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| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-23 | 2023-07-04 |
| 2024-01-23 | - |
Program Overview
Specialise in vehicle design, performance, analysis and systems. Develop the engineering skills to work in automotive, transport, mobility and motorsport industries.
Our course is for engineers who want to apply fundamental mechanical engineering knowledge to the challenges of the automotive industry including areas such as cost, emissions, performance and materials. You’ll study vehicle design, manufacturing processes and component analysis in the context of the automotive market.
In your first two years, you’ll learn how to use mechanical engineering, physical science, maths and computing to assess engineering systems. This course structure is the same across our suite of mechanical engineering courses, so you can move between any of our BEng and MEng courses up to the end of your second year.
You’ll complement your engineering knowledge with transferable skills that are valued in industry such as problem solving and critical thinking. You’ll also explore the professional behaviours a responsible engineer needs including ethics, environmental and sustainability awareness, compassion and inclusivity.
Group and individual projects are a big part of your study experience at Bath. They are a great opportunity for you to use your knowledge, initiative and creativity to solve complex engineering problems.
You could join our award-winning Formula student team, Team Bath Racing. As part of the team, you'll contribute to the design and build of a single-seat racing car and enter in the annual International Formula Student competition. The balance of technical, teamwork and enterprise management skills you develop will prepare you for the workplace.
Learn from experts in the field
We are invested in helping you get the most out of your learning experience. You’ll learn from academics with expertise in mechanical engineering and established links with industry. They have knowledge in design, manufacture, biomechanics, materials, automotive and aerospace. Their international collaborations and research activities feed into undergraduate teaching and contribute to your learning experience.
Use specialist facilities
You’ll have access to teaching and research laboratories that support a range of practical activities and project work. We design our facilities to be like industrial workspaces so that you gain insight into what it is like to work in a professional environment. You’ll also have access to our research facilities, which are fitted with the latest technology. This is similar to the equipment you could use in industry when you graduate. Our facilities include:
View our student-led tour of undergraduate laboratories and facilities.
Start your future here
Our graduates have many skills making them attractive to prospective employers, including problem solving, creativity, numeracy and teamwork. They often hold specialist and managerial roles in high technology industries in engineering and manufacturing or pursue academic and research careers with further study.
Some of our graduates have gone on to work at international companies including Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Airbus, nPower, Google and Zimmer Biomet.
Find out what our graduates go on to do.Specialise in vehicle design, performance, analysis and systems. Develop the engineering skills to work in automotive, transport, mobility and motorsport industries.
Our course is for engineers who want to apply fundamental mechanical engineering knowledge to the challenges of the automotive industry including areas such as cost, emissions, performance and materials. You’ll study vehicle design, manufacturing processes and component analysis in the context of the automotive market.
In your first two years, you’ll learn how to use mechanical engineering, physical science, maths and computing to assess engineering systems. This course structure is the same across our suite of mechanical engineering courses, so you can move between any of our BEng and MEng courses up to the end of your second year.
You’ll complement your engineering knowledge with transferable skills that are valued in industry such as problem solving and critical thinking. You’ll also explore the professional behaviours a responsible engineer needs including ethics, environmental and sustainability awareness, compassion and inclusivity.
Group and individual projects are a big part of your study experience at Bath. They are a great opportunity for you to use your knowledge, initiative and creativity to solve complex engineering problems.
You could join our award-winning Formula student team, Team Bath Racing. As part of the team, you'll contribute to the design and build of a single-seat racing car and enter in the annual International Formula Student competition. The balance of technical, teamwork and enterprise management skills you develop will prepare you for the workplace.
Learn from experts in the field
We are invested in helping you get the most out of your learning experience. You’ll learn from academics with expertise in mechanical engineering and established links with industry. They have knowledge in design, manufacture, biomechanics, materials, automotive and aerospace. Their international collaborations and research activities feed into undergraduate teaching and contribute to your learning experience.
Use specialist facilities
You’ll have access to teaching and research laboratories that support a range of practical activities and project work. We design our facilities to be like industrial workspaces so that you gain insight into what it is like to work in a professional environment. You’ll also have access to our research facilities, which are fitted with the latest technology. This is similar to the equipment you could use in industry when you graduate. Our facilities include:
View our student-led tour of undergraduate laboratories and facilities.
Start your future here
Our graduates have many skills making them attractive to prospective employers, including problem solving, creativity, numeracy and teamwork. They often hold specialist and managerial roles in high technology industries in engineering and manufacturing or pursue academic and research careers with further study.
Some of our graduates have gone on to work at international companies including Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Airbus, nPower, Google and Zimmer Biomet.
Find out what our graduates go on to do.