Mechatronic Engineering with Industrial Studies

Summary
Mechatronic engineering brings together mechanical and electrical engineering to create intelligent, responsive systems. From robotics to advanced manufacturing, it is about designing technology that can sense, adapt and perform in the real world.

On this integrated master’s course with an additional year in industry, you will develop advanced cross-disciplinary skills to design and build electromechanical systems. You will explore how mechanical components, electronics and control systems work together in applications such as electric vehicles, industrial robots and micro-machines.

This MEng allows you to deepen your knowledge and tackle more complex engineering challenges, preparing you for a wide range of careers in a fast-evolving field. You will take a year in industry after your third year, giving you the opportunity to apply your learning in a professional setting. This experience helps you build confidence, gain practical insight and stand out to employers.

At Southampton, you will be part of a department consistently ranked in the UK top 5, known for innovative thinking and real-world impact, with access to facilities shaped by major investment and designed for the way engineers work today. By the time you graduate, you will be ready to step into a wide range of industries, with the practical mindset and problem-solving skills that employers value.

Key features of the course
Build strong foundations. Develop core knowledge in electronic engineering, preparing you for roles across the electronics industry.

Add real-world experience. Take a year in industry after your third year, gaining practical insight into professional environments. Your placement is assessed by academics and industry experts.

Go further with an integrated master’s. This five-year MEng programme allows you to deepen your knowledge and develop advanced engineering skills.

Build cross disciplinary expertise. Combine mechanical and electrical engineering to design integrated systems.

Explore real world applications. Study areas such as robotics, flexible manufacturing, electromechanical power systems and power transmission.

Learn by doing. Apply your knowledge to systems that combine sensing, control and mechanical design.

Work with leading researchers. Collaborate with academics working at the cutting edge of engineering, gaining insight into new ideas and approaches.

Specialise your learning. Choose from an extensive range of advanced modules in your later years to shape your degree around your interests.

Work as a team on real challenges. In your fourth-year Group Design Project, you will collaborate in a small team on a project inspired by an industrial partner, applying your skills to develop solutions to real-world problems.

Study in a leading environment. You will benefit from facilities shaped by significant recent investment, designed to support computer science and electrical & electronic engineering students.

Prepare for your future. Strong links with employers and a focus on practical skills mean you will graduate ready for a wide range of engineering careers.

Student support

Your Personal Academic Tutor will support you throughout your time at Southampton, offering guidance on your studies, career ambitions and personal development.

You will also have access to a dedicated careers hub, including an annual careers fair and opportunities to connect with employers. You will have access to “Successful Futures”, the award-winning employability skills model, which embeds career planning and employability across all courses. Furthermore, our new “Career Advantage” employability programme builds your skills, experience, and confidence, including a customised programme for international students. If you are interested in starting your own venture, Future Worlds, our startup incubator, is there to support your ideas.

Further information

UKESF and the IET Power Academy partner

Course Modules

This five-year MEng programme including a year in industry has been designed to maximise student choice by allowing you to tailor the degree structure to suit your own interests.

During the first two years you will undertake a series of core modules, for example Circuits, Electronic Systems, Programming, Digital Systems and Devices, Fields, Forces and Materials, and Mathematics.

In your third and fourth years you can choose from a wide range of optional modules that reflect the specialist areas of electronic engineering that will take you to the leading edge of technology sought by industry. You will also work on an individual project with one of our research groups which will allow you to work at the frontier of knowledge.

For further details of our optional modules: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/mechatronic-engineering-degree-meng#modules

A range of assessment methods are used on this programme to enable students to demonstrate their achievement of the intended learning outcomes. These include written examinations and assessments, in-class tests, design exercises, programming exercises, oral presentations, assessed laboratories and group work exercises.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

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