Apple Stanford EE Coterm Scholarship in Integrated Systems

Academic year 2025 / 2026

Integrated circuit design & engineering is more critical than ever. With a slowing of Moore’s law and end of Dennard scaling, challenges abound to deliver ever increasing performance and power efficiency. Apple has long recognized these challenges, and develops world-class silicon for its products. Apple's Hardware Technologies (HWT) team is very excited to renew the Integrated Systems Coterm scholarship program at Stanford. This program recognizes a few top students with expressed interest in IC engineering, SoC design, verification, test, RF, analog, mixed signal circuits and computer architecture. This unique and highly selective program provides both an opportunity for a paid summer internship at Apple and financial support covering tuition costs of the academic year-long (fall, winter and spring quarters) M.S. degree in EE at Stanford as part of Coterm program. 

Timing

Applications can be submitted and finalists will be interviewed as part of the evaluation process.

  • Application open: September 23, 2024
  • Application deadline: October 20, 2024, 11:59 pm
  • Typical internship timing is summer of 2025
  • Typical applications are received fall of senior year. Advanced juniors may apply as well, and potentially be considered for an extra internship, in addition to the normal application cycle.
  • Finalist interviews: October - December 2024
  • Decisions back: January - March 2025

Eligibility

  • The Scholarships are for coterm graduate students who are enrolled full-time at Stanford. During the time of application, students may be in their junior or senior year. However, they must be in coterm graduate status during the award period (autumn, winter, and spring 24-25) to be eligible to receive the funding.
  • Students who currently hold another industry-sponsored full-scholarship will not be considered
  • Current Apple employees and household members are not eligible

Application Requirements

  • Name (first and last)
  • Email
  • Year (Junior, Senior, Coterm)
  • Upload a current copy of your resume or CV, including links to any publications if appropriate
  • Upload a current copy of your unofficial transcript with GPA
  • Upload a statement of academic and career interests
  • In 500 words or fewer, please describe why & how you’re interested in IC engineering/SoC design/verification/test/RF/analog/mixed signal circuits, and/or computer architecture
  • Include which area(s) and classes of EE interest you most academically and professionally
  • Also describe any work you’ve done up to this point that you think is relevant to future work in ICs.

What courses are recommended?

Recommended courses for applicants expressing interest in IC engineering and computer architecture. Preference will be given to students who have already expressed interest through their course selection. Some of the recommended courses include:

  • EE114/EE214A, EE214B, EE271, EE272, EE372, EE273, EE251, EE308, EE315
  • EE314A,B,
  • EE282, EE285 (CS241), CS357S, EE292A, EE292S, EE382A, EE309 A, B
  • EE207, EE216, EE256