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Scholarships and Bursaries

Our Scholarship and Bursary programmes offering funding to students and apprentices have now come to an end, however, we have new scholarships available to help you through your studies – The Future Talent Awards.

Take a look and see which one suits you.

Future Talent Awards

Learn more about this award.

Go to IET Future Talent Awards

IET Diamond Scholarships

Previously supporting students working towards a career in engineering, the Diamond Jubilee Scholarship offered funding of up to £4,000, free membership to the IET and Professional Development Support.

This scholarship has now come to an end.

IET Horizons Bursary

Previously supporting students and apprentices working towards a career in engineering who experienced financial difficulties and personal obstacles, the Engineering Horizons Bursary offered funding of up to £4,000, free membership to the IET and Professional Development Support.

This bursary has now come to an end.

Currently a recipient of a Scholarship or Bursary?

If you are a student or apprentice currently receiving a Diamond Jubilee Scholarship or an Engineering Horizons Bursary, our support is still available to you. To get in touch with any questions please contact diamond@theiet.org or horizons@theiet.org in the normal way.

Take a look at this snapshot of our 2020 alumni survey.

Student resources

Being a student and studying engineering at university can be tough but we have all the tools, support and resources to help you succeed.

Go to Student hub

Get involved

Connect, support and shape our engineering future.

Go to https://www.theiet.org/involved/

Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Donors

  • Altran
  • Belling Charitable Settlement
  • BT
  • Janet Firmin Memorial Fund
  • Plextek
  • Siemens
  • Thales
  • ERAF

Engineering Horizons Bursary Donors

  • Arm Ltd
  • Chemring Group Plc
  • Cundall
  • Past Presidents Partnership
  • Past Presidents Partnership – supported by Sir Robin Saxby
  • Professor & Mrs Weiss
  • Siemens
  • Sir George Buckley and Stanley Black & Decker
  • SMMT
  • Spirax-Sarco
  • Synoptix
  • Thales
  • The Engineers Trust
  • The Janet Firmin Memorial Fund
  • The Manly Trust
  • Mr and Mrs Tubbs

We’re upgrading our systems, and this includes changes to our customer and member account log in, MyIET. It’s part of our big picture plan to deliver a great experience for you and our wider engineering community.

Whilst most of our websites remain available for browsing, it will not be possible to log in to purchase products or access services from Thursday, 17 April to Wednesday, 30 April 2025. Our Member Relations team is here to help and for many of our services, including processing payments or orders, we’ll be able to support you over the phone on +44 (0)1438 765678 or email via membership@theiet.org.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

For further information related to specific products and services, please visit our FAQs webpage.

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