Revolut, the global FinTech with over 10 million UK customers and 45 million globally, has announced the launch of its new Rev-Women in Engineering Grant, offering five grants of up to £5,000 to top talent in the 2025 intern cohort of future women in engineering.
The programme is designed to invest in the next generation of women in engineering, by supporting talent across UK and European universities. Five grants of up to £5,000, paid in local currency, are available to the best interns who apply and successfully complete the internship in a Software Engineering role, ensuring they have financial freedom to complete their studies and focus on developing their careers.
Women make up just 25% of the workforce in the tech industry, and an even smaller percentage of those work in engineering roles. The engineering sector as a whole saw a drop in the percentage of female engineers in the UK from 16.5% in 2023 to 15.7% in 2024.Revolut is committed to improving gender diversity both within tech and engineering, and are encouraging applications from all individuals identifying as women to apply to the programme.
Applicants will have access to industry-leading mentoring and career-coaching from the Rev-women community, including training and workshops to build career skills and confidence. The grant is open to applications from identifying women studying STEM degrees in Spain, Poland, Portugal and the UK, who are predicted to achieve equivalent to a 2.1 or above upon graduation.
Michelle Muyunda, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Specialist at Revolut, commented: “Unfortunately, there simply aren’t enough women engineers across the industry. We want to change this. We want all women to feel that a successful career in engineering is within reach, and with our new grant, we hope we can remove a barrier for this intake of women that enables them to take a seat at the table. We’re excited to welcome our new engineers and see them thrive at Revolut.”