Apprentice to Undergraduate

About Whitworth Scholarship Awards

The Institution is committed to offering financial support to apprentices gain a university degree. The Whitworth Scholarship Awards are all about enabling outstanding engineers, who have excellent academic and practical skills and the qualities needed to succeed in industry, to take an engineering degree-level programme in any engineering discipline.

How much are the scholarships worth?

For 2012 Award holders:

• Full-time study - £5,000 per year for up to 4 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 £2,500 per year
• MSc (1 year full-time) £5,000
• MSc (2 year part-time) normally £2,500 per year

The Whitworth Scholarship Award will not exceed a total of £20,000 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 served at least a 2 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 be normally resident in the United Kingdom and have lived here for the last 3 years.
• Applicants must have pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline for at least 2 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 completed at least a 2 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 3 years.

How to apply

Applications are now closed – please check back in 2012.