“My degree was particularly well aligned to the requirements of industry and definitely helped me to secure a job at Chevron and enabled me to make a confident start at work.”
Maurice Thomson Mechanical Engineering MEng Chevron
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Wood Group
Wood Group is an international energy services company with sales of $5.0bn, employing 29,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries.
Wood Group has three businesses - Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support and Gas Turbine Services - providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management, and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.
They are among the global market leaders in:
- deepwater engineering
- offshore pipelines
- artificial lift using electric submersible pumps
- enhancement of oil & gas production in mature fields
- the repair and overhaul of industrial gas turbines
The Scholarship
The Wood Group Scholarship is open to full time first year students and provides funding support up to the value of £10,000 throughout your studies, along with paid summer placements and mentoring support. Students must be willing to progress on to a MEng programme.
Eligible Courses
Students who have accepted the offer of a place on one of the following full-time MEng courses at Robert Gordon University will be eligible to apply for the scholarship:
All courses eligible are at MEng level:
How to Apply
The selection process begins with students completing an online application form which will be reviewed by a panel consisting of representatives from the University and Wood Group, who will then short list a group of high academic performers.
This group will be invited to attend an interview at Wood Group and the award winners will be selected from amongst this group of students. Renewal of the award after each year is dependant on continued good academic performance.
Applicants for the scholarship must have met the entry requirements of their UCAS offer from Robert Gordon University, and have formally accepted the offer.
Full details of the selection criteria are available within the form. All applicants to the scholarship will need to enrol on their chosen course at the University during September 2011.
Application forms and reference forms for the scholarship can be downloaded below:
(Please note: You must submit an application form and a reference form in order to be considered for the scholarship).
We will accept one reference form if you are applying for more than one scholarship.
Please also note that as the application forms are similar candidate information may be duplicated easily, however please ensure the 'About You' section is amended appropriately for each scholarship application.
(NB No part of this application form may be reproduced without the express permission of Aberdeen Business School.)
Completed forms should be submitted to scholarships@rgu.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is Friday 19 August 2011. All applications must be received by that date to be considered for the scholarship.