ESE Undergraduate Financial Bursary

Applicants who meet the College criteria for Widening Participation (WP) are automatically eligible:

You are a care leaver or have spent time in care under a local authority, or
Your home address* postcode falls into England's index of multiple deprivation quintile one, or
You currently receive Free School Meals or have been eligible to receive them in the past

You are the first in your family to attend university
You attend an English school where the key-stage 5 performance is below Imperial's percentile threshold of 20%
You attend a school in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland where the Free School Meals percentile is above Imperial's percentile threshold of 80%

*Your home address is your place of permanent residence and not your school or boarding school.

In addition to those automatically eligible, the department may have capacity to offer to additional students, this will be confirmed after August 2025.