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

🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇬 Congo 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇹🇩 Chad 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Project Locations

🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇬 Congo 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇹🇩 Chad 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

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

geographic_restrictions

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