Study Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Find out more about studying Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Liverpool. We offer a range of courses with BEng and MEng options.
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What is Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is one of the oldest and broadest of the Engineering disciplines. It is sought by employers in almost all sectors of Engineering and beyond. Our professionally accredited degree programmes offer an exciting blend of learning experiences designed to ensure our students not only master the scientific fundamentals, but also develop the skills, attitudes and experience demanded by 21st-century engineering and society.
Our graduates go on to work in fields such as medicine and healthcare, sustainable power generation, environmental technology, food production, sports science, aerospace, automotive, construction, nuclear, mechatronics & robotics, industrial product design, manufacturing, and project management. Engineering graduates are also in demand in sectors such as accountancy, management consulting, and logistics. More than any other discipline, a degree in Mechanical Engineering is preparation for an enormously wide range of careers.
What is Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineers design, analyse, build, test and maintain vehicles, their sub-assemblies and components as well as their associated systems that fly. Flight can mean both within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere. They have a wide variety of skills and competences that enable them to work in diverse projects across the Aerospace and many other industries. These include being numerate, being articulate when communicating ideas and being able to deal with complex problems that require may compromise to meet competing requirements.
As an Aerospace Engineering graduate, you will be well placed to take up opportunities in project-based, research and management roles, both within the Aerospace sector as well as other engineering industries and beyond. You may also choose to go onto to further Postgraduate study.
What is the difference between BEng and MEng degrees?
The MEng is a four-year integrated Master’s degree developed to fast-track our graduates to become Chartered Engineers. The MEng degree is recognised throughout the UK and fully satisfies the Engineering Council’s academic requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer.
Chartered Engineers (CEng) are the leaders of industry and develop solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies, through innovation, creativity and change. They take responsibility for complex systems with significant levels of risk.
The three-year BEng (Bachelor’s) degree shares the first 3 years as the MEng degree and consequently only partially satisfies the academic requirements for Chartered Engineer status. BEng graduates can then carry on to do, for example, a specialist Master’s degree, to meet the full academic requirements. This can often be achieved whilst in full time employment based upon schemes run within industry. The BEng degree does satisfy all the academic requirements for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) professional registration.