Finmeccanica UK

Finmeccanica and its companies in the UK are part of the group of leading UK employers sponsoring the Government Aerospace MSc Bursary Scheme, to help the UK stay ahead of its global competitors by developing the aerospace sector’s professional workforce.

 

The scheme, which is run by The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Aeronautical Society, pays for 500 new graduates and employees to study Masters (MSc) level degrees in aerospace engineering. This will help the sector develop the high-level skills it needs to compete globally.

 

The scheme supports up-skilling of current aerospace employees already qualified to graduate level, and BSc students currently studying at university. These students will be encouraged to make direct links with aerospace businesses to undertake projects to address the challenges faced by industry, and secure opportunities for work experience and future employment.

 

Funding for tuition fees is available for a total of up to 500 students undertaking MSc programmes at UK universities which are accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society, or supported by the leading companies, starting in academic years 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16.

 

Who is the Aerospace MSc Bursary Scheme for?

We are keen to hear from a wide range of applicants. Whatever your background you will need strong motivation and firm commitment to a career in aerospace engineering in the UK. You may be:

• Currently employed by one of the nine partner companies or by an SME in the UK supply chain and nominated by your employer
• Not yet employed in the sector, but with practical or financial support from any UK aerospace firm
• Not yet employed in the sector and applying directly to the scheme as an independent candidate. If you are successful, the Scheme will introduce you to relevant employers.

 

The scheme will pay MSc tuition fees (up to £9,500) on behalf of successful applicants. Bursaries will be awarded to candidates who can demonstrate their commitment to working in the UK aerospace sector and who have been offered a place on an approved MSc in Aerospace Engineering. Applications will be accepted before an MSc place is offered but will be conditional on receiving, and taking up, the MSc offer from a UK University.

 

Nominated company employee applicants must be working in the UK in the aerospace sector on the first day of the MSc programme.

 

Other applicants must be ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of the MSc programme (with the exception of frontier students* studying in the UK) and one of the following:

• EU nationals (including UK nationals) including direct family members as long as they have been ordinarily resident in the EEA for the last three years; or
• Nationals of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland who are working in the UK, including direct family members and who have been ordinarily resident in the EEA for the last three years; or
• UK residents with ‘settled immigration status’ (no restrictions on how long you can stay) who have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the last three years; or
• Refugees and people who have been granted humanitarian protection including direct family members ordinarily residing in the UK on the first day of the first academic year of the course; or
• Children of Swiss nationals who have resided in the UK where the children have been resident in the EU/EEA or Switzerland for the last three years; or
• Children of Turkish nationals who have resided in the UK where the children have been resident in the EU/EEA, Switzerland or Turkey for the last three years.

*“Frontier students” means frontier workers who work in the territory of one country and reside in the territory of another country, to which they return as a rule daily or at least once a week. A limited number of bursaries is available and you are strongly recommended to apply as soon as possible.

 

Visit the Royal Academy of Engineering website for further details about the Aerospace MSc Bursary Scheme, including how to apply