Automotive and Motorsport Engineering BEng(Hons)

Our Automotive and Motorsport graduates have realised their dreams of working in Formula 1, the domestic car market and a huge range of suppliers to those industries. Our course also provides opportunities for you to apply the knowledge learnt in the classroom into design projects that lead to real products, so you’ll be ready to play a key role in the future of the industry. This experience will help you secure your dream job which could have substantial earning potential, enabling you to shape the life you want in the future.

The top five job titles advertised in the UK for graduate roles associated with Automotive and Motorsport courses are Mechanical Design Engineers, Design Engineers, Electrical Design Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Electrical Engineers*. Our Automotive lab has industry standard kit which gives you exposure to a laboratory where you can experience dynamic analysis of vehicles, engine mapping and analysis which gives you the opportunity to build your practical skills directly related to your sector. *Lightcast data extracted from Graduate Career Explorer – job postings from Dec 2023 to Nov 2024 showing jobs advertised associated with a selection of relevant graduate. From fuel cells to the challenges of vehicle autonomy, you’ll study the fundamental principles of mechanics, dynamics, heat transfer and fluid flow with manufacturing technologies.

These are then related directly to your automotive specialism through the investigation of propulsion systems, power transfer and chassis dynamics. Project work on real world scenarios will then complete your preparation for a career in the automotive sector. You’ll gain practical experience on this course by working on projects that present you with real-world problems and scenarios, all in preparation for a potentially role in the automotive industry.

In our Mechanical and Automotive Engineering subject area, all our degree programmes share the same first year of study, which means you can leave your options open until the start of your second year.