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University of Aberdeen

Admissions Contact: Student Recruitment and Admissions Service, King's College, University Office, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Engineering, Chemistry
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: BP, Amed, NoSWA, Baker Oil Tools, Arup, Rotech

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 50
Bursary values: from £1000
Eligible departments: all depts
Postgraduate bursaries: £2000 to £5000

Months for Open Days: Feb, August + open visiting all year

email: sras@abdn.ac.uk
website: www.abdn.ac.uk/sras

University of Abertay Dundee

Admissions Contact: Information Officer, Bell Street,
Dundee DD1 1HG

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Computing, Science & Eng, Social & Health Studies
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: Siemens, Hewlett Packard, NCR, Scottish Crop Research Institute
Number of scholarships / bursaries: varies
Bursary values: from £1000
Eligible departments: all depts
Postgraduate bursaries: to £1000

Months for Open Days: 17 October/Feb-May

email: iro@abertay.ac.uk
website: www.abertay.ac.uk

Anglia Polytechnic University

Admissions Contact: Rivermead Campus, Chelmsford; East Road Campus, Cambridge (0845 271 3333)

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Most Depts
Number of scholarships / bursaries: varies
Bursary values: to £2000

email: answers@apu.ac.uk
website: www.apu.ac.uk

Aston University

Admissions Contact: Ms Zahida Hussain, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: All
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: Accenture, Andersen, BNFL, BT, Kodak, 3M, Ford, KPMG, Xerox, IBM, Perkins, Vauxhall, PwC.

Number of scholarships / bursaries: varies
Bursary values: from £1000 to £3000
Eligible departments: Eng, Life & Health Studies, Bus School
Postgraduate bursaries: £varies

website: www.aston.ac.uk

University of Bath

Admissions Contact: L Currie, Admissions Office, Bath BA2 7AY

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Most Depts
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: ABB, Airbus, Alstom, Audi, BMW, Bosch, BP, Colgate, Daimler-Chrysler, Deutsch Bank, Exxon, KPMG, Siemens

Number of scholarships / bursaries: varies
Bursary values: £varies
Eligible departments: All
Postgraduate bursaries: £1000 to £9000

Months for Open Days: June, September

email:l.l.currie@bath.ac.uk
website: www.bath.ac.uk

University of Birmingham

Admissions Contact: Individual Depts, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: All Eng, various others

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 40
Bursary values: £250-£1250
Eligible departments: All
Postgraduate bursaries: £varies

Months for Open Days: September

website: www.birmingham.ac.uk

University of Bradford

Admissions Contact: Enquiries Office, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP
Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Eng, Comp/Maths, Env Sci, Archeol, Health Stud, Sci, Lang + various others
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: IBM, BT, Ford, NHS, Thames Water, BAE Systems, Reuters, BA, MOD

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 10
Bursary values: £3360-£4380
Eligible departments: All (o/seas students)
Postgraduate bursaries: £ to £4380 (o/seas students)

Months for Open Days: April/May, July, Sept/Oct

email: enquiries@bradford.ac.uk
website: www.bradford.ac.uk

Brunel University

Admissions Contact: Admissions Office, Uxbridge, Middx UB8 3PH

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Electronic & Computer Eng, Mechanical Eng, Systems Eng, Law, Psychology, Economics, Management, Politics, Sociology, Communications & Media Studies, Information Systems, Mathematical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Geography & Earth Sciences, Design
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: 3M, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Xerox, Walt Disney Int, Inst Psychiatry, Matrix Chambers, Amnesty Int, Coca Cola, PriceWaterhouseCopers, Lloyds TSB, BT, Lehman Bros, Logica, Gillette, HSBC, Kodak, Met Police, Ford, Wellcome Trust, Nissan, Panasonic, Covance

Eligible departments: All

Months for Open Days: June, July, September, October

email: admissions@brunel.ac.uk
website: www.brunel.ac.uk

University of Buckingham

Admissions Contact: Marketing Coordinator,
Buckingham MK18 1EG

Number of scholarships / bursaries: no limit
Bursary values: £3596

Eligible departments: All
Postgraduate bursaries: no

Months for Open Days: termly by arrangement

website: www.buckingham.ac.uk

University of Cambridge

Admissions Contact: Director of Admissions, Pembroke College, Cambridge
CB2 1RF

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 1000
Bursary values: £200 - £900
Eligible departments: All
Postgraduate bursaries: £varies

Months for Open Days: March-September

website: www.cam.ac.uk

University of Central Lancashire

Admissions Contact: Susan Forster, Faculty of Design & Technology, Preston PR1 2HE

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Art & Fashion, Built Env, Comp, Tech, Design
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: M&S, Reebok, BAE Systems, BNFL, Corus, Fujitsu, Siemens, Mannesman

Months for Open Days: Jun, Sep, Oct, Feb, Mar

email: sforster@uclan.ac.uk
website: www.uclan.ac.uk

Coventry University

Admissions Contact: Education Liaison Office, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5EB

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Art & Design, Eng, Sci & Env, Maths & Info Sci, Health & Social Sci, Cov Business School
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: ABB, BA, Citroen, Corus, Jaguar, Lego, Rolls Royce, Health Trusts, BP, ICI, IBM, M&S

Number of scholarships / bursaries: varies
Bursary values: £500-£1000
Eligible departments: All, esp. School of Engineering, significant number of community bursaries
Postgraduate bursaries: to £500 (o/seas students)

Months for Open Days: Dec-Mar (Eng); Feb-Mar (Sci & Env)

email: admissions.eng@coventry.ac.uk + (other Depts)
web address: www.coventry.ac.uk
+ (sep Depts)

University of Dundee

Admissions Contact: Faculty Recruitment Manager, Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4HN

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 30
Bursary values: £1000
Eligible departments: Sci and Eng
Postgraduate bursaries: £varies

Months for Open Days: September

website: www.dundee.ac.uk

University of East Anglia

Admissions Contact: Jon Beard, Admissions Office, Norwich NR4 7TJ

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Biol/Chemical Sci, Occup & Physiotherapy
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: Bupa, NHS, major chem/pharm

Number of scholarships / bursaries: varies
Bursary values: £500
Eligible departments: courses with year in USA
Postgraduate bursaries: to £5000

Months for Open Days: July, October

email: j.d.beard@uea.ac.uk j.d.beard@uea.ac.uk
website: www.uea.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh

Admissions Contact: Director Communications and Public Affairs, 7-11 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh EH2 0BE

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 50
Bursary values: £1000
Eligible departments: 25 open bursaries, 25 access bursaries

website: www.ed.ac.uk

University of Exeter

Admissions Contact: Pamela Hoad, UG Admissions Office, Northcote House, The Queens Drive, Exeter EX4 4QT

Depts offering placements or sponsorships: Bus&Econ, Eng, Comp Sci, Chem, Phys
Examples of companies involved with placements or sponsorships: BP, ICI, IBM, Racal, GlaxoSK, Fujitsu, Env Agency

Number of scholarships / bursaries: 40
Bursary values: £2000-£4000
Eligible departments: Sciences (e.g. Chemistry: Millhayes Scholarships of ?4,000 available to students with 3 grade As at A level, Dalwood Scholarships of £2,000 awarded to students with 2 As and 1B), Eng, Comp, Sports _ all depts
Postgraduate bursaries: £1000-£2000