships@imperial.ac.uk.