You will be required to meet Imperial College London’s eligibility requirements with regards to academic qualifications and English language before you register for a PhD or MD(Res). Full information can be found on our eligibility webpage.  

Please note that if you are applying for the President’s Scholarship you would need to have obtained a UK First in your undergraduate degree or equivalent. If you have an additional Masters, it must be awarded with a distinction.  

Please refer to our Postgraduate Tuition Fees webpage for current tuition fee information.

Self-funded Imperial College staff members (usually Research Assistants and Clinical Research Fellows) with a contract for the minimum duration of a PhD (3 years) or MD(Res) (2 years) are eligible for the College Tuition Fee Remission Scheme. A copy of your contract must be forwarded to the Research Degrees Administrator and uploaded as part of your online application which must be submitted a minimum of two months ahead of your PhD start date. This allows a month for completion of the application, internal reviews & approvals plus a month for satisfying conditions and obtaining any additional documents. 

Please note that an Imperial College contract of employment must have commenced by the start of the research degree programme and end on or after the date on which the research degree programme is expected to finish in order to be eligible for the College Tuition Fee Remission Scheme. 

Further information can be found on the remission scheme webpage.

The Faculty of Medicine policy offers self-funding Imperial College Trust staff and staff from associated Trusts(e.g. Chelsea and Westminster, Northwick Park, St Mark’s) a discount of one-third of the home fee. A Trust contract of employment must be provided at the time of application. Contract extensions are permitted during the course of the research degree.