"I was treated brilliantly by every employee from the top down … I was constantly impressed by the time the engineers gave us ... supported and guided in any avenue I decided to explore."

UKESF Scholar, 2018–22

Apply for a Scholarship

Applications for 2020/21 must be submitted by 10pm Wednesday 18th November 2020.

Answer the questions below to display a table showing companies relevant to you, who are offering scholarships.

Please note, we are expecting some more companies to join the scheme by the end of October.

Please click here to apply.

Are you a first-year student?

What type of degree are you registered on?

What is your nationality?

Do you require a 12-month placement?

Do you require a MEng Placement within Industry (less than 12 months)?*

*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.

Type of Business

Geographical Area

Company	Placement location	Type of Placements Offered	Restrictions/Notes
Allegro MicroSystems Europe Ltd	Edinburgh	Summer placements; MEng placements	* (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first year students
Arm Ltd	Cambridge or Sheffield	Any placements	* No first year students
AWE	Aldermaston or Burghfield, Berkshire	Any placements	* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2021/22; (2) Open only to British citizens/no dual nationals; (3) Candidates required to undergo security clearance; (4) No first year students
Beko Research & Development Centre	Cambridge	Any placements	* Students must be in the penultimate year of an MEng degree (not BEng)
Calnex Solutions Ltd	Linlithgow, near Edinburgh	Summer placements; 12-month placements	* (1) No MEng placements; (2) 12-month placements only offered from 2022 onwards; (3) No first year students
Caterpillar ~NEW THIS YEAR~	Peterborough	Any placements	* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2021/22; (2) No first year students
Chess Dynamics	Plymouth or Horsham	Any placements	* (1) Must include one longer placement; (2) Must have a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in UK; (3) Candidates required to undergo security clearance
Clas-SiC ~NEW THIS YEAR~	Lochgelly, Scotland	Summer placements only	* Applicants should be EEE/Electronics students with a particular interest in one (or more) of: microelectronics, material science and process engineering
Collins Aerospace	Solihull	Summer placements only	* Candidates required to undergo security clearance
CommAgility Ltd	Loughborough	Summer placements; MEng placements	* (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) No 12-month placements
CSA Catapult ~NEW THIS YEAR~	Newport, Wales	Any placements	* (1) Candidates should specify which job/s they are interested in; (2) Students in at least second year preferred; (3) Summer placements preferred
EDA Solutions	Fareham, Hampshire	Any placements	* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2021/22; (2) No first year students
Embecosm	Southampton, Hampshire	Any placements	* (1) Requires 12-month placement; (2) Must be studying software/computing and have demonstrable interest in compilers, operating systems or AI; (3) Must hold a current passport; (4) No first year students
IDEX Biometrics	Farnborough	Summer placements; MEng placements	* (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) No 12-month placements
ITDev	Southampton	Any placements	* (1) Requires 12-mth placement for 2021/22; (2) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (3) Must be studying software/computing/electronics; (4) Placement is software/embedded systems engineering focused
Jaltek ~NEW THIS YEAR~	Luton, Bedfordshire	Any placements	* Candidates required to undergo security clearance
Leonardo (Edinburgh)	Edinburgh	Any 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)
Moortec	Plymouth, Devon	Any placements	* Students in at least second year preferred
ON Semiconductor	Bracknell, Berkshire	Any placements
Plextek	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: (6) No first year students
Qualcomm Technologies	Cambridge	Summer placements only
R-P-R	Lymington, Hampshire	Any placements	* Requires 12-month placement
Renesas Electronics Europe Ltd	Bourne End, Buckinghamshire	Any placements	* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2021/22; (2) Candidates must specify which job/s they are interested in; (3) No first year students
SingMai ~NEW THIS YEAR~	Ayr, Scotland	Any placements
STFC	Harwell, Oxfordshire	Summer placements; 12-month placements	* (1) Requires 12-month placement; (2) No MEng placements; (3) MEng students only (No BEng students); (4) No first year students
STMicroelectronics	Edinburgh	Summer placements; MEng placements	* (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first year students
UltraSoC Technologies Ltd	Cambridge or Bristol	Any placements
Viper Innovations	Portishead, Bristol	Summer placements only
Waters	Wilmslow	Summer placements only	* No first year students

Notes:

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 (4–8 months) are only applicable to students at Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, Imperial, Newcastle and York.

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