We are pleased to offer a limited number of travel bursaries for prospective Year 12 students to attend our in-person June 2025 Open Days.

The bursaries will provide return rail or public transport to one of our June Open Days for Year 12 students at a state school or college in the UK. These bursaries are funded from Imperial's access and participation funds, so priority will be given to applicants that fall into groups currently underrepresented in higher education. Please see details of the eligibility criteria below.

Applying for the travel bursary

We will provide paid tickets for successful applicants via rail or other reasonable public transport where rail is not feasible. When filling out the application form please make sure that you enter your details carefully as they will be used to book your tickets for travel if successful.

Apply for a travel bursary

This application form is for the travel bursary only, you will need to register for any departmental sessions separately on our Open Day page.

Eligibility criteria

You must be in Year 12 and at a UK state school.

When applying for the travel bursary, we will ask you whether you:

 

  • Attend a non-selective school
  • Are the first in your family to attend university
  • Have ever been eligible for free school meals
  • Have spent any amount of time in local authority care
  • Are a participant, or have a place, on a Year 12 Imperial Outreach Programme

We may also look at information about your school or postcode to understand if you come from a school with low overall attainment or high proportion of free school meals students, or if you live in a disadvantaged area (IMD) or area where not many students progress to higher education (POLAR). 

We may also consider the travel distance from your home to our South Kensington Campus.

If we receive more applications than bursaries available, then the more criteria you meet, the more likely your application will be successful. 

Application timeline

Applications close at 12.00 on Monday 2 June.

We will be in touch with the outcome of your application by Friday 6 June. The bursary funding is limited so it will not be possible to approve all applications.

If you have any questions regarding the scheme or your application, please contact opendaytravelbursary@imperial.ac.uk.