MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

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.

What's next for my career?
Professional chartered mechanical engineers and mechanical engineering graduates are highly sought after around the world. Our graduates have an excellent employment record illustrating that this degree gives you the flexibility to work in virtually any manufacturing setting, both in the UK and abroad. MEng graduates in particular can expect to be in senior managerial positions within a few years.

Mechanical engineering graduates are highly sought after around the world. Our graduates have an excellent employment record and have everything it takes to work in virtually any engineering company in the UK and internationally. MEng graduates in particular can expect to be in senior managerial positions within a few years.

BBB - 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

All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency, equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band.

The MEng (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering course is accredited by RAeS and IMechE as detailed in the programme specification and satisfies, in full, the academic requirements for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration for the cohort intakes from 2016 up to, and including, 2019.

Additionally, the programme is accredited by IMechE as detailed in the programme specification and satisfies, in full, the academic requirements for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration for the 2020 intake. The programme is currently going through the process of reaccreditation with IMechE for the 2021 intake onwards.

Why choose this course?
The MEng in Mechanical Engineering is a broad subject and there have been thousands of successful UH graduates of this discipline working in all fields of engineering
You can apply your knowledge to typical mechanical projects such as the design of a hovercraft
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), rocketry and space tourism
You will learn how to apply computer-aided engineering and industrial-standard software, recommended by the Automotive Industry Advisory Panel
Students from the School of Engineering and Technology have previously completed work placement years at companies including: Rolls Royce plc, BAE Systems, and RP Aero Systems
Recent Mechanical Engineering graduates have gone on to work at organisations including: Ocado, Ford and General Electric
We are members of the CDIO Initiative (Conceive Design Implement Operate), a worldwide network of academic professionals, industry representatives and engineering leaders who have a passion for engineering education and engineering leadership. The CDIO framework has been embedded into our undergraduate degree programme, ensuring you’ll put into practice what you learn through “Design and Build” projects during your studies.