Program Overview

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Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing including Industrial Year (Year 4)

MEng

Overview

Our MEng Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing course is designed for aspiring engineers who want to shape the future by designing and producing high-quality, low-carbon, and sustainable products. Through strong industry connections, you will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, integrated systems, and advanced manufacturing processes.

Course Details

Qualification

MEng Hons

Entry Requirements

A*AA

Start Date

September 2026

UCAS Code

H70B

Duration

5 years full-time

Fees

£9,535*

Course Information

Year in Industry

Subject to you meeting the relevant requirements, your fourth year will be spent in industry. The placement year opportunity enables you to take what you've learned and apply it to real projects in a professional working environment. You will be supported by a placement tutor in securing a position and they will keep in touch during the year to see how you are getting on. The placement year can provide you with a source of income and can even lead to a job offer before you've graduated.

Additional Information

Please be aware that study abroad, compulsory year abroad, optional placements/internships and integrated year in industry opportunities may change at any time for a number of reasons, including curriculum developments, changes to arrangements with partner universities or placement/industry hosts, travel restrictions or other circumstances outside of the university’s control. Every effort will be made to update this information as quickly as possible should a change occur.

Modules

Year 1

• Materials and Manufacturing
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics 1
• Engineering Design Project
• Statics and Dynamics
• Mathematics and Programming
• Professional Practice

Year 2

• Mechanics of Solids
• Design, Manufacture and Project
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics 2
• Electromechanical Systems
• Dynamics and Vibration
• Computation and Simulation

Year 3

• Professional Portfolio
• Engineering in Industry
• Major Individual Project
• Engineering Sustainability
• Manufacturing Process Selection and Capability
• Robotics and Manufacturing Automation
• Computer Engineering and Mechatronics
• Fibre Reinforced Composite Manufacturing
• Management of Quality
• Materials for Low Carbon Transport
• Plant Location and Design

Year 4

• Year in industry

Year 5

• Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing
• Digital Manufacturing
• Engineering Team Challenge
• Future Technologies Review
• Finite Element Analysis
• Technologies for the Hydrogen Economy
• Food Factory Designs and Operations
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Computer Engineering and Mechatronics
• Management of Quality
• Fibre Reinforced Composites Manufacturing
• Computational Fluid Dynamics

Why Choose This Course?

• 9th in the UK for Manufacturing and Production Engineering (The Complete University Guide 2024)
• Top 15 in the UK for Mechanical Engineering (The Times and Complete University Guide 2024)
• Globally ranked among the top 100 universities for Engineering & Technology (QS World University Rankings 2024)
• First UK engineering department to achieve the Athena SWAN Gold Award for gender equality
• 7th in the UK for Research Power (Research Excellence Framework 2021)
• Accredited by leading professional bodies including IMechE, RAeS, IET, and IED
• Exceptional career prospects with competitive graduate earnings (Discover Uni)
• Flexibility to specialise in areas like aerospace, automotive, sustainability, and more in your final year
• Opportunities to engage in impactful research in sustainable energy and advanced materials
• Get paid experience with opportunities for a year out in industry

Careers Overview

You will gain 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.

Our graduates work for a diverse range of employment sectors with companies including:

• Jaguar Land Rover
• Tata Steel
• Procter & Gamble
• Rolls-Royce
• Ford
• Thales

Job Prospects

• Average starting salary and career progression
• 90.4% of undergraduates from the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual starting salary for these graduates was £29,032.
• *HESA Graduate Outcomes cohorts). The Graduate Outcomes % is calculated using The Guardian University Guide methodology. The average annual salary is based on graduates working full-time within the UK.