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Applications for postgraduate taught programmes, for 2013 entry, are now open.

Make your application now

Please ensure you upload your documents to the Embark application system in the following format

 - PDF (created in Acrobat 7 and earlier)

 - Microsoft Word (doc and .docx)

 - Generic ASCII Text

 - Generic RTF

 -  JPEG (.jpeg or .jpg)

 - GIF (.gif)

 - TIFF (.tiff or .tif)

 - Bitmap (.bmp)

Please also view the Embark Application Support page for further guidance on any technical issues

In Step 4 of the application, you will be asked to register the email addresses of your two referees. These must be their official, institutional email addresses. Please do not enter web based email addresses such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail 163.com etc, as these will not be accepted.

If your referees do not receive the automated notification from the Embark system, you can arrange for it to be re-sent.

This can be done by logging in to your application and going to Section 4 – Referees. In the Reference Status screen, you will see an option to ‘Resend Registration Email’. Please only do this if you are certain your referee has not received the automated notification email from Embark.

Please do not chase the referee via the Embark system by resending the registration email multiple times. In such cases applicants must contact their referee by email or telephone outside of the online application environment.

Please note that all applications for Undergraduate study at Imperial must be made through UCAS.

See information on application dates and deadlines for 2013 entry in the Undergraduate Prospectus

If you have accepted an offer through UCAS, including an Insurance offer, you are required to inform Imperial of your visa requirements.

You must do this in Student e-Service

Please follow these instructions

The following Departments have English language requirements which are higher than the College minimum for undergraduate applicants:

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Department of Life Sciences: 7.0 overall in IELTS, with 7.0 in both writing and speaking

Department of Mathematics: 6.5 overall in IELTS, with 6.5 in all elements of the test

The following Departments have English langauge requirements which are higher than the College minimum for postgraduates applicants:

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Humanities: IELTS - 7.0 overall with 6.0 in writing and 6.0 in speaking

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering: Will not accept any pre-sessional course, including that offered by Imperial, for MSc applicants who fall slightly below the minimum requirements.

Imperial College Business School

Imperial College Business School has different requirements to the College minimum. These can be viewd on the entry requirements pages of the individual programmes

Substantial cuts are expected to the funding Imperial receives from the government for its higher education activities.

In order to maintain the excellence of the education the College provides to students, Imperial has confirmed its intention to set fees at £9,000 for Home and EU undergraduate students for 2012 entry.

Financial aid will be available to students who have the ability to succeed on Imperial’s courses, but whose financial circumstances may act as a barrier. Our message is that for those who can manage Imperial’s courses, the College will work to ensure they can manage its costs.

Further details of the financial aid that will be available to students entering the College in 2012 will be released following the Office for Fair Access’s decision about Imperial’s proposals in the summer.

Current undergraduate students, who are still studying at Imperial in 2012, will not be affected by the changes to fee levels.

For further information on Undergraduate Tuition Fees from 2012 onwards, please visit the Student Finance website 

Imperial has no specific guidelines regarding the submission of personal statements for first and second choices. It would be acceptable to send a single personal statement which covers your interest in both choices.

Alternatively, if you wish to send a more course specific statement, you could submit your application with a personal statement for your first choice initially. If you are unsuccessful with your first choice application, you could then submit a statement for your second choice directly to the Admissions Team via email, which would then be attached to your application

Imperial College has no specific requirements for an acceptable reference. Imperial is looking for referees to comment on their knowledge of the applicant’s strengths and academic ability, as experienced by the referee, and their suitability for further study at Imperial College. A letter of recommendation is therefore sufficient.

 There is no deadline for submitting a reference, however departments may delay considering an application or making a decision until we have received both of an applicant’s references, so uploading it as soon as possible would prevent any delay in the processing of any application.