Rolls Royce Scholarship in UK

Discover Rolls‑Royce sponsored UK PhD programmes and register your interest via the links below or use the dropdowns to see our areas of study.

By joining one of these teams, you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment and partnering with a company renowned the world over for its engineering excellence and boundless ambition.

Rolls‑Royce develops and delivers complex power and propulsion solutions for safety-critical applications in the air, at sea and on land. More details are provided below.

To be considered for the Rolls Royce Scholarship, you must:

• Have at least a first-class or upper-second-class degree in mechanical, electronic, electrical, or computer engineering, manufacturing, materials science, computer science, or physics.

• Graduates finishing their studies in July 2027 are also eligible.

The scholarship is for;

• Passionate, inquisitive and enthusiastic applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills that want to make a difference and further develop their professional, research and personal skills.

• Applicants with a strong interest in research covering engineering, science, technology, net zero, environmental, sustainability, social, economic and commercial aspects along with their interactions.

• Graduates, early career researchers and technologists, as well as professionals with degrees or relevant work experience, including engineering, materials, manufacturing, transport, science, maths, computing, social sciences, or environmental topics.

• The Rolls Royce Scholarship covers the tuition fees and provides a tax-free stipend of approximately £25,518 per year for the duration of the project (up to four years).  

• The scholarship offers an excellent opportunity to build strong knowledge in both manufacturing and materials science while building strong relationships with both academic and industrial areas at an international level.

• Scholars also get direct access to globally recognized experts at Rolls-Royce.

To apply for the Rolls-Royce Scholarship, interested and qualified candidates should;

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  Click the green button below to proceed to the Rolls-Royce project webpage.

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  Visit either the FindAPhD or the jobs.ac.uk platform to view the available Rolls-Royce projects.

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  Apply for your chosen project and submit your required documents.