Length 3 years full-time · 4 years sandwich This programme has been designed through our close industry links with leading engineering companies and provides the specialist knowledge and expertise required for a professional career in mechanical engineering. The first year will establish fundamentals of engineering science and applicable mathematics, and you will work on your practical and project skills in mechanical engineering. During the second year, you will further develop your scientific and analytical skills, take on a specialist role in a multi-disciplinary group project and start to plan your career. Specialist options and projects in the final year, all informed by active research and industrial partnerships, will give you experience of the latest engineering challenges faced by industry and society. In the final year you will work in a multidisciplinary team on a major project challenge. You can work with other students to apply your engineering skills in, for example, the Formula Student racing car competition or the IMech Design Challenge. The four-year sandwich route provides the opportunity for you to spend your third year on industrial placement either in the UK or further afield. This degree programme is professionally accredited by both the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

There is also a high demand for design engineers and product designers in small to medium enterprises. Engineering graduates enjoy one of the lowest unemployment rates and one of the best starting salaries. Our recent graduates occupy a variety of roles in engineering consultancies, manufacturing, aircraft design and manufacture, automotive and railway engineering, steel manufacturing, naval engineering, water companies and the power and nuclear fuels industries. Employers outside of engineering sectors also recognise the skills and problem-solving capacity of the engineering graduate, and there may be opportunities in sales, commissioning, finance, teaching and management as well as roles managing technology to support a range of organisations. Physicists make excellent recruits because of their numerical ability and problem solving skills. They are in demand across a range of sectors including teaching, research, software engineering and the financial sector. There is a national shortage of graduate engineers, particularly those with an accredited BEng qualification, making our graduates highly sought after by employers.