£2m investment for engineering talent

The institution’s Diamond Jubilee Scholarships are designed to encourage students to undertake courses in engineering based at 27 UK universities.

In 2012, the IET provided over £500,000 in awards, prizes and scholarships and this year’s sizeable increase suggests a desire to further reward engineering talent.

Interestingly, of the 1,144 application received, 540 were successful with 19% of those being female students

President of the IET Professor Andy Hopper said: “With demand for more than two million engineers over the next few decades, it has never been more important to encourage young people to study engineering so that they are able to follow rewarding careers and, ultimately, protect the UK’s economic prosperity.”

The scholarship was open to all UK students that achieved 3 ‘A’s at A Level, 3 ‘A’ grade Advanced Highers, 5 ‘A’ grade Highers or an International Baccalaureate Diploma at 36 points or above and who have been accepted to join an IET accredited engineering or technology degree course this year.

Each student that met the criteria is entitled to £1,000 per year during studies and up to a maximum of £3000 for Bachelors students and £4000 for MEng students.

Interestingly, of the 1,144 applications received, 540 were successful with 19% of those being female students. A positive sign as currently just 7% of UK’s engineering workforce is female.