Internal Project Selection

Internal Project Selection#

Projects with main supervisors affiliated with Imperial College London are classified as internal.

Note

This page is available before projects are advertised to allow students to familiarise themselves with the selection procedure. The list of available projects will be advertised in February 2026.

All students must select internal projects by filling out the following form:

TBC in February 2026

Warning

The deadline to submit your internal projects selection is Monday, 13 April 2026, 10:00 BST. If you miss this deadline, you will be automatically allocated to an internal project based on availability.

Selection rules:

  • Enter project codes (e.g. abcd-001 or xyzw-122) in order of preference, with choice 1 being your most preferred.

  • You can only select projects advertised for your MSc course.

  • You cannot select more than 3 projects with the same main or second supervisor.

  • Submitting earlier does not increase your chances of getting a top choice - take your time to make an informed decision.

Resubmissions: If you have already submitted the form and would like to make changes, submit it again. Only your most recent submission before the deadline will be considered.

To learn more about a project, contact the main supervisor directly. It is your responsibility to gather all necessary information from the main supervisor to make an informed decision. Please clarify with the main supervisor any doubts, such as project scope, expectations, frequency and mode of supervision meetings, and any other relevant details.

Important

We do our best to allocate students to their top choices, but this is often not possible. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to propose your own project (see Student-Proposed Projects).

Allocation procedure#

  1. Supervisors submit project proposals (deadline usually early February).

  2. Projects advertised to students (February 2026).

  3. Students select N projects in order of preference.

  4. IRP Team allocates students to projects using the allocation algorithm described below.

Warning

The IRP Team reserves the right to adapt or revise the outlined procedures as necessary.

Allocation algorithm

When multiple students select the same project, the IRP Team uses an algorithm designed to maximise the number of students allocated to their top choices. Students with higher ECTS-weighted mean marks at the time of allocation are given priority for oversubscribed projects.

All students must select internal projects, even if already allocated to an external or student-proposed project. This ensures you can be re-allocated to an internal project if issues arise with your external or student-proposed project. Each student will be allocated to at most one project. Students already allocated to their proposed or external project will not receive an internal project allocation unless their original project falls through.

Available projects#

TBC in February 2026

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