Apply for a Scholarship
Applications for 2022/23 are now open.
Please complete the table below to view the list of companies offering Scholarships for 2022/23. More companies are expected to join over the next couple of weeks.
You need to submit your first application by 10pm on 26th October 2022. Eligible students will be invited by email (on 28th October) to submit two more applications (by 31st October).
Click here to apply.
*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 |
| Allegro MicroSystems Europe Ltd | Edinburgh |
Summer placements; |
* (1) No 12-month placements; (2) No first year students |
| AWE | Aldermaston or Burghfield, Berkshire |
Any placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month 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 |
| BAE Systems Digital Intelligence | 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; |
| Beko Research & Development Centre | Cambridge |
Summer placements only |
* Students must be in the penultimate year of an MEng degree (not BEng) |
| Cadence Design Systems Ltd | Bracknell or Cambridge |
Any placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No first year students |
| Caterpillar | Peterborough |
Any placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) No first year students |
| Chess Dynamics | 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 |
| Clas-SiC | 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; (2) A separate scholarship may be offered to a Chinese speaker |
| Codasip | Cambridge or Bristol |
Summer placements only |
* (1) No first years |
| CSA Catapult | Newport, Wales |
Any placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) Candidates should specify which job/s they are interested in; (3) No first year students |
| EDA Solutions | Fareham, Hampshire |
Any placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24; (2) 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 |
| EnSilica | Abingdon or Wokingham |
Summer placements; 12-month placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month placement; (2) Requires interest in semiconductor design; (3) No MEng placements |
| Hanwha Phasor Ltd ~NEW THIS YEAR~ | 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). |
| IDEX Biometrics | Farnborough |
Summer placements; |
* (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) No 12-month placements |
| ITDev | Southampton |
Any 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 |
| Leonardo (Edinburgh) | Edinburgh |
Summer placements only |
* (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) |
| Nordson | Southampton, Colchester or Aylesbury |
Summer placements only |
* No first year students |
| onsemi | Bracknell, Berkshire |
Any placements |
|
| Picocom | Bristol |
Summer placements only |
* (1) No first year students |
| Plextek | Great Chesterford, near Cambridge |
Summer 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 |
| Qualcomm Technologies | Cambridge |
Summer placements only |
|
| R-P-R | Lymington, Hampshire |
Any placements |
* Requires 12-month placement for 2023/24 |
| 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 Ltd | Bourne End, Buckinghamshire or Harlow, Essex |
Any placements |
* (1) Bourne End requires 12-month placement for 2023/24. Other opportunities available at Harlow; (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 |
| Sensata Technologies | Swindon |
Any placements |
* Requires interest in micro-electronics or micro-electromechanical systems |
| Siemens Digital Industries Software | Cambridge or Bristol |
Any placements |
|
| Socionext | Maidenhead, Berkshire |
Any placements |
* (1) 12-month placements preferred; (2) Must include one longer placement |
| Spirit Semiconductor | Reading or Leeds |
Summer placements only |
* (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree |
| STFC | 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) |
| STMicroelectronics | Edinburgh |
Summer placements; |
* (1) No 12-month placements; (2) 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 |
| 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.