Browse All Companies Offering Scholarships
Applications for 2023/24 are now closed for new applicants. Additional applications (from students who’ve already applied for one company) will only be accepted by invitation only. Use the filter below to browse the UKESF Scholarship opportunities offered.
12-month placements
12-month placements only apply to students whose degrees include a year training in industry or have agreed with their university to do a 12-month placement in addition to their degree.
MEng placements
MEng placements (4–8 months) are only applicable to students at the University of Bristol, The University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Heriot-Watt University, Imperial College London, Newcastle University and University of York
*MEng placements (less than 12 months) are only applicable to students at Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, Imperial, Newcastle and York. Please select ‘no’ if you are at a different university.
Companies relevant to you are listed in table below. You can further refine your results using the Type of Business and Geographical Area filters.
| Company | Placement location | Type of Placements Offered | Restrictions/Notes |
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Axelera AI
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Bristol | • Summer placements only | * Application by invitation only |
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Allegro Microsystems Europe
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Edinburgh | • Summer placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first or second year students |
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AMD
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Edinburgh, Belfast or Cambridge | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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Analog Devices
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Newbury (Berkshire) | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) No first year students; (2) Candidates should specify which job/s they are interested in |
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Arm
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Manchester, Cambridge or Sheffield | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Candidates should specify whether they are interested in software or hardware |
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Artemis Technologies
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Belfast | • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement or 6-8-month MEng placement starting in 2024; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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AWE
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Aldermaston or Burghfield (Berkshire) | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in later years also offered; (2) Open only to British citizens (no dual nationals); (3) Candidates required to undergo security clearance; (4) No first year students |
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Awerian
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Cambridge | Summer placements only | * (1) Open only to British citizens (no dual nationals); (2) Candidates required to undergo security clearance; (3) No first year students |
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BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
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Guildford | • Summer placements only | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Open only to British citizens (no dual nationals); (3) Candidates required to undergo security clearance. |
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Beko Research & Development Centre
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Cambridge | • Summer placements • 12-month placements | * Students must be in the penultimate year of an MEng degree (not BEng) |
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Cadence Design Systems
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Bracknell or Cambridge | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) No first year students |
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Capgemini Engineering
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Bath | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (to students doing a 12-month placement before or after) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in other years also offered; (2) This is an embedded software or control and instrumentation-focused scholarship; (3) For some roles, students may need a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK and be able to obtain security clearance. |
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Caterpillar
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Peterborough | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in later years also offered; (2) No first year students |
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Chess Dynamics
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Plymouth, Horsham or Wokingham | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement; (2) Must have a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in UK; (3) Candidates required to undergo security clearance; (4) Candidates must specify which location/s they are interested in |
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Cirrus Logic
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Newbury (Berkshire) or Edinburgh | • Summer placements • 6-month MEng placements | * No 12-month placements |
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CSA Catapult
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Newport (Wales) | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Candidates must specify which position they are interested in; (4) No first year students; (5) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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EDA Solutions
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Fareham (Hampshire) | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) No first year students |
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Embecosm
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Southampton (Hampshire) | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (to students doing a 12-month placement before or after) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in other years also offered; (2) Must either be studying software / computing or otherwise be able to show excellent programming skills; (3) Must hold a current passport; (4) No first year students; (5) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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EnSilica
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Oxford, Bristol or Sheffield | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (to students doing a 12-month placement before or after) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in other years also offered; (2) Requires interest in semiconductor design; (3) Candidates must specify which location/s they are interested in |
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GF Micro
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Stroud or Bristol | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Candidates must specify which job/s they are interested in; (4) Interest in digital and/or analogue IC design preferred; (5) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Graphcore
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Bristol | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements (3rd year only) | * No final-year MEng placements |
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Hanwha Phasor
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Cambridge or London | • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement (preferred) or 6-8-month MEng placement; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Candidates should specify which location they are applying for; (4) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation; (5) Requires interest in wireless communications (RF and antenna design an advantage). |
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Infineon Technologies UK
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Bristol | • 12-month placements • Summer placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer placements in later years also offered; (2) No first years; (3) No 6-month MEng placements; (4) Hardware based position. C/Python programming experience advantageous |
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ITDev
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Southampton | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Placement is software engineering focused |
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Konrad Technologies
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Dumfermline (Scotland) or Bedford | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Candidates must specify which location/s they are interested in; (4) Must hold a current passport; (5) Must show demonstrable interest in software engineering; (6) No first years |
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MAC
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Southampton | • Summer placements only | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Open only to British citizens (no dual nationals); (3) Candidates may be required to undergo security clearance |
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Nexperia
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Stockport (Greater Manchester) | • 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) No first year students; (4) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Nordson
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Southampton, Colchester or Aylesbury | • Summer placements only | * No first year students |
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onsemi
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Bracknell (Berkshire) | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Partner Electronics
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Silverstone (Northamptonshire) | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Must have own transport (location is remote); (3) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Plextek
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Great Chesterford (nr Cambridge) | • Summer placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Must have a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in UK; (2) Candidates required to undergo security clearance; (3) One hardware and one embedded software focused scholarship; (4) No 12-month placements; (5) MEng students only (not BEng): (6) No first year students |
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Qorvo
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Theale (nr Reading) | • Summer placements only | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Raspberry Pi
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Cambridge | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | |
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RBSL
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Telford or Newcastle | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in later years also offered; (2) Open only to British citizens (no dual nationals); (3) No first year students |
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Renesas Electronics Europe (Bourne End and Swindon)
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Bourne End (Buckinghamshire) or Swindon | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in later years also offered; (2) Candidates must specify which job/s they are interested in; (3) No first year students; (4) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Renesas Electronics Europe (Harlow)
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Harlow (Essex) | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Candidates must specify which job/s they are interested in; (2) No first year students; (3) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Renishaw
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Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire | • Summer placements only | * (1) No first year students; (2) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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R-P-R
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Lymington (Hampshire) | • 12-month placements • Summer and 6-month MEng placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer or 6-month MEng placements in later years also offered; (2) No first year students |
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Runna
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London | • Summer placements • 12-month and 6-month MEng placements placements may also be offered to the right candidate | * (1) Students on Computer Science courses only (or must be able to demonstrate excellent programming skills); (2) No first year students; (3) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Sensata Technologies
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Swindon | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation; (2) Requires interest in micro-electronics or micro-electromechanical systems |
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Siemens EDA (Tessent Embedded Analytics)
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Cambridge or Bristol | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * Priority will be given to students with a permanent right to work in the UK after graduation |
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Silveray
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Manchester | Summer placements only | * No first year students |
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Spectrum Control
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Milton Keynes or Great Yarmouth | • Summer placements only | * (1) No first years; (2) Must have a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in UK; (3) Candidates required to undergo security clearance |
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Spirit Semiconductor
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Reading or Leeds | • Summer placements only | * (1) Students must have permanent right to work in the UK after graduation; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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STFC
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Harwell (Oxfordshire) | • 12-month placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) Requires 12-month or 6-8-month MEng placement; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) MEng students only (No BEng students); (4) No summer placements |
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STMicroelectronics
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Edinburgh | • Summer placements • 6-month MEng placements | * (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first year students |
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Viper Innovations
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Portishead (Bristol) | • 12-month placements • Summer placements also offered (following completion of a 12-month placement) | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2024/25. Additional summer placements in later years also offered; (2) No 6-month MEng placements; (3) No first years |
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ZF
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Solihull | • Summer placements • 12-month placements • 6-month placements | * Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |