Realizing the importance of combining both scholarship and practice Whitworth Scholarship Award was established. Moreover, the scholarship identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence required to success in professional life. Furthermore, it assists young scholars to attend university and gain a theoretical education to bolster their practical experience.

Value

• Full-time study – £5,450 per year for up to 4 years (excluding industrial placements)
• Sandwich – The award is payable on a pro rata basis
• Part-time study – The award is payable on a reduced basis normally £2,500 per year
• MSc (1 year full-time) £5,450
• MSc (2 years part-time) normally £2,800 per year

The Whitworth Scholarship Award will not exceed a total of £21,800 for any individual. You can hold The Whitworth Scholarship Award in conjunction with other awards (except any other Whitworth Scholarship Award).

Eligibility:

Whitworth Scholarship Award for Undergraduate:

• Applicants must be a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen.
• Moreover, Applicants must have been resident in the UK for at least 3 consecutive years immediately.
• Furthermore, Applicants must have pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline typically for at least 2 years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course.

Whitworth Scholarship Award for Masters:

Whitworth Scholarship Awards (for undergraduate engineering degree-level courses of any engineering discipline including BEng, MEng and MSc courses) are offered in competition to outstanding engineers:

• who have pursued a vocational training route in an engineering discipline typically for at least 2 years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course.
• Likewise, who have obtained or will obtain an appropriate qualification for admission to the planned engineering degree-level programme of any engineering discipline.
• Also, who are British, Commonwealth or European Union citizens.
• must have been resident in the UK for at least 3 consecutive years immediately prior to undertaking study in the UK at a College of FE/HE or university.

 Also, students can apply for Whitworth Scholarship Awards if they meet the above conditions and:

• are already on an engineering degree-level programme of any engineering discipline, or
• are engineering graduates who wish to further their academic qualifications by completing MSc courses. (Graduates must have pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline typically for at least 2 years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course.)

ONLY ONE AWARD CAN BE GRANTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has the discretion to vary the conditions of eligibility for potential candidates who have been prevented from complying completely with the conditions attached to the award due to serious illness or other sufficient cause.

How To Apply:

You can apply for the Whitworth Scholarship Award after verifying your eligibility here.