Why choose the Engineering specialist route? Well, quite simply engineers help shape the world - whatever you use and wherever you go, an engineer’s been there first, designing, creating, improving. Engineers thrive on challenges – they use their knowledge of science and technology to find solutions to everyday problems to make life easier for us all. At Harper Adams we specialise in land-based engineering, with links to some of the biggest names around – JCB, Claas, John Deere, and Case New Holland, to name just a few. Vehicles, machines and equipment have revolutionised agriculture and food production, making it more efficient and cost-effective. Land-based engineers are at the heart of this progress, designing and developing ever more efficient vehicles, machinery and buildings for the agricultural, off road and associated industries. What’s more, the career prospects are great. The engineering industry is massive, employing around 1.7 million people, so engineers are in such demand that the world really is your oyster. Salaries for newly graduated trainee engineers are currently in the region of £22,500 and a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that over the course of their career, engineers earn almost £220,000, or nearly 30 per cent, more than colleagues without a degree. No wonder engineers are the most satisfied of all UK graduates, according to research by the Royal Bank of Scotland. And Harper Adams engineering graduates have a really good reputation within industry because of their practical knowledge and can-do attitude.

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