Introduction
ARM Ltd and the University of Liverpool are offering exciting and generous scholarship and internship opportunities for one or two students from India to study for a microelectronics masters degree at the University of Liverpool undertaking their project work as paid interns at ARM R&D in the UK. This is the 8th year that this scholarship has been offered.
Scholarship Package
- An ARM R&D Award of £6,200.
- A guaranteed 4 month internship with ARM R&D in Cambridge UK with graduate intern level salary.
- An 'Indian Regional Award' from the University of Liverpool worth £1,000 tuition fee reduction.
The scholarship package will approximately cover the tuition fees of the Masters course.
Eligibility
Scholarships are open to students holding an offer for the MSc(Eng) Microelectronic Systems and Nanotechnology (preferred) or MSc(Eng) Microelectronic Systems and Telecommunication at the University of Liverpool’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics for Sept 2012 entry.
Applicants should have:
- First class BSc, BE or BTech degree in a relevant subject (ideally Computer Science with a good background in computer hardware).
- Multi-disciplinary interest in Computer science and Electronics engineering.
- A keen and demonstrable interest in research relating to security of embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, human computer interactions, distributed systems, data mining and visualization.
- Experience and ability with prototyping/scripting languages, object oriented software design, embedded system design using C, web applications development.
- Experience in embedded systems design, system on chip or IC design.
- Good English language skills (minimum IELTS 6.5/TOEFL 230 + ER 4.0 or 70% in English at Standard XII from central or metro state boards).
Applications
Candidates holding an MSc offer should submit an online application by May, 2012 at: http://www.liv.ac.uk/EEE/armscholarship.htm. Selection interviews will be held at the offices of the University’s representatives in India in May/June 2012. From these interviews, short listed candidates will advance to a telephone interview with a senior ARM engineer in July 2012.
The ex-ARM-Liverpool scholars currently working at ARM office in Cambridge, (photo from left to right) Kauser, Harsh, Karthik, Akash, and Anand.
Background
ARM is a globally renowned company that designs the technology lying at the heart of advanced digital products. ARM's founding chief executive, Sir Robin Saxby is an Electronics graduate of the University of Liverpool and continues to support and collaborate with the University. ARM has offices all over the world with branches in Europe, North America, the Far East and ARM Embedded Technologies PVT in Bangalore. This package represents an excellent opportunity to gain a highly respected masters degree from a top 20 UK University and gain work experience in the R&D department of a multi-national company at the cutting edge of IC technology.
Applying for the MSc(Eng) Programmes at the University of Liverpool
For more details about the MSc(Eng) programmes at the University of Liverpool and how to apply, please see: http://www.liv.ac.uk/eee/courses/postgrdc.htm.
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