Mechanical engineering sciences
Mechanical, automotive and aerospace engineers have made the machines we use today possible and they’re developing the technologies we’ll rely on tomorrow. Biomedical engineers, meanwhile, apply engineering principles to solve medical problems, enabling human mobility in amputees or those with serious illnesses in ways not previously possible.
Mechanical engineering sciences are arguably the broadest and most fundamental of the engineering disciplines, making them a stimulating and engaging field to study.
Our School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences delivers our degrees in mechanical, aerospace, automotive and biomedical engineering. Here, you’ll have access to a variety of industry-standard facilities, including our state-of-the-art Design Centre and the UK’s only environmental wind tunnel.
Our courses are ranked 8th in the UK for aeronautical and aerospace engineering and for manufacturing and production and 10th in the UK for medical technology and bioengineering in the Complete University Guide 2023. They are also ranked 8th in the UK for aeronautical and manufacturing engineering in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.
100 per cent of our postgraduate taught and research students and 95 per cent of our undergraduate students go on to employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey 2022, HESA).
In the latest UK Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), we ranked 15th in the UK for ‘research power’ in engineering.
And all our courses are accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with our aerospace engineering course accredited by RAeSoc and our biomedical engineering accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Why study mechanical engineering?
Our engineering courses offer practical experience that can be applied in the real world through our Professional Training placements.
Department
Research centres and groups
Research centres and groups
Doctoral Training Centre
Studentships
Assessing and modelling the performance of syntactic composite materials
Funding information:
Funding covers a stipend £19,000 pa (tax-free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is available to cover travel, conferences and consumables. Eligibility follows standard research council rules and include UK/Irish citizenship or ordinary residence within the UK for 3 years prior to the funding commencing, but please note that in the latter case only home fees will be covered.XPS for energy materials: development of methods for the chemical speciation of transition metals
Funding information:
Funding covers a stipend £20,000 pa (tax-free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is available to cover travel, conferences and consumables. Eligibility follows standard research council rules and include UK/Irish citizenship or ordinary residence within the UK for 3 years prior to the funding commencing, but please note that in the latter case, only home fees will be covered.Actuation methods for thin flexible composite deployable structures for space applications
Funding information:
This funding offer covers tuition fees at the UK resident rate, and provides a stipend of £20,000 p.a.
