The courses aim to produce graduates who have both a sound technical knowledge and an understanding of management techniques and leadership issues. The last two years of the course cover extended studies in your chosen engineering discipline, as well as further design studies, an extended project and studies of the management problems encountered in engineering. One of the key features of all the MEng courses is the multidisciplinary design project. For example current students are working to make a country estate into an energy island that is self-sufficient in using renewable resources only. Another project involves designing a fast ferry to operate from central London to the continent.
Field trips are a key feature of such courses.
MEng courses are also available as five-year courses with an industrial placement year after the second or third academic year. Alternatively, you may opt to study or work overseas for a year. The School of Engineering participates in a number of European and North American exchange programmes, and foreign language tuition is available for all students. In addition, students can be involved in research activities in the School. Selection You may apply to enter the MEng programme in your first year through the UCAS application process, or you may apply to transfer from a BEng programme after the second year if you are performing well on that course.