Engineering Science (Top-up)

Take your engineering career to the next level with a one‑year top‑up degree designed to unlock opportunities, broaden your expertise, and transform your diploma into a full UK honours qualification. Our BSc (Hons) Engineering Science (Top‑Up) gives international students a fast, focused route to advanced study, built around applied, project‑based learning that mirrors industry practice.

You’ll gain hands‑on experience tackling modern engineering challenges, working across areas such as advanced electronics, communication systems and contemporary network technologies. With access to industry‑standard software and specialist facilities, you’ll sharpen your technical, analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Unlike many top‑up programmes, ours lets you tailor part of your learning to your interests while still developing strong, multidisciplinary engineering knowledge. By the end of the course, you’ll graduate with a respected UK degree and the confidence to progress into professional engineering roles or further study.

Features and Benefits

• Collaborate with industry: Every year, we invite businesses and academic colleagues to set live projects that challenge our students to devise innovative solutions to current problems.

• Professional study environment: Study in our £115m Dalton building, designed for collaboration, innovation and world-class learning and research.

• Study in cutting-edge facilities: Our engineering facilities include mechanical and electrical engineering labs, a light manufacturing workshop, machining and materials testing equipment and a cyber-physical lab containing some of the latest industry 4.0 technologies.

• Taught by leading researchers: We're 6th in the UK for the impact of our research in Engineering, and 100% of our research impact is world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021).

• Flexible learning and support: You will have access to regular online video support, which provides additional explanation and guidance on a range of topics, from coursework and exam paper guidance to software tutorials.

• Shape your own learning: Choose from a range of optional modules to fit your interests, including advanced electronics, structural analysis and engineering design.