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Scholarships

There are many funding opportunities for Engineering students, and more opportunities are emerging all the time. There are subject-specific scholarships and prizes, a number of general funding opportunities and sources of information, and also Faculty Scholarships for the best overseas undergraduate entrants.

Immediate Opportunities

Funded PhD Opportunities for entry in 2012-13 (This call is now closed).

Subject-specific scholarships and prizes

• Aerospace Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science:
  • Undergraduate Awards
  • PhD Positions
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Engineering Design
• Engineering Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering

It is also worth looking at the relevant professional institutions for each subject area, some of whom offer their own scholarships and prizes.

General Funding Information

There are many sources of funding out there, and several different ways to get to information about them. The following links are a good place to start.

University of Bristol funding and scholarships

• Student Funding Office
• Undergraduate Prospectus ‘Money Matters’
• Postgraduate Prospectus Fees and Funding
• International Office funding finder

External websites

• Research Councils UK
• The Royal Academy of Engineering
• The Set Awards
• IET Awards and Scholarships
• Prospects Funding Guide
• Hotcourses Scholarship Search

Faculty Overseas Scholarships

The Faculty will offer first-year scholarships of £1000 to overseas fee-paying undergraduate entrants starting their programme of study in October 2012. The scholarships are as follows:

• Roderick Collar Scholarship in Aeronautical Engineering
• Sir Alfred Pugsley Scholarship in Civil Engineering
• Barry Thomas Scholarship in Computer Science
• Paul Dirac Scholarship in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Edmund Boulton Scholarships for Engineering Design and Engineering Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering Scholarship

There is no need to apply for these scholarships, all eligible candidates will automatically be considered when they arrive and register at the University in October 2012.

Please visit the link for a photograph [JPG 147KB] of the winners of the 2011 scholarship with Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Dean of Engineering.

Requirements to receive a scholarship

Scholarships will be given to all candidates who arrive to study and who have achieved A*AA at A Level, or the international equivalent. To win a scholarship, the A* must be in Maths, Further Maths, or Physics; General Studies A Level, or A Level languages where that language is your native language, will not be counted for the purposes of the scholarship.

International equivalencies of A*AA A Level are at the discretion of individual admissions tutors in departments, but the following may act as a guide for prospective students:

·         International Baccalaureate
38 overall with 6, 6, 6 at HL

·         India
CBSE – 88 (with over 90 in either Maths or Physics)

·         Foundation programmes
Bristol Foundation with Maths and Physics: a minimum of 70% in both Maths and Physics,
with 75% in either Maths or Physics.

·         NCUK
A*, A*, A* in the academic subjects

·         Malaysia, STPM
All As

Please contact John McWilliams for further information.