This course is well balanced, covering a wide range of topics in engineering science and engineering practice. The course is designed to educate the next generation of mechanical engineers to have a positive impact on our society across the 21st century.

Our curriculum embeds a diverse set of professional engineering and management skills spanning four core thematic areas:

• design and manufacture
• dynamics and control
• materials
• energy and fluid flow

Years one and two are common to all mechanical engineering students and cover the fundamental principles of mechanical engineering. Teaching is delivered via lectures, seminars, laboratories, design classes and short projects in modelling and manufacturing.

You will spend your third year applying the knowledge gained in the first two years of study in an industrial environment. There is no direct entry onto this course but you can transfer from our other mechanical engineering courses if you reach a high academic standard and are successful at an interview with industry. Places are limited and highly competitive.

In your third year you will apply the principles you have learnt to real, complex engineering applications. A major element is the open-ended individual research project, which requires independent and creative thinking.

In the fourth year you will select from a range of specialist options and undertake a substantial group project to address an open-ended technical challenge.

Yasmin, a Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Industry student, shares how her placement year boosted her confidence, career prospects and appreciation for university life. Find out more about her story.