Archive for the ‘Postgraduates’ Category

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.

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

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

Many Departments within Imperial offer funded PhD studentships.

View all current PhD studentship opportunities

Applications for Imperial College Business School programmes are made through a separate portal in the Embark online system.

The College has two application routes; one for courses and research in Science and Engineering and one for courses within the Imperial College Business School (for which there is a fee).  Applicants are asked to choose one route with the possibility of making a total of two potential course choices to the College.  We can only process one course choice at a time and only if unsuccessful for your first choice would your second course be considered.

As the two courses you wish to apply for are from different routes, you will need to decide which is your first choice and apply for that only in the first instance. If unsuccessful for your course choice, your application can then be considered for a second programme choice. If the Business School course is your second choice, you would need to submit a new application (via the Business School route) as there is an application fee for the Business School.

Once you have accepted an offer in Student e-Service, you will be prompted to answer some questions regarding who will be responsible for the payment of your College fee (tuition fees).

If you are to fund your studies yourself, or if your family are to fund your studies, please select the ‘I accept responsibility for the payment of my own College Fee’ option

If you are to be sponsored, please select the’ Responsibilty for the payment of my College Fee will be accepted by a sponsoring organisation’. If details of your sponsor have not yet been finalised, please select the “self-funded” option and once details of your sponsorship have been confirmed, please email the details, remembering to state your CID, to the appropriate admissions team

The Academic Technology Approval Scheme was launched on 1st November 2007. Under this scheme, all non-EEA students who need a student visa to come to the UK to do a degree in certain subject areas, will be required to apply for ATAS clearance before applying for Student Entry Clearance (visa).

Any students already in the UK who need to extend their student visa to commence or continue on one of the relevant courses, will also need to get ATAS clearance before making a student visa extension application

Further information and guidance on how to apply

Information on research degree thesis submission can be found on the Exams webpages