Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship

About this opportunity

The Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship is a fully funded programme open to students ordinarily resident in Sub-Saharan Africa. PhD research projects must also have a direct relevance to challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. The scholarship provides full tuition fees at the overseas rate and a stipend of at least £22,000 per annum. Students must have a good Upper Second or First Class Degree (or International equivalent), in engineering or another numerate discipline and a Masters level degree qualification. This scholarship is available for the 2026/2027 academic year and is offered through the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. One award is available for full-time doctoral study.

36 - 49 mo

1 award

education civil engineering environmental engineering engineering numerate disciplines Sub-Saharan Africa development

Who can apply

Applicant Types

individual

Residency

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Project Locations

🇦🇴 AO 🇧🇫 BF 🇧🇮 BI 🇧🇯 BJ 🇧🇼 BW 🇨🇩 CD 🇨🇫 CF 🇨🇬 CG 🇨🇮 CI 🇨🇲 CM 🇨🇻 CV 🇩🇯 DJ 🇪🇷 ER 🇪🇹 ET 🇬🇦 GA 🇬🇭 GH 🇬🇲 GM 🇬🇳 GN 🇬🇶 GQ 🇬🇼 GW 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇷 LR 🇱🇸 LS 🇲🇬 MG 🇲🇱 ML 🇲🇷 MR 🇲🇺 MU 🇲🇼 MW 🇲🇿 MZ 🇳🇦 NA 🇳🇪 NE 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇷🇼 RW 🇸🇨 SC 🇸🇱 SL 🇸🇳 SN 🇸🇴 SO 🇸🇸 SS 🇸🇹 ST 🇸🇿 SZ 🇹🇩 TD 🇹🇬 TG 🇹🇿 TZ 🇺🇬 UG 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇿🇲 ZM 🇿🇼 ZW

Region

United Kingdom

How to apply

Institutional approval

Stages

1 two_stage

Required documents

cv · research_proposal · transcripts

Review process

Applicants must first identify and contact a potential PhD supervisor, then submit a PhD application through the Registry online admissions system. Applicants must also be nominated for funding by their prospective PhD supervisors.

Restrictions

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