This course has been designed with a large focus on your future employability. By choosing this course you will benefit from: accreditation at Chartered Engineer level by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) on behalf of the Engineering Council; links with several local and regional employers who have been involved with the development of the course and continue to contribute, ensuring that its content reflects current professional practice; academic staff who are active researchers and consultants in their field and have professional industrial experience which they bring in to their teaching; studying with a wide range of other professional disciplines in an integrated department of architecture, building and civil engineering, reflecting the modern interdisciplinary nature of construction projects; the opportunity to take up to a year gaining practical experience in a supervised work placement.

Upon graduation, your skills will be in demand by national and international consultants and contractors and engaged in the design, construction and development of modern, energy-efficient and sustainable buildings. Graduates can make a significant difference to the environment by ensuring that modern buildings are designed, constructed and operated in energy-efficient, low-carbon and environmentally friendly ways. There is an ongoing shortage of qualified building services engineering professionals which ensures that there are well-rewarded career opportunities.