ExxonMobil Scholarships
Programs and Partnerships Recognize the Importance of Tomorrow’s Engineers
ExxonMobil represents one of the largest petroleum and gas conglomerates in the world. Exxon rose to status as household name back in1989 when it was responsible for the Valdez debacle, an unprecedented oil spill in Prince William Sound just off the Alaskan coast. The Valdez disaster served to underscore Big Oil’s shocking shortcomings in the realm of environmental responsibility at the time.
In 1999 Exxon announced its merger with Mobil, another worldwide leader in the oil industry and the two, now at the pinnacle of the oil super-majors, figure prominently in the push for corporate responsibility. The company has petrochemical plants worldwide including a huge manufacturing and chemical plant in Singapore. One of its more renowned campaigns aims to assist local communities affected still by the 2004 Asian Tsunami. Aceh, in Indonesia, is ground zero for much of ExxonMobil’s generous support.
Scholarships Cover Singapore Operations
ExxonMobil operations in Singapore are the inspiration behind the ExxonMobil Public Scholarships. The program is aimed at students in Singapore who may be interested in a career with the company. Because the Singapore plant represents one of the largest in Asia, possibly further, it requires a next-gen leadership culled from the best of the best in Singapore’s university system.
Applicants for the program must agree to the one-for-one deal; get a year of tuition at National University of Singapore or Nanyang University in exchange for a year of your time with ExxonMobil Singapore. Top academic achievers in Singapore are labeled with an ‘A.’ Only A level "polytechnic" students are considered, which means the brainiacs in chemical engineering are invited to apply. These, of course, are highly competitive among Singapore students. The selection process is rigorous, consisting of exams and interviews, above and beyond the application process. Awards of 7,000 Singapore dollars are equal to about $4,500, depending on currency values.
College Specific Scholarships
Besides the direct Public Scholarships for Singapore students, ExxonMobil maintains ties with a number of U.S. colleges and universities where it funds varying levels of undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships specifically for engineering and geology students:
- University of Missouri-Rolla, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department.
- Penn State, Department of Geosciences.
