The course offers opportunities to develop professional engineering skills and to acquire in-depth knowledge of advanced technologies in product design and development using modern tools and techniques within an engineering environment. Module content includes manufacturing, mechanical and electrical/electronic engineering, computer science and technology, management, robotics and emerging technologies such as advanced Web/Internet techniques and sustainable technology, and training in design, engineering and graphics software such as Solidworks, ANSYS, Matlab and Adobe Illustrator.

This course is attractive to both students and employers from the UK and overseas, and has been developed to enhance your career prospects in areas of personal interest. It provides opportunity, knowledge and support for you to develop new product concepts and conduct projects in collaboration with a range of industrial partners. You will become more strategically aware, technically literate and be able to communicate concepts and outcomes at an advanced level in an ever-changing global market place. On completion, you will have acquired skills and knowledge and to set up your own business or to work in industry, with consultancies or research and development organisations or to progress to PhD study by engaging in further research. You will gain a range of transferable, technical and engineering skills to enter a range of careers in the industrial or engineering sectors.