Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor and President of King’s College London, has extended a scholarship scheme for post-graduate students domiciled in India for a second year.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, which come with a £10,000 tuition fee waiver, are open for applications now for 30 Indian students with admissions to a course at the London university starting later this year. The awards are aimed at Indian students pursuing a postgraduate degree that would go on to serve the needs of society, by addressing challenges with local, national and global impact.
Professor Kapur said: “Having left India myself to pursue post-graduate studies, I am delighted that King’s can offer the same opportunity to others through the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards.
“My recent visit to India reaffirmed our decision to offer these scholarships for a second year. Speaking to students and alumni, I was struck by their passion and the immense potential of their talent when combined with the experience King’s can provide.”
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Successful applicants must demonstrate how they aspire to use the skills and knowledge gained during their studies to enhance and benefit society. Applications are open for Indian students starting full-time, on-campus postgraduate study starting in September 2025, in the faculties of Life Sciences and Medicine (FoLSM); The Dickson Poon School of Law (DPSoL); Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES); King’s Business School (KBS); Social Science & Public Policy (SSPP); Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN); Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care and Arts & Humanities.
The announcement follows a successful pilot scheme last year, supporting 30 post-grad students in fields including Data Science, Education Management, International Security, and Global Health.
Professor Kapur, who started out his academic career in New Delhi, stated: “The number of Indian students seeking world-level university education will continue to boom over the next 10-15 years.
“We are particularly interested in how they will use the learnings from what they have decided to study at King’s to make a difference to the communities to which they belong.”
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Among the world’s top 50 universities, King’s College London’s connection with India goes back decades, when political activist and poet Sarojini Naidu became one of its first female alumni and also as one of the earliest institutions in the UK to teach Sanskrit and Bengali.
“In more recent times, we have seen a surge of applicants from India and one of the things we realised is that for many of them, the fees of a UK university is a barrier. So, to encourage more students, we came up with the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards,” added Professor Kapur.
