Overview

Prepare for roles such as designing, manufacturing, installing and testing anything from nanoscale robots to spacecraft. IN the Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Year (Hons) course at University of Birmingham you’ll learn to tackle engineering challenges and to play a leading role in building a sustainable future. Explore and enhance career options and spend a year working in industry.

Career

As one of our graduates, a huge and exciting array of career opportunities will be open to you – both in the UK and abroad. We have strong links with key employers, such as Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover and Renishaw, who provide projects and work placements for our students and recruit our graduates.

You'll be actively encouraged to gain industrial experience by undertaking summer placements or studying the programme with an industrial year. These will help build your confidence and prepare you for graduate employment.

The Mechanical Engineering graduates are making an impact across a wide range of sectors such as Management Consultancy, Information Technology, Education Management and Financial Services. They have gone on to work for leading employers such as Jaguar Land Rover, Servers.com, Rolls-Royce, Bapco Energies and AR Robotics and Automation.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Integrated Design Project

Engineering Mathematics

Mechanics

Mechanical Design

Thermodynamics and Fluids

Mechatronics and Control Engineering

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

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UK deadline: 14 January

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

64

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IELTS

6

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Credits

600 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Mechanical Engineering View 338 other Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

64

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Level

AAA to include A-level Mathematics. Further Mathematics and Physics are not required but are advantageous.

IB

6,6,6 at Higher Level (including Mathematics) with 32 points overall.

BTEC

BTEC options considered.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30600 GBP / year

≈ 30600 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

9790 GBP / year

≈ 9790 GBP / year

Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Key information

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Credits

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Disciplines

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