Design Engineering

Design engineers use their skills to come up with solutions and designs that can have a real effect on people’s lives. It could be creating user-friendly products or even designing life-saving medical devices. They can work on projects across different industries, collaborating with professionals from various backgrounds.

Students on our Design Engineering BEng degree learn in a friendly, collaborative studio environment, working on industry-linked projects with other engineering and design students and supported by expert staff.

Our Design Engineering MEng offers an extra year of study at masters level.

TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

- Work alongside others in a friendly, creative and collaborative studio environment.

- Project work such as designing and building water rockets, finding solutions to Fixperts challenges, working on the design and development of bike force pedals for Team GB.

- Specialist facilities including flight and car simulators, wind tunnel, prototyping labs and workshops, CNC machines, robotics and VR labs.

- Expert staff with excellent industry contacts.

- Guest lectures from professionals.

- Gain work experience on placement.

- Bike Sim Lab – research project developing mechanical and aerodynamic tools for bicycle training and simulators.

- Student-led Sustainable Technology and Engineering Projects (STEP) – work on heating, cooling, power and energy conversion challenges.