Kingsbury Scholarship

The successful candidate will be notified by email no later than 31st July 2025. If you have not heard from us by this date please assume you have been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note the successful scholar may be expected to meet informally with the donors on occasions, participate in events surrounding this scholarship, or required to submit a short statement of progress each year that will be shared with the donors.

This award is for students starting in the academic year 2025-26 and cannot be deferred. All scholarships are awarded subject to students accepting award Terms and Conditions.

There is one scholarship. The successful Scholar will receive a cash bursary of £12,500 and Tuition Fee waiver of £9,535 per annum subject to satisfactory academic progress. The award is for a maximum of 4 years, excluding repeat periods of study. (For students on a five-year full-time degree course with a Year in Industry, the scholarship will be for a maximum of 4 years and will be suspended during the year in industry)

The Kingsbury Scholarship is a highly prestigious engineering scholarship and one of the most valuable available to Home/UK students anywhere in the UK. This scholarship is aimed at bright and dynamic students who intend to ultimately seek employment as a graduate in a UK engineering industry*. As such, the applicants must complete work experience in the engineering sector either before or during their course.

The Kingsbury Scholarship is awarded to one outstanding candidate each year who has not undertaken undergraduate study before. Eligible candidates must agree to complete one or more internship or placement working in a UK engineering industry, either before their start at Imperial, as part of their course or in two or more summer breaks.

To be eligible for the Kingsbury Scholarship candidates must fulfil one of the three following work commitments:

Undertake at least nine months of paid work in a UK engineering industry before starting their course. We recommend The Year in Industry (YINI) organisation {https://www.etrust.org.uk/the-year-in-industry}, but other internships will also be considered.

OR

Undertake two summer placements in a UK engineering industry, each of at least eight weeks, after the second and third years of a 4-year MEng/MSci course.