The Dean’s International Scholarship for Electronic and Electrical Engineering 2024/25

Award details

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering was formally established and recognised as a key engineering Department within the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences in 2020. Therefore, we are happy to continue the Scholarship for Electronic and Electrical Engineering undergraduate and postgraduate courses for 2024/25.

This scholarship is only available to full-time international students and will only be paid once for each eligible level of study, subject to meeting progression requirements.

Value: £2,000 fee waiver per academic year.

How many: 30

A maximum of 30 scholarships are available for September 2024 entry:

• 20 for BEng/Meng Electronic and Electrical Engineering and BEng Computer Systems Engineering.
• 10 for MSc Electric Vehicle Systems.

Application process: No separate scholarship application is required. Applicants should apply for the programmes in the usual way, via UCAS or via the Brunel online application portal. Scholarship eligibility will be automatically considered and the scholarship will be awarded on a first come, first served basis.

Deadlines: The College will consider applicants for the scholarship until early August 2024. Once all scholarships have been allocated, the College will put prospective students on a waitlist for consideration.

Successful applicants will be contacted by the Department in September.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Dean’s Scholarship an applicant must:

• Apply for and fulfil the entry criteria for admission to the following courses:

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering:

• • BEng Computer Systems Engineering
  • BEng/MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  • MSc Electric Vehicle Systems
• Be in receipt of an offer to study on one of the above programmes starting in September 2024.
• Be classed as an Overseas fee paying student based on the UK government regulations. Applicants who are unsure of their fee status should note Brunel uses the information you have provided in your application form to assess your fee status against regulations set by the UK government. For information on these regulations please visit the independent organisation UKCISA’s website.
• Be in receipt of an Unconditional Firm offer of place by the time Scholarships are confirmed in September.

Those not eligible for these Scholarships

• Applicants NOT classed as Overseas for fees purposes based on UK government regulations, or those with an unresolved fee status.
• Applicants holding an offer on a course other than those stated above.
• Applicants who will NOT commence their course in September 2024 - applicants holding offers for deferred entry must apply for scholarships in the month and year they intend to start their course and not in the year of their course application.
• Applicants entering a course with the Brunel Language Centre (BLC).
• Applicants in receipt of an International Discount, this includes the Vice Chancellors Excellence Award or the International Bursary.

Allocation

3.1 Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria at the time of allocation will be considered for a tuition fee award using the information provided at the time of their course application only and cannot be considered should their circumstances change during the course of their studies. Awards cannot be backdated.

3.2 The College will review course applications on a regular basis throughout the year.

3.3 Tuition fee awards will be awarded provisionally on a first-come-first-served basis throughout the year, until all the awards have been allocated.

3.4 The College will be responsible for initiating and managing all communication with the successful applicants.

3.5 Tuition fee awards will be decided by the College, who will be responsible for producing a final list for eligible awardees.

3.6 The decision of the College is final. The University will not accept any appeals in respect of the decisions made by the College.

3.7 The award cannot be combined with any other University scholarship, bursary, discount or award, this includes the International Academic Excellence Scholarship, the International Bursary, Vice Chancellors Excellence Award and the Brunel Medical School International Scholarship, but excludes the 2% prompt payment discount, the Brunel Graduate Discount, the Brunel Family Discount and the Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship. This will be deducted from the tuition fees remaining after the scholarship discount has been applied at enrolment.

3.8 If an applicant is eligible for more than one scholarship or discount, the College Specific Scholarship or International Scholarship will take precedence.

3.9 If an applicant is eligible for multiple awards, the most financially beneficial award will be awarded.

3.10 Awards are made for the September 2024 entry of the academic year 2024/25 only and cannot be deferred to other months or years of entry. Course applicants who intend to defer their studies from 2024/25 academic year to 2025/26 will lose any award they have been made.

Conditions of payment

The fee waiver will be added to the applicants record in September 2024, or just prior to Registration.

4.1 Awardees will be responsible for paying the remainder of their tuition fees after the award contribution is deducted from the total fees for each academic year.

4.2 The tuition fee will be reduced by £2,000 per year of their chosen course for a maximum of three years, for Undergraduate applicants and a maximum of four years for integrated foundation programmes and for one year only or Postgraduate applicants.

4.3 This award is not payable in the placement year of an Undergraduate sandwich programme, in the final year of an MEng programme or in the Masters year of an integrated Masters degree programme.

4.4 Conditions of fee waiver:

• The fee waiver will only be made providing the student is fully enrolled at the University on an undergraduate or postgraduate programme.
• Payment in subsequent years will only be made providing the student progresses to the next level of study [payments will not be made during a repeating year until the student has satisfactorily progressed to the next level].

4.5 The award does not replace the deposit of £5,000. All awardees will need to pay the £5,000 deposit for their course in order to formally receive the award, an unconditional offer and a Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (CAS). The amount of the award will be deducted from the remaining fees.

4.6 The fee waiver will only be applied providing the student is fully enrolled at the University on a full time undergraduate or postgraduate programme of study which includes having had their qualifications and other documentation verified and checked, and then completing the University enrolment procedures. This includes holding the correct visa to study.

4.7 Payment in subsequent years will only be made providing the student progresses to the next level of Undergraduate study [the tuition fee discount will not be applied during a repeating year until the student has satisfactorily progressed to the next level].

4.8 Awardees who have already paid the full course fees can visit the Student Centre to request a refund of any over-payment; once they have met all conditions of their offer and enrolled onto their main course in person.

Data pertaining to bursary holders such as: progression rates, degree attainment, degree completion and graduate outcomes may also be analysed in order to understand the effectiveness of bursaries and scholarships. This data may also be linked to other data already held by the University for the purpose of better understanding the impact of bursaries and scholarships on under-represented groups. To learn more about how the University uses data to support its commitment to delivering positive outcomes to students from under-represented groups please visit our webpage.

Scholarship awards are decided by the College Scholarship Allocation Panel and all decisions are final. The University will not accept any appeals in respect of the decisions made by the Panel.

Any queries relating to these terms and conditions should be addressed to the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering by emailing the Admissions Tutor Mohamed Darwish on Mohamed.Darwish@brunel.ac.uk 

Updated 18 October 2023.