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University degree

Automotive Engineering

University of the West of England, Bristol · Bristol
Qualification
Degree
Length
3 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
Full-time
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About this course

BEng(Hons) Automotive Engineering gets your career off to a strong start through professional briefings and opportunities to test designs using a simulator. Get your career off to a strong start with this IMechE accredited degree, by gaining experience through factory visits, professional briefings and testing your designs using our modern automotive simulator. The automotive industry is set for global growth over the next decade.

Engineers play a role in designing cleaner and more efficient vehicles to address environmental challenges, while urbanisation is driving a need for better transport solutions. These contemporary issues will create demand for professionals with knowledge and skills in automotive design and manufacture. If you're always asking questions, exploring different alternatives, and thinking creatively - then you're who we're looking for.

Our new inclusive, problem-based curriculum will broaden our engineering audience, enabling students from a wider range of backgrounds to pursue a career in engineering. To date, we're the first university in the UK to transform our curriculum alongside constructing a new engineering building.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
96-111 pts25%
112-127 pts40%
144-159 pts10%
192-207 pts10%
How they qualified
55% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:
alevel55%
otherHE25%
foundation15%
baccalaureate5%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
95%
In work or further study after
80%
In professional / skilled jobs
95%
Continue past first year
96%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£31,000
After 15 months
£31,000
3 years on
£37,500
5 years on
What students say National Student Survey
96%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching88%
Assessment & feedback85%
Academic support78%
Well organised78%
Learning resources75%
Student community81%
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Where this degree can lead
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When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on University of the West of England, Bristol's own site.
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Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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