Whitworth Scholarship

About the award

Level: Masters, Undergraduate
Course: Any engineering discipline
Country: EU, Home, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Zambia
Value: £9000 per year for up to four years
No. of awards: N/A
Deadline: 31 July 2022

More information

The awards are to encourage young engineers who have entered industry and have completed at least two years of good practical engineering training who then decide to further their academic studies to degree level.

The Whitworth Awards are open to engineers in all the main engineering disciplines including mechanical civil electrical and other engineering disciplines.

• Applications are welcome from anyone who has pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline typically for at least two years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course.

• Awards are also offered to students who are already enrolled on an engineering degree-level programme of any engineering discipline, including MEng and postgraduate MSc programmes.

See website for more details on eligibility and the application, interview and selection process here: 

https://www.imeche.org/careers-education/scholarships-and-awards/whitworth-scholarships/Whitworth-Scholarships

For undergraduate study

• Applicants must be a British, Commonwealth or European Union citizen.
• Applicants must have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three consecutive years prior to undertaking study in the UK at a college of FE/HE or university.
• Applicants must have pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline typically for at least two years after having left full-time education.

For MSc study

• Applicants must be a recent graduate who has typically completed at least two-years of an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent practical experience.
• Applicants must be a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen.
• Applicants must be normally resident in the United Kingdom and have lived here for the last three years.

QMUL Engineering courses can be found here - Engineering