Whitworth Scholarship Awards

How much are the scholarships worth?

• Full-time study - £9,000 per year for up to four years (excluding industrial placements)
• Sandwich - The award will be paid on a pro rata basis
• Part-time study - The award will be paid on a reduced basis normally £ 3,000 per year
• MSc (one year full-time) £9,000.
• MSc (two year part-time) normally £3,000 per year

The Whitworth Scholarship Award will not exceed a total of £36,000 for any individual. It can be held in conjunction with other awards (except any other Whitworth Award).

Am I eligible?

We welcome applications from anyone who has typically served at least a two year engineering apprenticeship before starting a degree-level course. We offer awards for both undergraduate study as an MEng and postgraduate study for a master’s degree such as MSc. The eligibility requirements for both are as follows:

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 and before entering a degree-level engineering course.

For MSc study

• Applicants must be a recent graduate who has typically completed at least a two-year engineering apprenticeship before entering an engineering degree-level course
• 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.

How to apply

Closing date for applications: 15 July 2020.

To apply, complete the application form and three reference request forms.

• Application form
• Reference request 1
• Reference request 2
• Reference request 3