KCA Deutag employs over 5,000 people worldwide and from designing the next generation of drilling rigs and facilities to delivering highly complex drilling programmes, we look to our people for success.
KCA Deutag is the largest platform drilling contractor in the UK sector of the North Sea, one of the largest international drilling contractors outside the Americas and a world leader in drilling engineering, drilling facilities engineering, rig design, construction and operation.
The KCA Deutag scholarship is open to third year students and offers, in year three of the course, a paid one year placement in Aberdeen.
The scholarship provides funding support of £2,500 in year four of the course along with an excellent mentoring programme which runs through the honours year, and consideration for a place within the KCA Deutag Graduate Trainee Scheme.
Further information can be downloaded below:
Applicants must be engaged in full-time study at Robert Gordon University on one of the undergraduate degree programmes listed below:
Applicants will be assessed on academic performance and their interpersonal and leadership skills. They should also show enthusiasm and commitment for a career in the dynamic energy industry. Short listed applicants will be invited to an interview at KCA Deutag.
Renewal of the award after each year is dependant on continued good academic performance.
Application forms for the Scholarship can be downloaded below:
Completed application forms should be submitted to scholarships@rgu.ac.uk
The closing date for applications is 28 October 2011. All applications must be received by that date in order to be considered for the scholarship.
“As a result of my third year placement, I was fortunate enough to be offered a graduate position on completion of my degree.”
Mike Smith Management with Economics BA (Hons)
In 2010, Aberdeen Business School graduates were more successful in securing degree level employment than graduates from any other Scottish university (The Sunday Times University Guide 2012, 11 September 2011).
