As with our Mechanical Engineering course offered by Brunel University London, youÕll get a thorough grounding in the core principles of engineering science including solid body mechanics, thermodynamics and materials science as well as in the fundamentals of product design, development and manufacturing.YouÕll also get training in related disciplines integral to the profession such as computing, electrical engineering and electronics.And, as mechanical engineers not only design exciting products but venture into managing projects and companies, youÕll study elements of management, ethics, finance and law.

In your final year, along with studying specialist topics taught at masterÕs degree level, youÕll take part in a major group project to design and manufacture a product. This will give you valuable experience working in a team-based environment and on-the-job opportunities to develop your leadership and management skills, competencies sought by employers.

Careers and your future

If you opt for a placement course, you will have the added bonus of putting your academic study into practice and developing ideas about future careers. Some graduates are offered full-time graduate posts at the companies where they carried out their work placements.

Our graduates go on to work in exciting industrial, commercial and public sector areas including aviation, automotive design, building services, energy and environmental engineering, gas and water supply, oil production, mining and mineral processing, nuclear power, patent engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, banking, biomedical, the armed forces and the railways.