The Faculty of Science and Engineering
This scholarship is open to UK fee-paying students who are women and who hold an offer to study an undergraduate engineering course for September 2024. The subjects included are:
- Aerospace Engineering;
- Chemical Engineering;
- Civil Engineering;
- Computer Science;
- Electrical, Electronic and Mechatronic Engineering;
- Mechanical Engineering.
We’re offering 20 awards of £2,000 per year of study, up to Year 4.
There is no separate application form as recipients for the award will be considered based on the UCAS application.
If you’re successful, you’ll be notified by the end of April after an offer of study has been made. To accept this scholarship, you’ll be required to make the engineering course at Manchester your firm choice via UCAS.
The scholarship will be confirmed once all offer conditions have been met.
To be considered for this scholarship, you need to:
- Be a woman (inclusive of trans women) / be assigned female at birth (such as AFAB non-binary).
- Have an offer of study for an undergraduate engineering course at The University of Manchester, commencing September 2024.
- Have chosen Manchester as your firm choice by the June UCAS deadline.
- Commit to contributing to outreach and recruitment activities, especially encouraging more women to study engineering.
- Achieve a minimum of 60% average performance during each year of study.
Scholarships will be awarded to the highest performing applicants or those with the highest potential to attain based on their UCAS application within each engineering discipline (at least two students per discipline).
In addition to the financial support this scholarship provides, every Shilling scholar has access to an academic mentor, who is a friendly face from within our Faculty that you can go to for academic advice and pastoral support. Your mentor can support you with career development opportunities as well as help to build networks with peers and other female engineers.
Payment will not be made during the Industrial Experience Year.
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Listen to Maria, Daisy and Charlotte chatting to Prof Danielle George about women in engineering and the benefits this scholarship has brought them.
The Excellence scholarships are open to all UK fee-paying students applying for undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and will be considered based on the UCAS application.
The awards are also available to students completing a foundation year.
There are 25 awards of £2,000 per year of study (up to 4 years of study), awarded to the highest performing applicants in each discipline who meet the WP or WP plus flag.
Winners will be announced after A-level results have been published.
To be considered for this scholarship, you need to:
- be recognised as a UK resident and be paying home (UK) fees;
- have chosen Manchester as your firm choice during the main UCAS cycle;
- maintain a 60% average performance for each year of your degree and contribute to marketing activities to support future students.
There is no separate application form. All UK students who hold an offer of a place within the Faculty at The University of Manchester will be considered for a scholarship.
Payment will not be made during the Industrial Experience Year.
Materials Science and Engineering
The Michael Bates Outreach Scholarship has been generously funded by a gift from the Bowyer-Bates family, in memory of their son, Michael Bates (BSc Clothing Engineering, 1991).
As a student at Manchester, Michael thrived and graduated at the top of his class year. He was creative, entrepreneurial and industrious and, following his studies, went on to have a great career in textiles. He secured his first role at a clothing production factory in South Wales, before moving onto roles in clothing sourcing that led him to work in Hong Kong, China and New Delhi. Later on in his career, he returned to the UK and set up his own business for sourcing and designing clothing, before moving into Property Development and Management.
Michael sadly passed away in 2019. In his memory, Michael’s family wanted to help outstanding students undertaking fashion/textile related courses to thrive at Manchester as Michael did and, in early 2020, this scholarship (of £2,000 per year for up to 4 years) was set up.
Students studying in the Department of Materials on any of our undergraduate courses are eligible to be considered for this scholarship.
The award is open to home students (UK citizens) who meet widening participation criteria and first preference will be given to students whose household income has been assessed as less or equal to £35,000. Eligible students will then be ranked on academic merit.
Scholarship holders will receive the scholarship annually, subject to satisfactory academic progress and performance.
The scholarship is awarded automatically – you do not need to apply for it.
Ted and Pat Smith were warm friends of The University of Manchester. They married in March 1958, and Ted came to Manchester ten years later as a Professor of Metallurgy.
During his 20 years of service, Ted was a senior leader of the Department and an influential teacher to many students. Pat provided considerable support to Ted’s career, and they travelled extensively together. Ted formally retired in 1988, but they remained close friends of the University throughout their lives.
When Ted and Pat passed away, they left a legacy to the University to support undergraduates in engineering or science, and particularly wanted to help students studying in the field of materials science.
The Ted and Pat Smith scholarships are a merit-based award available to students who are:
- entering Year 1 of a science or engineering degree;
- from widening participation backgrounds.
Each recipient will receive an annual scholarship of £2,000 per year for up to four years of undergraduate study. Students within the Department of Materials are given preference in selection and allocation. No application process is required as the details provided in the UCAS application will be used to award the scholarships.
There are up to ten scholarships available for entry in September 2024.