Mechanical Engineering, BEng (Hons)

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Course Overview

Mechanical engineers transform pioneering ideas into ground-breaking inventions. The discipline helps to invent, design and manufacture many of the machines we use on a daily basis.

Our Mechanical Engineering degree prepares you for a rewarding career in a range of engineering sectors. You will develop your analytical abilities whilst gaining hands-on experience of advanced equipment, establishing skills which are vital to securing employment in the wider industry.

Why Mechanical Engineering at Swansea?

  • 7th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2025)

  • 13th in the UK for Teaching Quality (Guardian University Guide 2025)

  • 13th in the UK Mechanical Engineering (Daily Mail University Guide 2025)

  • 131st in the world (Engineering Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing) (QS World University Rankings 2025)

This course offers you the opportunity to spend a YEAR IN INDUSTRY (UCAS H305), in the UK or overseas, giving valuable workplace experience as well as a salary that is currently over £15,000 on average. Support and guidance is provided to help secure your placement.

We also offer you the option to spend a YEAR ABROAD (UCAS H308) at a partner university which enriches the degree, giving you a valuable cultural experience which can broaden your horizons when seeking employment.

Your Mechanical Engineering Experience

You will work closely with our state-of-the-art facilities throughout your time in Swansea. These include a dynamics mechanics laboratory, a fluids laboratory and our JetCat P120 engine test room. We also have cutting edge units for digital manufacturing and robotics.

Hear about Kameel's experience studying Mechanical Engineering at Swansea.

Mechanical Engineering Employment Opportunities

Our graduates are set on course for a range of exciting career opportunities including:

  • Automotive Engineer
  • Mining Engineer
  • Workshop Technician
  • Reliability Engineer
  • Stress Engineer
  • Mechatronics Engineer

Our graduates go on to have interesting and varied careers at companies such as, Tata Steel, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, BP, GE Aviation, Ford and Babcock International Group.

Mechanical Engineering Virtual Tour

Modules

Modules build on established mechanical principles for application within a wide range of sectors. You will mostly study a set series of 10-credit modules, culminating in a final year 30-credit research project.

Later study options allow you to specialise by taking either the design pathway or the manufacturing pathway.

Rhiannon explains her modules in Year 1 Mechanical Engineering


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