EPSRC's Vacation Internships scheme gives undergraduate students a taster of what it is like to do research. The students are given practical, first-hand experience of working on and carrying out research in a UK university."

The Open University Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) currently holds an EPSRC DTP award covering the following subject areas:

General Engineering

IT, Systems Sciences and Software Engineering

Mathematical Sciences

Physics

be an undergraduate or Masters student in a STEM subject area.

not have completed your degree studies before the planned end of the internship. An internship should generally take place in the summer vacation before your final year of study.

have a right to work in the UK and carry out the placement whilst resident in the UK. We are not able to sponsor visas for the internship.

environmental science and ecology

physics

electronic and electrical engineering

biology and life sciences

sports science

computer sciences and information technology

medicine

transport engineering

agricultural sciences

food sciences

mechanical engineering

mathematics

aerospace engineering

animal care and veterinary science

chemistry

chemical engineering