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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + stipend
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
This The Lee Family Scholarship is available to new entrants only. Students already studying the course are not eligible.
Benefits
The scholarship covers Full tuition, £26,500 stipend per annum, and a consumables budget of £2,000 in first 3 years and £1,000 in the final year. The scholarship duration is for up to 3.5 years.
Eligibility
To be considered for this scholarship, you must
- ordinarily reside in mainland China or Hong Kong (excluding Taiwan);
- have been classified as Overseas for fee status;
- submit a PhD application in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Imperial 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 12 January 2026. To be eligible for this scholarship, MRes students must be due to progress to the PhD in 2026/27);
- be a new PhD applicant. Current registered Imperial PhD students are not eligible for the Imperial Lee Family Scholarship. For the 2026/27 academic year, the earliest start date for funded places is 1 August 2026, the latest start date is 1 November 2026* (*later dates can be considered on a case by case basis only).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Chinese
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
12 Jan 2027
Prospective PhD students must approach the departments and potential supervisors with details of their proposed projects well before the PhD application deadline.
There is not a specific scholarship application form.
Departments will nominate candidates for this scholarship. Nomination will be based on academic merit and potential, assessed through the candidate's admissions application.
Imperial's Selection Panel will then consider all nominations from the departments and make the final decision on the award selection.