To produce graduates with the necessary skills and attributes to take roles within industry as Professional Engineers, and provide the educational basis to facilitate progression to Chartered Status. To produce graduates who can apply fundamental scientific principles and mathematical and computational techniques to realise creative and innovative solutions to engineering problems. To equip students with an awareness of engineering in the wider social, ethical, sustainable and economic context. To provide wide opportunities for access, personnel and professional development, consistent with Professional Body requirements.

Graduates of this course have enjoyed a wide range of employment opportunities with major national and international companies including ICI, Rolls Royce, British Aerospace, BAE Systems and Shell (UK). Engineers are in high demand worldwide, with UK Government emphasising the importance of skilled, qualified engineers to the future of business and industry. The skills provided by a mechanical engineering degree set you up for roles in all areas of engineering, but the numerical content of the course also allows entry into finance and management careers. Aerospace engineer Automotive engineer Contracting civil engineer Control and instrumentation engineer Maintenance engineer Mechanical engineer Mining engineer Production manager Technical sales engineer Water engineer