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 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 |