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The Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2026

2026 nominations now open

Enter or nominate by 19 June 2026

Enter or nominate

Show how you are a high-flying, role model for the engineering profession by entering the prestigious Young Woman Engineer of the Year awards.

We’re looking for brilliant women engineers, aged 18-35 and working in the UK, who are passionate about STEM, showcasing their engineering excellence and truly engineering a better world.

Enter or nominate someone for one of these awards:

Young Woman Engineer of the Year
Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices
Gender Diversity Ambassador Award

Deadline for entries and nominations: Friday, 19 June 2026.

Enter or nominate by 19 June 2026

Meet the 2025 Young Woman Engineer of the Year

Jennifer Barry is a Senior Systems Engineer at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) who has led delegations to the United Nations and represented the UK in international conversations on space sustainability.

On winning, she said:

“I think it's a really good opportunity to link into the wider community, start promoting space to young girls and really get them involved in knowing the variety of different roles that are in in engineering and space. I also think it's really important to keep women engineers in their careers and give them the space to grow.”

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Young Woman Engineer of the Year is open for both entries and nominations – so you can complete your own entry, or nominate a talented colleague or contact.

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Sponsoring the awards gives your company the opportunity to showcase your support for gender equity in the engineering sector, and enhance your reputation as an excellent employer to some of the most talented young engineers.

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Awards

Young Woman Engineer of the Year

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Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices

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Gender Diversity Ambassador Award

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In Memorium: Mrs Erzsébet Kibble 1953 - 2025

Erzsébet Kibble was the winner of the first ever Girl Technician of the Year Award in 1978 – the forerunner of Young Woman Engineer of the Year.

Born in 1953 in rural Mezőberény, Hungary, her aptitude in physics and maths meant she moved at 14 years old to Budapest to study at the Telecommunications Technical College. Whilst in college she also obtained her licence to fly gliders and studied English. At 18 years old, she took an au pair job in London, fell in love with an Englishman and they married in Hungary the following year. 

Her career included working for Ericsson, where she was responsible for the commissioning of the first ever computerised telephone exchange in the UK. 

In 1978 she won the first ever award for the Girl Technician of the Year (now known as Young Woman Engineer of the Year) and later in 1981 she obtained her BA from the Open University.

From the 1980s onwards she continued to work with computers and raised a family. She took early retirement and spent many happy years sailing, traveling, learning languages, gardening and becoming a beloved grandmother to her granddaughter Ellie.

Erzsébet passed away in 2025. She was a remarkable woman and is greatly missed by all her family.