Maritime Engineering University of Southampton

Overview

At this Maritime Engineering   course offered by the University of Southampton  you'll look at the design, construction and testing of ships and ocean structures. These could be for transport, recreation or harnessing marine resources.

You’ll learn the core principles of naval architecture and marine vehicles. Later you can choose to specialise your programme through one of 6 pathways:

• Advanced Computational Engineering

• Marine Engineering and Autonomy

• Naval Architecture

• International Naval Architecture

• Ocean Energy and Offshore Engineering

• Yacht and High Performance Craft

In year 3 you will complete an individual research project and in year 4 you’ll take part in a group design project.

As part of this course you can:

• learn computational design and modelling techniques

• use our state-of-the-art facilities, including the largest university towing tank in the UK

• learn from internationally-renowned engineers from the Wolfson Unit and Lloyd’s Register

• showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show

• visit sites to experience engineering in practice

• join our Hydro Team to help design and build innovative marine vehicles

• take a work placement during the summer holidays

You can take this course with an additional, year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H52H for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Career Opportunities

The employability and enterprise skills you'll gain from this course are reflected in the Southampton skills model. When you join us you'll be able to use our skills model to track, plan, and benefit your career development and progress.

Accreditation

• This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) as meeting the academic requirement, in full, for Chartered Engineer registration.