Imperial College London Launches Major Scholarship Scheme For Indian Students

The new scholarship scheme aims at supporting 30 of the country’s most talented Master’s scholars, over the next three years.

Imperial College London Unveils Major Scholarship For Indian Students

Source : imperial.ac.uk

The Imperial College, London, one of the UK's leading universities, on Wednesday announced its “biggest ever” scholarship programme for Indian students, the ‘Future Leaders Scholarship Programme.’ The scholarship programme will support 30 of the country’s most talented Master’s scholars, over the next three years. The fresh scholarship scheme comes following the Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh’s visit to the UK varsity earlier this year. 

The Future Leaders Scholarship Programme aims at supporting an equal number of men and women scholars from India, in a bid to nurture and help unlock the optimum potential of the next generation of science leaders from India.

“We are delighted to launch our biggest-ever scholarship programme for Indian scientists, reaffirming our commitment to attract the very best students from all backgrounds and support them to flourish,” Professor Peter Haynes, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) at Imperial College London, was quoted as saying as news agency PTI, with respect to the new scholarship programme. 

“The Future Leaders Scholarship will build a pathway for the most talented students in India to deepen their studies and expand their experiences at one of the world’s top universities,” he was further reported as saying. 

Besides the new scholarship programme, the university also signed an agreement with the UK government’s Chevening Scholarships programme which will offer funding support to additional three Masters Scholars from India, over the next three years. 

Students may note that the scholarship will be targetted for students studying Master’s programmes in engineering, natural sciences, business and medical research, and will cover the full cost of tuition and living expenses. 

“Our longstanding partnership with the prestigious Chevening Scholarships programme is a vital collaboration that helps us to open the doors of opportunity to exceptional students from India.” Professor Haynes, who is in India this week, added.

(With inputs from PTI)