Apply for a Scholarship
Applications for 2020/21 are now closed.
*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 |
| 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 |
Summer placements only |
* Students must be in the penultimate year of an MEng degree (not BEng) |
| Calnex Solutions Ltd | Linlithgow, near Edinburgh |
Any placements |
* (1) MEng placements or 12-month placements only offered from 2022 onwards; (2) No first year or second 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 |
* (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 |
| CommAgility Ltd | Loughborough |
Summer 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; |
* (1) Students must be in the penultimate year of their degree; (2) No 12-month placements |
| Leonardo (Edinburgh) | Edinburgh |
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); (4) No 12-month placements |
| 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 |
| Seagate ~NEW THIS YEAR~ | Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
Any placements |
* (1) Requires 12-month placement for 2021/22; (2) No first year students |
| 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 |
| 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.