If you don't have the usual scientific or mathematical background for an engineering degree, a foundation year is for you. After successfully completing the foundation year, which has modules in mathematics, physics and chemistry, you can start a BEng or MEng degree.

This multidisciplinary course prepares you perfectly for a career as a professional engineer in a wide range of sectors. The biological and medical content gives you an extra layer of knowledge and experience invaluable when working with health care professionals. Graduates work alongside materials scientists, physicians, dentists, immunologists, nurses, therapists and technicians. Their job roles include designing medical instruments, repairing body tissue, solving clinical problems through research, and developing new procedures, drug production processes or treatment approaches.