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KAL offers a variety of opportunities for students

As a company, KAL is proud to invest in students at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics via two programmes:

  • KAL Informatics Scholarships of £1000 per year (for undergraduates of exceptional ability)
  • KAL Bursaries (for students in need of financial support)

Students can also spend time contributing to real-world projects and gaining valuable work experience through our KAL internships.

Cameron Logan
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KAL sponsors a number of students each year from Edinburgh University’s Informatics Department. Our aim is to help support the top-class software engineers of tomorrow through their studies. We also play an active part in coursework, and offer internships and placements to students from several universities, including Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt.


Cameron Logan

Head of Commercial

What our student interns say:

Yousuf Khursheed
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My summer internship at KAL gave me a unique insight into the innovative world of ATM Software. With the Marketing team, I learned a variety of new skills and completed assignments involving everything from graphic design to backend web maintenance. Some highlights included contributing to a major product launch and working across borders to develop new recruitment content. One of KAL's special features is that you are granted the trust and freedom to work independently on projects. I benefited hugely from my time at KAL and would recommend others to investigate the various opportunities that the company offers.
 
Yousuf Khursheed
Former KAL intern
Bianca Burtoiu
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During my three month internship at KAL, I worked on both internal tools and customer projects. This exposure helped greatly with my coding skills and made me much more confident in facing challenges ahead. I met a lot of skilled and friendly people from KAL branches all over the world, and it was a pleasure to work in such a supportive environment. I was also offered the opportunity to continue my work with KAL as a term-time intern!

Bianca Burtoiu

Former KAL intern
Adam McDevitt
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My internship at KAL gave me the amazing opportunity to further my software engineering skills in a real work environment - working on real projects that matter. The office is full of friendly employees who are happy to lend a hand and answer questions. I’m sure that everything I learned at KAL will be invaluable to furthering my career and would encourage anyone who’s enthusiastic about software engineering to apply.

Adam McDevitt
Former KAL intern

 
Stiliyan Emanuilov
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Being a KAL intern allowed me to put my problem solving skills to good use. Tackling a variety of tasks, I discovered many new and exciting technologies. The team is a mixed bag of people who, in addition to being skilled in numerous areas, are always happy to help. All in all, working at KAL showed me that the world is a truly big place, though not as complex as one would think.


Stiliyan Emanuilov

Former KAL intern

Caterina Brandini
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I’m very much a visual kind of learner, rather than someone who suits the more traditional route of sitting in a lecture theatre taking notes. My apprenticeship with KAL was hands-on - that's why I applied and I learned a lot. We were given objectives and worked through them. If we ever got stuck, we were able to ask for help....It was a lot of work but we were genuinely being trained to do what the testers do. For me personally, this was a much better way to be doing a degree.

 

Caterina Brandini - as featured in The Sun Glasgow

Former KAL apprentice

Alexander Wilson
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My internship at KAL totally exceeded all my expectations. There was huge opportunity to learn how software works in the real world, and I gained massive experience. I now feel comfortable working in areas I admittedly found daunting to begin with. This wouldn’t have been possible without the lovely people I worked with and the support they provided for colleagues. KAL is a great place to work and learn and I would 100% recommend KAL to anybody!

Alexander Wilson

Former KAL intern
Damian Bozewicz
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During my four months as a KAL intern, I had opportunities to work on challenging and exciting projects. I met fantastic, friendly and skilled people who helped me to increase my skills and confidence. KAL gave me the opportunity to continue developing my passion and empowered me to work with technologies that I liked most. Best of all, my internship later evolved into a permanent job!

 

Damian Bozewicz

Former KAL intern

Tadeusz Janik
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My internship at KAL was very interesting and there were always new things to do. For me as a student, it was great to be able to choose my own hours. This kind of flexibility is very important for someone who is studying.

Tadeusz Janik

Former KAL intern

How to apply for a KAL scholarship or bursary at the University of Edinburgh

 

To learn more about KAL's Informatics scholarship / bursary schemes and start the application process, please contact the University of Edinburgh’s Scholarships and Financial Support Team. You can reach them by calling 0131 651 4070 or emailing studentfunding@ed.ac.uk.

By submitting your CV to KAL, you confirm that you have read the KAL Information Notice for Applicants.

 

Interested in becoming our next student intern?

 

You can find out more about the latest KAL internship opportunities by submitting an enquiry to interns@kal.com.  

 



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