This course is an industrially focused degree and you will be provided with the engineering knowledge and skills needed to improve productivity, reduce the costs of manufacture and ensure products and services are delivered to industry when required. Manufacturing operates in a global competitive market and engineers are in great demand in the UK and abroad, in high-value sectors such as the aerospace, automotive, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and pharmaceutical industries.

Along with an accredited engineering degree you will have gained the practical and theoretical skills needed to improve the production systems for manufacturing industrial products and assemblies efficiently. Your transferable skills will also include effective communication skills and problem solving. Average starting salary and career progression In 2013, 91.4% of first-degree graduates in manufacturing engineering who were available for employment had secured work or further study within six months of graduation. The average starting salary was £25,536 with the highest being £36,000.