University of Warwick

Course Details

Automotive Engineering (MEng)

Course Description

Accrediting institution: IET, IMechE) This degree is led by WMG and has been developed with a consortium of local firms, including Jaguar Land Rover, BMW and Ricardo. We aim to develop multi-disciplinary automotive engineers who are equipped with a wide range of automotive engineering skills, from fundamental engineering principles to advanced 21st century technology, and are able to work in a number of industrial roles from research and design to manufacture. You can specialise early on with industrial visits to a firm such as Jaguar Land Rover and take optional modules on the history of the British car industry or aesthetics of design. In your third and fourth years there are further modules to support automotive manufacturing such as CAD/CAM and robotics, as well as specialist automotive design modules featuring body structure and hybrid vehicle technology with industrial inputs from firms such as Tata Steel. You will undertake an individual project, for example, the design of an electric car. Fourth year MEng students participate in a group project such as developing our IMechE Formula Student racing car or designing, manufacturing and building an electric go-kart to race in the USA as part of the evGrand Prix. Electives include Business Management, Robotics and Sustainability which is at the heart of our research work on the WorldFirst Formula 3 environmentally friendly car. For module information please visit the Automotive Engineering website. How will I be taught? Each week you will have lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical laboratory sessions. To help you make the transition from school to university, in your first year you will meet your personal tutor each week in a group of five to ten students to address academic issues arising from the lectures. Engineers are always involved in interdisciplinary group work and this forms part of our courses from day one. How will I be assessed? Assessment is through examinations and coursework. Coursework assessment can include laboratory reports, projects, essays and oral presentations. Assessment is normally 60–70% by examination and 30–40% by coursework. What opportunities are there for work experience and to study abroad? You can gain industrial experience in the UK and abroad via visits, project work and placements during vacations. Our most recent scheme has enabled students to work on a project in Uganda, repairing micro hydro power generators. You can take a year in industry or in a research environment. Placements may be taken as part of the MEng programme with the experience reflected in the degree title and extending your degree to five years. You may also arrange an informal period in research or industry by prior agreement with your course tutor. We have partnerships with European and Australian universities enabling you to spend your third year of your MEng studying abroad.

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

An engineering degree is a passport to opportunities in a wide range of disciplines and the majority of our graduates follow careers in engineering and IT with a huge range of job specifications from software engineering at Sony-Ericsson to mechanical systems engineering at Network Rail as well as roles in accountancy, consultancy or finance. Around 20% of our graduates go on to postgraduate study at Master’s or Doctoral level. The breadth of experience we provide means that graduate unemployment rates are low. Becoming a Chartered Engineer: A four-year MEng course equips you with the educational base to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng). The three-year BEng degree is accredited as partially satisfying the educational base for a Chartered Engineer. A programme of accredited Further Learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng status.




Automotive Engineering (MEng) University of Warwick