Rio Tinto teams up with Imperial College
18 May 2012
Rio Tinto and Imperial have announced scholarships to support the training of engineers
The Imperial partnership will be built around a series of education-related initiatives including scholarships to provide 12 academically outstanding Imperial undergraduates with financial support and access to mining-related work experience opportunities.
Rio Tinto will also fund a teaching fellow position in Geology in the College’s Department of Earth Science and Engineering for a period of five years, commencing in 2012, as well as supporting geology field trips for first year Earth Science and Engineering students who travel to Urra in Spain for hands-on site experience.
The scholarship framework will support the shared focus of both Rio Tinto and Imperial College to encourage students from a diverse range of backgrounds to consider careers within the mining sector.
The scholarships will be awarded to students from five of Imperial’s Engineering departments, supporting the students in the second, third and final years of their courses. Alongside the financial support the students will have mentoring and internship opportunities with Rio Tinto as well as the chance to enter its engineering graduate programme.
The company’s existing relationship with Imperial College London includes the Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Recovery and the Rio Tinto Sports Innovation Challenge.
