Brunel scholarships help female engineers break the mould

The bad news is that 250,000 STEM qualified people are needed to achieve this target and the numbers just aren’t adding up, which is why Brunel University is actively engaged in a range of schemes aimed at redressing the balance, not least in relation to the number of female, career-ready engineers.

In 2013 Brunel announced the groundbreaking Women in Engineering Master’s Scholarships scheme, which funded 40 women studying for an MSc in an engineering discipline at the University in West London.

For 2015/16 the University will award 30 scholarships to women who graduated with an engineering degree in 2014/15 and who are accepted onto one of Brunel’s numerous engineering MSc courses, which range from advanced electronic and electrical engineering, building services engineering with sustainability, structural engineering, and wireless communication systems.

The scholarship – a £5,000 cash bursary paid in three instalments, plus a £5,000 reduction in fees for successful UK/EU fee paying students – is part of Brunel’s Women in Engineering programme which provides all participants with a mentor, access to so-called ‘broadening events such as visits to industry, accreditation institutions and conferences, and ‘creating networks’ training.