Mechanical Engineering - MEng / BEng (Hons) (Taught)

Mechanical engineers work in almost every sector you can think of – energy, transport, aviation, robotics, pharmaceuticals and the motor or marine industries. They focus on the technological aspect of engineering, and developing new techniques and tools that will solve real-world problems. There’s also the opportunity to specialise on an Advanced Vehicle Engineering pathway. Wherever you want to go, a degree in mechanical engineering can help to get you there.

Here, expect a practical education with substantial workshop activities. You’ll spend time getting hands-on in our virtual engineering lab and with our state-of-the-art 3D printing technology, and your individual final-year project will be a 'design-make-test' project that simulates the tasks and challenges mechanical engineers face. Our course accreditation means that students are on the road to achieving Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. You’ll graduate with an impressive skillset and understanding, and as a valued member of a department with a proven track record for amazing future job prospects.

Our students have an amazing track-record in winning national and international prizes, with recent winning prizes being awarded to our Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Vehicle Engineering students; including Engineering Sketches Prize competition, run by The Engineering Club, and the IMechE’s Best Project prize. Students joining us really are joining a winning team that will enhance their future job prospects.

In this course you can choose to follow a specific pathway. The pathways options are detailed below:

Advanced Vehicle Engineering

At LSBU we offer 'design-make-test' projects throughout the degree course rather than concentrating them all into your final year. This means that you'll adapt theoretical principles to solve real-world engineering problems very early on in your university career.

You'll learn through lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical work. Taking on both group and individual projects, we assess your work through a mixture of coursework and exams, with project and laboratory work counting towards your final award. We also teach you the life skills of effective communication, problem solving, project planning and team working that will set you apart and give you the best chance of getting the job you want after you graduate.

Learning doesn’t begin and end in lecture halls and labs however, you’ll have the opportunity to take part in plenty of extracurriculars to help you test your ingenuity and creativity, as well as your communication and collaboration skills.

I've been taught by real engineers with long-term work experience in the industry. The university offers great career support which I have found priceless, especially CV writing. - Magdelena Strzeminska, Alumna, BEng Mechanical Engineering

There’s the South Bank Racing team that’s seen past students building a real-life racing car at the Formula Student competition, and Aim93, which has the goal of breaking the land speed world record. Or Dr Hamed Rajab’s Mechanical Intelligence Lab, where students and academics alike look to the natural world for inspiration, studying biological and evolutionary traits found in nature to inform new ideas and solutions, while conducting world-leading research in the process.

See our student-built Formula Student race car, peek inside to see how designs are perfected, and hear how LSBU engineers land placements with leading Formula One teams.