STEM Four-year Degree Opportunities

University of Wisconsin at Stout

Oakton has an articulation agreement with the Applied Science Program at University of Wisconsin at Stout. This program emphasizes providing students with hands on research experience. UW-Stout has also received a grant to award students scholarships to majors in Applied Sciences. Contact Dr. Charles Bomar for more information.

College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Blaudow/ATS Technical Leadership Program in Manufacturing - designed to educate the next generation of technical leaders for America's industrial future. Each student who transfers to the SIUC College of Engineering and is selected for the program will receive a:
$14,000 scholarship towards tuition and fees ($8,000 during the first 2 semesters and $6,000 for remaining semesters)6-month paid-internship position, including a leadership training course, with industrial partners between their first and second years

See http://www.engr.siu.edu/scholarships/transfer.html for more information, application, and video about the program. Deadline changes each year; see site for more information.

Illinois Institute of Technology - Presidential Scholarship

Oakton students majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), or social sciences with a focus on STEM issues may apply for the Presidential Scholarship at the Illinois Institute of Technology. For more information, visit the IIT Presidential Scholarship page.

Illinois State University - Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program at Illinois State University seeks to encourage talented science and mathematics majors and/or professionals to become K-12 teachers in the Chicago Public Schools. The program will provide stipends and scholarships for 40 candidates enrolled in the Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Physics, Earth Science/Geology, and Chemistry Teacher Education programs. For more information, visit the ISU Noyce Scholarship page.

University of Illinois at Chicago - CS Scholars Program

The University of Illinois Chicago Computer Science Department is offering scholarships to incoming Computer Science freshman and transfer students. For more information, visit the UIC CS Scholars page.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship for future math teachers

For more information, visit the UIUC Noyce Scholarship page.

Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)- Noyce Teacher Scholarship

Several schools belong to PhysTEC and offer a Noyce Teacher Scholarship for future physics teachers. For more information, visit the PhysTEC Noyce Scholarship page.