The Cambridge University Engineers' Association is excited to launch the second edition of the Extra-Curricular Awards scheme. 

Extended Deadline: 11th March 2026

What is the Extra-Curricular award about? 

• In addition to engineering academic course work, enhancing your experience of engineering and industrial knowledge is vital to inform your career choices and demonstrate extra dimensions to your CV when applying for jobs and internships.

• The CUEA extra-curricular awards were established to recognise the value of extracurricular activities to students' personal, professional, and academic development.

• Valuable extra-curricular options available to you include work experience/internships, SPIP engineering project teamwork, Dyson Center small projects, attending industry talks and career panels, participating in mentoring schemes and individual interests such as racing, coding or design and building models.

Recipients of the Award will receive:

• Invitation to an Awards event with the CUEA committee 

• An expenses-paid work experience in a leading and exciting engineering company associated with a CU alumni. Opportunities this year include Alpine F1 team, and Graham Construction

Every entry will receive:

• Personal feedback and the opportunity to engage with a CUEA alumni mentor and a practice job interview where you can use your submission as part of your CV to gain valuable experience ahead of real job applications

• A certificate of achievement that will recognise that you have gone above and beyond just the academic requirements of your degree; this will be helpful in future job interviews - prompting discussions to demonstrate your passion for engineering and make you stand out from the rest! 

• The minimum requirement to receive a certificate is to have demonstrably dedicated at least, on average, 20 hours per completed academic year to extracurricular activities (for example, if you are now on your third year, you are expected to have dedicated a minimum of 40 hours to extracurricular activities)

Application process:

A team of Alumni from CUEA will review applications and conduct an assessment process to choose the most impressive few for an Award.

The following timeline will be followed:

• February 1st 2026: Applications open

• March 11th 2026: Applications close

• March 7th 2026: Notification of Award decisions and further instructions to engage with CUEA alumni mentor

• March 25th 2026: Awards ceremony. UPDATE: This event will now take place on the 25th March, following a change in the CUEA AGM date.

• March 25th 2026 onwards: Mentor matching process begins

Eligibility

Any student who has already completed their first year of study is eligible to apply. Undergraduates, Masters', and PhD students are all welcome to apply. However, you are only allowed to cite extra-curricular experiences you have conducted during your time in Cambridge. If you include experiences that were conducted prior to your time in Cambridge, these will not be considered for the Award.