Opportunity Awards
A glimpse into the future to decide your own
Opportunity Award applications are now OPEN
Please note, applications for an Opportunity Award close at midday on 25th June 2012.
Why apply for a BP Opportunity Award?
Our Opportunity Awards recognise, reward and support academic excellence.
The £5000 award will help support you in your final year of your four year Master’s degree. This award will be given to successful candidates after an application and selection process. You will also receive a guaranteed place at a BP assessment centre in your final year.
Am I eligible?
To be eligible for an Opportunity Award you need to be studying at one of the following participating Universities:Imperial College of London
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Cambridge
University of Leeds
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Strathclyde
You need to be in your penultimate year of a four year Science or Engineering Master’s degree and eligible for one of the following graduate opportunities:
To see if your degree subject is eligible, please use our Degree Matcher.
Automotive Engineering
Chemical/Process Engineering
Instrumentation, Control and Electrical Engineering
Geoscience
Materials/Corrosions Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering
Offshore/Subsea Engineering
Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering
Petrophysics
Process Safety Engineering
Wells
If you are in your penultimate year of PhD study you are eligible for an Opportunity Award in the following areas only - Geoscience, Petrophysics, PERE.
Please note: If you have already been to a BP interview this season (i.e November 2011 – March 2012) you are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
Please note: If you have already been to a BP interview this season (i.e November 2011 – March 2012) you are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
Application and selection process
It is very important that you give some thought to why you are applying for a BP funded scholarship and why you are considering a career with BP. Please take time to review our Graduate and Intern opportunities, to confirm that the career opportunities at BP match your professional aspirations.There are two stages to the application and selection process:
Stage 1 – Complete online application form and online test
To apply, you should complete our online application form. Please read above to make sure you are eligible to apply for an Opportunity Award.We ask you to complete the form online because it helps us to make the application process quicker – which is better for you and better for us. However, we believe in looking at each application individually. We receive many applications but every single one is looked at by one of our experienced team. So you can be sure that your application will be seen by a person and not automatically scored by a computer.
If you meet our minimum requirements having submitted your application, we will send you an email along with details of how to take our online test. The test lasts about 20 minutes and has two short sub-tests within it looking at verbal and numerical reasoning. We offer the choice of taking the test in different languages so there is a good chance you will be able to take the test in your first language, if this is not English.
Once your application has been reviewed and you have taken the test, one of our recruitment team will then make the decision whether or not to invite you to the first-round interviews. This decision will be based on the strength of your application and your performance in the online test. Please make sure you give us your most up-to-date email address.
The application form generally takes about 45-60 minutes to complete, but it is worth investing the time to give yourself the best possible chance of success. We have made the application form as quick and easy to use as we can, and you can save it as you work on it so you don’t need to complete it all in one go. For some useful tips on how to complete your application, click on the following link.
Once your application has been reviewed and you have taken the test, one of our recruitment team will then make the decision whether or not to invite you to the first-round interviews. This decision will be based on the strength of your application and your performance in the online test. Please make sure you give us your most up-to-date email address.
The application form generally takes about 45-60 minutes to complete, but it is worth investing the time to give yourself the best possible chance of success. We have made the application form as quick and easy to use as we can, and you can save it as you work on it so you don’t need to complete it all in one go. For some useful tips on how to complete your application, click on the following link.
If you have a disability and would like help in completing your application or if you need help at any other stage of the selection process, please contact us on 0800 279 2088 (overseas +44 1932 760 800).
Stage 2 - Attend interviews
If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend a personal interview and a technical interview. The personal interview will focus on areas such as your significant achievements, and how you have worked with others and built relationships.
The technical interview will be conducted by someone from a relevant discipline for the scholarship for which you are applying. In this interview, you will be presented with some scenarios and questions that reflect the type of problems and situations you might have to deal with if you were successful.
For some useful tips on how to prepare for the interviews, click on the following link.
For some useful tips on how to prepare for the interviews, click on the following link.
