Modern businesses demand an increasingly high quality environment in which to work. The design of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, visual and aural services, lighting, transportation and security systems are becoming more complex, efficient and sophisticated to meet this demand. This course covers all the fundamental elements of mechanical engineering and design and provides a background in such fields as electronics, electrical engineering, control, energy and environment. Read about Student Industrial Work Placements. This course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). About Mechanical Engineering at Brunel From jet aircraft to air conditioning plant, from tunneling machines to body-scanners, from technical consultancy to financial services such as insurance, mechanical engineers deal with the design and production of the machines, systems and structures that are taken for granted in the modern world. The range and diversity of career choice is consequently tremendous. In response to this diversity, we offer a variety of parallel courses, three of which give emphasis in the latter part of the course to a particular specialism. We also offer the Engineering with an Integrated Foundation Year course. The range of courses reflects several of our research interests: * energy and environmental engineering; * internal combustion engines and their fuels; * structures and materials; * fluid mechanics. Aims There is a rapidly expanding market for engineers who have the technological appreciation to respond to advances in building services engineering. This course aims to equip you with that appreciation.

This degree is very popular in industry and consequently our graduates have a good employment record. Careers Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey These statistics relate to graduates from a number of different pathways – Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (MEng), Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics, Mechanical Engineering with Automotive Design, Motorsport Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Aviation Engineering and Aviation Engineering with Pilot Studies. In 2011/12, six months after graduating: * 71.9% of graduates with a first degree were in employment * 13.5% were in full-time further study * 1.0% were combining work and study Read more about graduate destinations for this subject area The range of industries in which our graduates choose to work is vast, and includes: aviation and avionics; agricultural machinery; automotive design and manufacture; building services engineering; electronics; gas and water supply; North Sea oil production; mining and mineral processing; nuclear power; work for the water authorities; TV production; accountancy; banking; insurance; patent engineering; financial consultancy; the police; the armed forces; the railways; and the National Health Service. Recent graduates have gone on to work for prestigious companies such as Vodafone, Qinetiq Group, Ford, Delphi, GlaxoSmithKline, GE Energy, the Ministry of Defence and Thales. Research Some of our graduates go directly into research, leading to the award of a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD), whilst others spend several years in industry first. Placements Sandwich students undertake high-quality, paid work placements within prominent companies and organisations. The ethos of the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences stems from the initial formation of the University as a technological institution in the mid-1960s. Until very recently, all students on the mechanical engineering degree programmes were sandwich students. This is still the preferred option, although the increase in student numbers in the last few years has unfortunately not been matched by an equivalent increase in available industrial placements. Also, some students prefer to proceed with a straight-through academic programme.