The Qualcomm Award for Excellence in Electrical and Electronic Engineering is an annual prize recognizing outstanding achievement within the BE or ME programs at University College Cork. This award celebrates students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance throughout their studies.
Eligibility requires current student status at UCC at the time of the award.
This scholarship is an award for academic excellence and does not cover tuition or living costs directly, but is a prize of €5,000.
This is an annual prize of €5,000 awarded to the student with the highest graduation mark in the BE or ME Electrical and Electronic Engineering programmes at University College Cork, provided they meet specific academic criteria.
There is no separate application process for this award. It is automatically awarded annually to the eligible current UCC student who achieves the highest graduation mark in the specified programmes.
To be eligible, you must be a current UCC student completing a BE or ME in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, achieve the top graduation mark (not lower than 80%), and have attained first-class honours (or above 70%) in every year of study at UCC.
No, the Qualcomm Award is a prize of €5,000 for academic excellence. It does not directly cover tuition fees or living costs.
Please refer to the University College Cork fees pages for specific international tuition rates and the UCC finance pages for estimated living costs.