Engineering You're Hired!
What is it like to work as a professional engineer? What skills do you need and how can you gain them as a student? This unique week-long project in your second year will enable you to do just that.
Preparing you for career success
Working in interdisciplinary teams with students from across the Faculty of Engineering, you’ll take part in this week-long industry-led project in your second year. Graduates frequently report back that the project was one of the things that helped them achieve success in application forms and interviews, as it gave them something tangible to draw upon and set them apart from their competitors. From initial concept through to presenting your project plan, it’s designed to give you experience of working in the way industry does. You’ll be guided by mentors from industry throughout.
Past projects have included designing:
- A sustainable swarm robot system that is able to perform the monitoring for a precision agriculture system.
- A gadget to be used by cyclists to improve road safety.
- A fuel-efficient autonomous road vehicle.
- An adaptable additive manufacturing system for the design of large buildings.
The process is a really engaging way for students to gain some hands-on experience into approaching an engineering project from start to proposal. The industrial mentors help significantly in showing what is available after their degrees.
Industry mentor
Engineering You're Hired!
Upskilling our students
As well as the technical skills and knowledge which you’ll gain on your Biomedical Engineering course, employers want you to be able to display a range of other skills that will help you:
Work effectively
Can you set your own goals, making sure you tackle the key problems to achieve your aim? Can you manage your time so that you meet deadlines?
Work with your colleagues
Can you cooperate with a team to achieve a common goal? Can you explain your technical knowledge to non-specialists? Can you interpret and take into account factors outside of your specialism in reaching a decision?
Work with a client
Can you understand the factors of importance to industry, not just the technical goals. Can you produce work of a high standard even under pressure and shifting deadlines (or goals)?
International Merit Scholarships
We offer a generous package of financial support for international students including 75 undergraduate scholarships worth £10,000 towards the annual tuition fee and 125 postgraduate taught scholarships worth £5,000 towards the tuition fee. Applications are now open for existing offer holders.