17 Technology, IT and Engineering Scholarships for Women in 2019-2020
Technology, IT and engineering are male-dominated industries. However, multiple companies and organizations are aiming to introduce more diversity by providing the education and training women need to enter these fields.
Scholarships and grants can open doors typically closed to many women, especially with the rising costs of BA, Masters and PhD courses in the UK and Europe. (England’s tuition fees in particular are the most expensive in the world.)
To help you get started, we have gathered details on 17 of the best technology, IT and engineering scholarships for women in 2019-2020 below, covering the UK and countries within the EU.
#1. Amazon Women in Innovation Bursary
Amazon’s Women in Innovation Bursary aims to help empower more women from less-advantaged backgrounds with the education they need to enter the tech industry. Recipients can get up to £30,000 per year to fund their studies and will be provided with mentoring from an Amazon staff-member. Interviews for Amazon internships are guaranteed, too.
This is available through numerous universities, including the University of Edinburgh and Churchill College Cambridge. Learn more here.
#2. Booking.com Women in Technology
Booking.com, one of the biggest online travel businesses in the world, offers the new Booking.com Women in Technology Scholarships.
This initiative lasts two years and aims to provide the support women interested in technology-focused employment need. Funding is available through partnerships with the University of Oxford and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Learn more here.
#3. Adobe Research Women-in-Technology Scholarship
Adobe is a major name in software, and their Adobe Research Women-in-Technology Scholarship is available to female students based anywhere across the globe.
It offers a single payment towards tuition fees, a Creative Cloud subscription membership for 12 months, an Adobe Research mentor and a chance to interview for an Adobe (Read more...)
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