Engineering (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

Through the Engineering (Hons) course from Lancaster University you’ll share the first year with all our School of Engineering students, regardless of their specialism, and you will gain an appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of the subject. Not only that, you will already know other engineering students before you move into your specialism in Year 2.

Get ready to use team working, creativity and technical skills to design and build things that solve real-world problems. You’ll do it all in state-of-the-art facilities. We have two dedicated engineering buildings which are brand new with lots of cool kit, maker spaces, labs and social spaces.

Take further steps towards professional engineering with management skills, project management, and industry engagement. Sustainability, safety, ethics and quality management are kept in focus too.

Career opportunities:

The general engineering first year allows you to get a taste of all of the disciplines within engineering if you are uncertain which path you wish to pursue.

 But regardless of whether you choose to progress onto mechanical or chemical engineering, or you find your passion lies within nuclear or electronic engineering, the interdisciplinary nature of the courses means that you will be in high demand across a huge range of sectors, such as energy, rail, manufacturing, and much more. Some have even gone on to pursue further study and embark on a career within academia, working at the forefront of scientific research and discovery. 

The highly-transferable skills you will acquire will make you a desirable employee in many fields – even those beyond traditional engineering career destinations. Graduates with our engineering degrees are well-paid too, with a median salary of £32,000 15 months after graduation (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024).

Here are just some of the roles that our BEng and MEng Engineering students have progressed into upon graduating:

• Engineering Consultant – Ernst & Young

• Wind Analyst – SSE Renewables

• Sustainability Design Engineer – Queen’s University Belfast

• Graduate Manufacturing Engineer – BAE Systems

• Nuclear Graduates Scheme – Rolls Royce

• Graduate Scheme – Sellafield Ltd

• Electronic Engineer - Partner Electronics

• Marine Engineer Officer (Submariner) – Royal Navy

• Electrical Power Engineer – BAE Systems

• Nuclear Safety Engineer – Mott Macdonald