The School of Mechanical Engineering is offering 10 School Excellence Scholarships which are awarded for academic excellence. These are to reward the highest achieving students entering the School in autumn 2013 and are aimed at students attending university for the first time. The highest academic achieving student, as decided by the scholarship panel will receive the enhanced excellence scholarship.
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Amount
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Number available
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Awarded for
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School Excellence Scholarship
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£2,500
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9
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The scholarships are awarded for academic excellence. They are decided by a scholarship panel within the School of Mechanical Engineering.
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Enhanced School Excellence Scholarship
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£5,000
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1
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The student adjudged to be the most academically outstanding student by the scholarship panel will be awarded the Enhanced School Excellence scholarship.
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A minimum performance of AAA at A-level from the best three most relevant subjects (one of which must be mathematics) is required. Specifically this is 360 tariff points from 3 A levels or 2A levels and 2 AS-levels, taken in the same year, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. Equivalent grades include: 36 points for International Baccalaureate (must include Mathematics HL grade 6); DDD for BTec HND plus A level Mathematics grade A. Students presenting other qualifications than the ones listed above will be assessed on an individual basis.
There is no special application process for these scholarships – awards will be made by the decision of a scholarship panel held in the School of Mechanical Engineering after the start of the autumn semester. To be eligible to be considered for a scholarship a student must be a new entrant UK or EU student who has applied through UCAS and is admitted to the University of Birmingham, to study in the School of Mechanical Engineering, to commence their studies in September 2013. Awards can be made to students entering the first year of any programme offered by the School. In addition this must be the first entrance to a UK university that a student has made. All eligible UK and EU students will be considered.
Students in receipt of scholarships from organisations other than the University of Birmingham may receive the School Excellence Scholarship in addition to their other awards, except in the case of the BP STEM scholarship. Scholarships are tenable for 1 year and are non-renewable.
Students following programmes in Metallurgy and Materials are offered alternative scholarships by that School.
BP STEM Scholarships
UK Students joining the School of Mechanical Engineering in 2013/14 on Single Honours Masters Mechanical Engineering Programmes (UCAS Codes: H301, H330 and H303) will be eligible to compete for BP STEM Scholarships worth £5,000 each year* for the duration of your degree (up to a total of £20,000) .
10 of these highly prestigious Scholarships, which are funded by a generous gift to the University from BP, will be available across the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Open to first years only, scholarships will be awarded on the basis of an online application form, short online numerical and verbal tests and a face to face interview. Students on appropriate programmes will invited to apply directly to BP in the autumn term of their first year at university.
*These highly prestigious scholarships are renewable for each year of study subject to particular progression requirements.
Other scholarship opportunities
We also offer a wide range of additional department-based scholarships to high achieving students. For more information visit:
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