Five reasons to study mechanical engineering at Surrey
What makes our mechanical engineering degrees different and what’s the secret behind our graduates’ success? Here we reveal five reasons why you should choose the University of Surrey for your mechanical engineering degree.
Students have access to state-of-the-art facilities.
1. Fantastic work placement opportunities
You can take advantage of our renowned Professional Training placement programme and get a year’s valuable work experience with a company like:
- Airbus
- BAE Systems
- CERN
- Jaguar Land Rover
- Mercedes HPP
- Nissan
- Rolls-Royce
- Siemens.
We also have superb graduate employability, with 96 per cent of our undergraduate students going on to employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA)
2. Flexibility with common first year
Whether you opt for our Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Biomedical Engineering courses, you’ll study a common first year, which means you can swap to a different pathway, if you decide it’s a better fit, up until the end of your first year.
3. Join innovative engineering societies
Formed in 2009, Team SURTES is a Formula Student team that works towards attending the Formula Student UK competition at Silverstone Circuit every year. They were one of the first teams to bring a successful electric car to FSUK! Whilst Peryton Space brings together a team of 50 students to compete in a variety of competitions, ranging from Rocketry to Satellite Design.
4. Award-winning maths support
Maths skills are crucial to studying mechanical engineering at degree level, and at Surrey we help to bridge the gap between school and University. Before you even arrive at the University you’ll be given learning resources and a diagnostic quiz that will help you identify any topic areas you need to work on. Then as a first year student you’ll be invited to attend maths ‘bootcamps’, alongside your modules, where you’ll apply mathematical concepts to solve real-world problems.
5. Professionally accredited courses
Our mechanical engineering degrees are accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) which means you’ll be well on the way towards chartered status after studying with us. Our MEng courses fully meet the academic requirements to become a Chartered Engineer, while our BEng programmes partially meet the academic requirement and can be supplemented by further study.
These are just five reasons why we are ranked top 14th in the UK for aeronautical and aerospace engineering in the Complete University Guide 2025 and 14th for bioengineering and biomedical engineering in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.
Discover more about our programmes in mechanical engineering.
