What Imperial College London Global Health PhD Scholarship for Africa actually covers.
Imperial College London's School of Public Health and affiliated departments offer PhD scholarships aimed at training health researchers from sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income regions. These awards are part of Imperial's commitment to global health equity, with a particular focus on infectious disease epidemiology, health systems, nutrition, and antimicrobial resistance. Scholars gain access to world-leading research facilities and Imperial's extensive global health network.
Who can apply.
Open to phd applicants. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Accepted fields.
Imperial College London Global Health PhD Scholarship for Africa currently lists the following eligible fields of study. Other related disciplines may also be considered — check the official call.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before January 8, 2027 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Every scholarship on Scholar Africa goes through six checks (link, contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review). Imperial College London Global Health PhD Scholarship for Africa currently scores 9.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.