<p>“will the student interviewer be from the same department where the scholarship candidate is hoping to study”
in general, not necessarily. They will probably be from the same COLLEGE , but there are some smaller depts with only a few Trustee scholars [ like my son’s dept] and the schedules of those TS may not allow them time to do interviews. There are lots of engineering trustees however, so it is likely that he will meet one of them during his interview.</p>