Naval architects and marine engineers deal with the world’s largest moving structures and most powerful vehicles – from huge ships to sailing yachts, from fast ferries to offshore wind turbines and oil platforms. Marine engineering is the engineering speciality of design, construction, installation and operation of machinery and propulsion systems for ships and marine structures. This degree aims to develop engineers capable of dealing with engineering challenges on a wide range of marine vehicles, with additional skills and understanding in the impact and importance of marine engineering on their successful design, construction, repair, and maintenance. In addition to core Naval Architecture subjects, you'll study a range of specialised marine engineering subjects, such as control theory and practice, electrical systems, design of marine engines (diesel, diesel-electric and gas turbine), propeller and shafting systems, system design and simulation, green technology and fuel cell technology. Work placement Lots of our students go on work placements during the summer holidays. Due to our close links with industry, there are many work placement and internship opportunities for students. Previous work placement opportunities include: student internships at Samsung Heavy Industries ship building yard in South Korea group work experience visits to ship building yards in China numerous summer internships with various high-profile companies in the maritime and oil & gas industries research internships within our own world-class research centre

With skills including analytical, numeracy and problem-solving, naval architecture and marine engineering graduates are suited to a wide range of career opportunities. Our graduates work in defence, marine designers, oil and gas – subsea, on-shore/off-shore, ship classification, technical services, engineering consulting. Job titles include Naval Architect, Junior Naval Architect, Ship Surveyor, Marine Engineer, Project Engineer.