Studentship overview

  • Degree level

    Postgraduate doctoral

  • Value

    Full Tuition Fees (Home rate), a bursary (UKRI London rate, ie, £22,780 pa in 2025-26), and conference support funds

  • Academic year

    2025/2026

  • Tuition fee status

    Home

  • Mode of study

    Full time

  • Available to

    Prospective students

  • Application deadline

  • Additional information

    Scholarship page

    ai4health-admissions@imperial.ac.uk

  • Available to applicants in the following departments

    • Computing

Eligibility criteria

Entry to our AI for Healthcare CDT programme (at the Department of Computing) is very competitive. Applicants are expected to have or to achieve a First Class (4-year) Undergraduate degree and Distinction level Master’s degree or equivalent degrees in a relevant scientific or technical discipline, such as computer science, engineering (mechanical, electrical, biomedical engineering), mathematics, physics, statistics, as well as biological sciences, or medicine. Expected core skills include mathematics, coding, statistics. Additional expertise in medicine or biology (especially quantitative and biological systems) is valuable, as is expertise in machine learning, computer vision, deep learning, robotics, natural language processing, human-computer interfaces or software engineering. If in doubt, prospective applicants are encouraged to apply in any case.

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

Course specific information

Our PhD programme requires ATAS.

Application process

Please refer to the information on our Programme website: 

https://ai4health.io/apply/

Additional information

In the AI for Healthcare Programme (#AI4Health), we train the next generation of innovators and scientists in cutting-edge AI technologies. Our focus lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare. We are dedicated to bringing together the AI and healthcare research communities. This multi-disciplinary approach enables us to tackle the grand challenges that healthcare providers and healthcare systems face, using AI to innovate and develop ground-breaking solutions.

Contact

If you have any additional questions, please contact us at ai4health-admissions@imperial.ac.uk.