Overview

The aim of the scheme is to stimulate design capability among the country’s most able graduates to the benefit of UK industry.

Our Industrial Design Studentships provide graduates in engineering, science or design with funding to study for a master's in Industrial Design with the objective of stimulating industrial design capability amongst the country's most able science and engineering graduates.

Applications

Applications for the 2026 scheme are open

The Studentships aim to stimulate industrial design capability among the country’s most able graduates. Successful innovations need to be not only fit for purpose, they must also be technically feasible and desirable to their customers and the wider society in which we live.

Please note that only candidates who have obtained admission to, but not yet started a suitable postgraduate course, may apply.

2025 Studentships

Previous Studentships

  • Kimon Ennes

  • Nuo Miao

  • Chin Wei Tang

  • Jack Pritchard

  • Serene Knight

  • Tobias Kunz

  • India Lloyd-Evans

  • Elizabeth McKenna

  • Patrick Fulton

  • Jake Inglis

  • Aya Khayat

  • Sophie Britz

  • Ella Freeman

  • Ewan Atkinson

    "One of the things I really like about engineering is that it can have a very big impact on the world – it’s great to have that as a driver and a motivator. You spend the majority of your time at work so you might as well do something that you’re passionate about and that you love."

    Yusuf Muhammad
    Industrial Design Student

    Meet our Alumni