Location: United Kingdom
Program: Postgraduate (Master’s Degree)
Eligibility: All Nationalities
Duration: 1 year
Deadline: May 30, 2026
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The J.P. Morgan Scholarship in Quantitative Finance is a prestigious and highly generous financial award offered in partnership between J.P. Morgan and the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London, designed to support exceptional full-time postgraduate students who are commencing the MSc in Mathematics and Finance at Imperial College in the 2026 academic year. The scholarship is valued at £45,100, which is used in the first instance to fully fund the recipient’s tuition fees for the MSc programme; any surplus remaining after tuition fees have been covered is made available to the scholar to fund their maintenance and other ancillary costs associated with their course of study.
Imperial College London is one of the world’s truly elite universities, consistently ranked among the global top 10 in the QS World University Rankings and widely regarded as the leading science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) university in Europe. The Department of Mathematics at Imperial is internationally recognised for its excellence in both pure and applied mathematics, and the MSc in Mathematics and Finance is one of the world’s most rigorous and highly respected postgraduate programmes in quantitative finance attracting the brightest mathematical minds from across the globe and preparing them for careers at the very highest levels of investment banking, asset management, quantitative research, risk management, and financial technology.
Benefits of the Scholarship
This scholarship will provide the following to its recipients:
- Total scholarship value of £45,100
- Full coverage of MSc in Mathematics and Finance tuition fees (primary use of award)
- Any surplus above tuition fees available to the scholar for maintenance and ancillary course costs
- Official recognition as a J.P. Morgan Scholar at Imperial College London
- Other benefits
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Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must meet the following:
- Must be a full-time postgraduate student commencing the MSc in Mathematics and Finance at Imperial College London in the 2026/27 academic year
- Must demonstrate exceptional academic merit and/or academic potential
- Must meet one or more of the following diversity and inclusion criteria: (i) financially disadvantaged; (ii) of an underrepresented minority ethnicity; (iii) female; or (iv) have a disability as defined under section 6 of the Equality Act 2010
- Must have accepted an offer of admission to the MSc in Mathematics and Finance and paid the required deposit before scholarship selection is finalised
- Must indicate on the admissions application that they wish to be considered for the scholarship
- Must submit a CV and a one-page personal statement describing eligibility
- Must review and agree to Imperial College London’s Student Privacy Notice and J.P. Morgan’s Recruitment Privacy Policy as part of the application process
- Application will be shared with J.P. Morgan as part of the selection process — applicants must consent to this
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Selection Criteria
The J.P. Morgan Scholarship in Quantitative Finance is awarded through a competitive selection process conducted jointly by the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London and J.P. Morgan. Selection takes place after all offer-holders have formally accepted their places on the MSc in Mathematics and Finance and paid the required enrolment deposit meaning the scholarship is not awarded at the point of admission, but rather among the confirmed incoming cohort of MSc students. The primary criterion for selection is exceptional academic merit or demonstrable academic potential in mathematics and quantitative finance, assessed through the applicant’s academic transcript, prior degree performance, and any other evidence of intellectual distinction included in the CV submitted with the scholarship application.
How to Apply
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