Work towards Incorporated Engineer status with our project-based curriculum, getting hands on engineering experience.
in the East of England for undergraduates employed as managers, directors or senior officials.
Source: GOS 2025
Get involved in hands-on projects with other engineering students, developing your teamwork and leadership skills while learning how to analyse and solve problems creatively. This course gives you real world experience, preparing you for employment.
We offer a unique project-based curriculum with industry-led Live Briefs, where you’ll apply science and engineering principles to propose solutions to problems from companies such as BAE systems, Ford Motor Company, New Hollands, Antobot, Tecosim and Transporter Engineering.
This innovative approach allows you to spend 50% of your time in the classroom and 50% in the engineering workshops and specialist laboratories.
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Build your CV by learning manufacturing and testing methods, using industry-standard equipment, solving problems and carrying out research.
From the very start of your degree, you’ll meet established engineers and learn what it’s like to work in the industry. We'll encourage you to join professional bodies too.
As a graduate, you'll be able to apply for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status after a period of initial professional development.
Qualified mechanical engineers are in high demand nationally and internationally, commanding an impressive average salary. The average salary for UK engineering graduates after 15 months of graduating is £28,000. In comparison, ARU engineering graduates earn £30,000 on average. With experience, you could further increase your earning power by progressing to senior design or project management roles.
This course covers the entire development process of products from an engineering point of view. It gives you exposure to marketing analysis, brand and product placement, concept development, engineering and building it in-house on campus. There are top research facilities, and the department offers a friendly atmosphere.
Explore how engineering works and how to achieve results within financial constraints.
With this hands-on course, classroom-based knowledge is gradually replaced with practical skills as you work on real-life challenges and with clients. You'll become an analytical and creative problem-solver.
You can expect to use testing and measurement equipment, specify and design electronics subsystems, and model and analyse mechanical engineering problems using computer-based and mathematical methods.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
To prepare you for university study, you can take a foundation year at the start of this course. Find out more about foundation years.
You can choose to take an optional placement year as part of this course. Placements typically happen in Year 3, and your course will take four years overall. Find out more about placement years.
Read profiles of teaching and research staff on this course.
Assistant Professor
Director, Engineering and Tribology Research Group
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
All our engineering students use specialist labs and equipment, including:
You can also make full use of other facilities including extensive library and IT resources, and get support with careers and employability, study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.
Take a guided tour and meet our students.
We work closely with local IMechE, IET, and Chelmsford Science and Engineering Society to organise events on cutting-edge technologies. They're a great chance to hear from expert speakers.
There's also an active Engineering Society which runs events, and where you can meet like passionate and like-minded peers.