BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

Work placement
Graduate with invaluable work experience alongside your degree and stand out from the crowd.

This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a work placement sandwich year. It’s a chance to explore career possibilities, make valuable contacts and gain sought after professional skills.

Our dedicated Careers and Employment team are here to help guide you through the process. Students have previously undertaken placements in organisations such as:

Rolls Royce Cars
United Glass
ATT
Turner Powertrain Systems
Xerox
If you take up a work placement between your second and third year of study, at the University of Hertfordshire you’ll pay no tuition fee for this year. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.

BCC - Requires Maths and either Physics or Technology or Engineering based subjects, excluding General Studies/Critical Thinking

BCC - Requires Maths and either Physics or Technology or Engineering based subjects, excluding General Studies/Critical Thinking

GCSE: Grade 4/C in English Language and 4/C Mathematics

The BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering course is accredited by RAeS and IMechE as detailed in the programme specification and satisfies, in part, the academic requirements for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration for the cohort intakes from 2016 up to, and including, 2019. The programme has been recently reviewed and updated by the University as part of its regular periodic review process, and we will be seeking IMechE accreditation for the 2020 intake.

Why choose this course?
The BEng Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire has been highly successful and over the years produced thousands of successful graduates working in all fields of engineering;
You will learn mechanical engineering subjects in core modules that balance laboratory activities with the relevant, supportive theoretical knowledge;
You will operate state-of-the-art laboratory equipment during every year of your academic career as part of your learning experience in the core modules;
You will learn how to apply computer-aided engineering and industrial-standard software;
You may take part in the IMechE challenge in your first year of study, and be able to compete with engineering students from other British universities on exciting mechanical engineering-related projects;
You may decide to spend the third year of your mechanical engineering degree on a year-long work placement;
Students from the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire have previously completed work placement years at companies including Amazon, Bosch, Network Rail, Transport for London, Tesla Motors (UK), Aston Martin, BMW (UK), Mercedes-Benz (UK), Virgin Atlantic, MBDA;
You may join the automotive students and help design, build and race single-seater race car in the UK Formula Student Competition;
You may join aerospace students on projects involving Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs);