Browse All Companies Offering Scholarships
Use the filter below to browse the UKESF Scholarship opportunities for 2022/23.
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 Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, Imperial, Newcastle and 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 |
| CSA Catapult | Newport, Wales | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) Applications for the Photonics position only; (3) No first year students |
| Embecosm | Southampton, Hampshire | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement; (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 |
| Onsemi | Bracknell, Berkshire | Any placements | * Currently only accepting applications for the Cyber Security role |
| RBSL | Telford, Bristol or Newcastle | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) Open only to British citizens/no dual nationals; (3) No first year students |
| Renesas Electronics Europe | Bourne End, Buckinghamshire or Harlow, Essex | Any placements | * (1) Bourne End requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) Candidates must specify which job/s they are interested in; (3) No first year students |
| Renishaw | Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire | Summer placements only | * No first year students |
| Viper Innovations | Portishead, Bristol | Summer placements; 12-month placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No MEng placements; (3) No first years |
| ZF | Soilhull | Summer placements; 12-month placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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AccelerComm
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Southampton | 12-month placements only | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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Allegro Microsystems Europe
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Edinburgh | Summer placements MEng placements | * (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first year students |
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AMD
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Edinburgh, Belfast and Cambridge | Any placements | |
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Apple
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St Albans or Swindon | Any placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Students on Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Computer Science courses preferred; (3) Candidates must specify which job/s they are interested in |
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AWE
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Aldermaston or Burghfield, Berkshire | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-mth placement for 2023/24; (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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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 only | * 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 | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No first year students |
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Caterpillar
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Peterborough | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No first year students |
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Chess Dynamics
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Plymouth or Horsham or Wokingham | Any 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; MEng placements | |
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Clas-SiC
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Lochgelly, Scotland | Summer placements only | * (1) Applicants should be EEE/Electronics students with a particular interest in one (or more) of: microelectronics, material science and process engineering |
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Codasip
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Cambridge or Bristol | Summer placements only | * (1) No first years |
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EDA Solutions
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Fareham, Hampshire | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No first year students |
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EnSilica
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Abingdon or Wokingham | Any placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement; (2) Requires interest in semiconductor design |
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GF Micro
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Stroud or Bristol | 12-month placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (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 |
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Hanwha Phasor
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Cambridge or London | 12-month placements; 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) Requires interest in wireless communications (RF and antenna design an advantage). |
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IDEX Biometrics
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Farnborough | Summer placements; MEng placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) No 12-month placements |
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Ignys
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Nottingham | Any placements | |
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Imagination Technologies
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Kings Langley (Hertfordshire), Bristol, Manchester or Cambridge | Summer placemenets | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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Infineon Technologies UK
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Bristol | 12-month placements; Summer placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No first years; (3) Hardware based position. C/Python programming experience advantageous |
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ITDev
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Southampton | 12-month placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (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 | Summer placements; 12-month placements | * (1) 12-month placement and MEng students preferred; (2) Candidates must specify which location/s they are interested in; (3) Must hold a current passport; (4) Must show demonstrable interest in software engineering; (5) No first years |
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Laird Connectivity
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Wooburn Green, High Wycombe | 12-month placements | * (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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Leonardo (Edinburgh)
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Edinburgh | MEng placements; Summer placements | * (1) Must have a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in UK; (2) Candidates required to undergo security clearance; (3) MEng students only (not BEng) |
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MAC Ltd
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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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Nordson
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Southampton, Colchester or Aylesbury | Summer placements only | * No first year students |
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Partner Electronics
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Silverstone, Northamptonshire | Any placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) Must have own transport (location is remote) |
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Picocom
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Bristol | Summer placements only | * (1) No first year students |
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Plextek
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Great Chesterford, near Cambridge | Summer placements; 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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pSemi
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Reading, Berkshire | Summer placements only | |
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Qorvo
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Theale, nr Reading | Summer placements | * (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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Qualcomm
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Cambridge | Summer placements only | |
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R-P-R
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Lymington, Hampshire | Any placements | * Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24 |
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Raspberry Pi
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Cambridge | Any placements | |
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Sensata Technologies
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Swindon | Any placements | * Requires interest in micro-electronics or micro-electromechanical systems |
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Siemens DISW
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Cambridge or Bristol | Any placements | |
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Socionext
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Maidenhead, Berkshire | Any placements | * (1) 12-month placements preferred; (2) Must include one longer placement |
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Specialised Imaging
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Cambridge | Summer placements only | * Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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Spectrum Control (SST)
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Gloucester | 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 be in the penultimate year of their degree |
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STFC
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Harwell, Oxfordshire | MEng placements; 12-month placements | * (1) Requires 12-month or 6-8-month placement; (2) Students must be in their penultimate year; (3) MEng students only (No BEng students) |
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STMicroelectronics
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Edinburgh | Summer placements; MEng placements | * (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first year students |
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Waters
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Wilmslow | Summer placements only | * No first year students |