The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is offering financial awards, totalling almost £1m, to engineering students to encourage a greater take up of engineering and technology courses at university.
The aim is to address the ever increasing problem of skills shortages.
“With the growing financial burden on students, the IET believes that scholarships will encourage more young people to consider studying engineering which opens up well paid and interesting careers,” said Robin McGill, chief executive of the IET.
The scholarships and bursaries are offered as part of the IET’s Ambition awards programme, which already boasts the Power Academy which was created to address the shortage of power engineers in the UK.
The undergraduate awards include ‘scholarships for engineering excellence’ which are available to students starting an IET accredited degree course.