Royal Navy
Defence STEM Undergraduate Scheme
2027 cycle
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What you need to do
Register your interest with Royal Navy recruitment, then take the aptitude test, an interview, the Admiralty Interview Board and a four-day preparation course.
You apply.
Where it takes place
Your own university
“Study an approved engineering-based course at a university of your choice before joining us as an Engineer Officer.”
Source (opens in a new tab), read 27 Sep 2026
Dates, as the organiser states them
Application deadline: Not stated by the organiser
Source (opens in a new tab), read 27 Sep 2026
Who can apply
School leavers in their last year before university, and undergraduates up to the end of year two of an approved engineering-based Bachelors degree at a UK university. Set GCSE grades and 96 UCAS points are needed.
- Open to first-years
- Students at UK universities
- An approved engineering-based degree. The page names mechanical, marine, electronic, aerospace and robotic engineering, computer science and physics among the approved subjects.
Source (opens in a new tab), read 27 Sep 2026
Limits on applying
- The scheme leads to joining the Royal Navy as an Engineer Officer after the degree. Applicants pass fitness and medical assessments on a four-day course, and a security check before officer training.
Pay and length
- £5,000 a year
- University tuition fees paid, up to a yearly cap
- Training pay for up to 45 days a year as a member of a University Royal Naval Unit
- A guaranteed place on Royal Navy Initial Officer Training at Britannia Royal Naval College after the degree
Notes
A sponsorship for students heading for a career as a Royal Navy engineer officer. The Navy pays a yearly bursary and tuition fees while the student completes an approved Bachelors degree at a university of their choice. Selection runs through registering interest, an aptitude test, a video interview, the online Admiralty Interview Board and a four-day preparation course that checks fitness and medical fitness. The page gives no application dates.
Sources and last check
Checked by software on 27 Sep 2026. Confirm on the official page before you rely on it.