The Lee Family Scholarships

Application process

Prospective PhD students must approach individual Imperial Departments and supervisors with details of their proposed projects well before the PhD. (*Important: Some departments may have earlier deadlines for this scholarship so please check with your department). It is essential that students make contact with departments/supervisors before submitting a PhD application. Guidance on finding a supervisor can be found in the 'Finding a supervisor' page.
There is not a specific scholarship application form. Students submit a complete PhD application by Monday, 13 January 2025. You can apply online through My Imperial at the 'Application process' webpage. Please note: It can take 6-8 weeks for PhD applications to be processed.
Departments will nominate candidates for this scholarship. Candidates will be assessed on academic merit and potential using their admissions application. Each Department is required to submit the completed 'Lee Family Scholarship - Nomination Form '. The form has been circulated to the departmental contacts and should be submitted by 11:59 pm on Monday 10 February 2025. Students must have a formal offer of admission by the time your department submits the completed 'Lee Family Scholarship - Nomination Form'. All applications and pre - scholarship nomination processes are administered by departments. Department have their individual process therefore please contact your supervisor directly for further guidance on scholarship nomination.

To be considered for this scholarship, you must

ordinarily reside in mainland China or Hong Kong (excluding Taiwan)
submit a PhD application in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Imperial College Business School*. Students must have a formal offer of admission by the time your department submits the completed 'Lee Family Scholarship - Nomination Form '. (*For Business School current registered Imperial MRes students only, no PhD application is required. Students will need to approach the Business School and supervisor with details of their proposed project well before the 13 January 2025. To be eligible for this scholarship, MRes students must be due to progress to the PhD in 2025-26)
be a new PhD applicant. Current registered Imperial PhD students are not eligible for the Imperial Lee Family Scholarship. For the 2025-26 academic year, the earliest start date for funded places is 1 August 2025, the latest start date is 1 November 2025* (*later dates can be considered on a case by case basis only)
have been classified as Overseas for fee status