Essex Futures BT– Masters Scholarship
In conjunction with the UKs leading telecommunications company, BT, the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) is delighted to be offering up to six scholarship worth £5,500 each for 1 year full time Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Masters students taking up a place to study in academic year 2026-27 in CSEE, with the exception of any conversion course.
Eligible courses are any full time 1 year Masters courses within CSEE except for postgraduate conversion courses, which are not eligible.
In addition to the above, successful applicants will have the opportunity to work with our colleagues within the Institute for Analytics and Data Science.
We have been extremely fortunate to offer this scholarship award due to a donation from BT to support students through their studies within the School of Computer Studies and Electronic Engineering.
The scholarship award can be used in one of the following ways:
- A tuition fee discount, which will be automatically deducted from your course tuition fee. OR:
- A stipend towards living expenses. The £5,500 will be paid in instalments throughout the academic year as a stipend, directly to your bank account.
This is a competitive scholarship. Applications will be considered, and awardees selected by a panel of relevant departmental staff in conjunction with BT for the following projects:
- Protecting Network from zero-day attacks in real-time using transparent machine E-learning (.pdf)
- Developing a Post-Quantum 5G-AKA for quantum safe authentication and key exchange in 5G (.pdf)
- Network threat detection using context awareness (.pdf)
- RAG-Powered Threat Intelligence Hub: A Prototype for Enhanced Cybersecurity Analysis (.pdf)
- An Isogeny Based Post Quantum Secure Framework for UAVs (.pdf)
- Optimising Energy Consumption in Distributed AI Training Through Intelligent Network Strategies (.pdf)
- Heat network technology (.pdf)
How to apply
Applicants should complete the application form (.docx) and send it to csee-schooloffice@essex.ac.uk before the application deadline of 11:59pm BST on 31st May 2026. You will also need to apply separately for your course through our standard Admissions process. Further information can be found online.
The scholarship application form will ask you to list the projects in your order of preference. You can list as many preferences as you like. Your preferences, and reasons given for your preference, will be taken into consideration as part of the selection process. However, we cannot guarantee that, if successful, you would be offered one of your top preferred projects.
Shortlisted students may be invited to attend an interview online before the end of June, which may take place jointly with University of Essex and BT staff.
Successful applicants will be notified of the specific project for which they have been awarded the scholarship. By accepting a scholarship offer, you will be committing to completing the project specified on your Award Letter. Awardees will also be required to accept and sign a Collaboration agreement with BT. This will be sent with the Award Letter.
We expect to be able to notify successful awardees of the outcome by the end of June 2026.
Full details
Please read the full terms and conditions before applying for or accepting a scholarship or bursary. They contain important information about eligibility, and how you'll receive your funding.
If you're a current student looking for information about an award you received, see our terms and conditions for previous years.
