Mechanical Engineering including a Foundation Year

About this course

Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest and most fundamental branches of engineering, concerned with the design, analysis, and manufacture of systems that involve forces, motion, and energy. Mechanical engineers work on everything from the components inside a smartphone to the turbines that generate electricity, the vehicles that transport people and goods, and the robots that are increasingly taking on tasks in factories and hospitals. The discipline asks you to be both imaginative in solving problems and precise in evaluating whether your solutions will work. At the University of Kent, this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, making it accessible to students who need to build their mathematical and scientific grounding before entering the main degree. From there you will study engineering mechanics, thermodynamics, materials science, manufacturing processes,

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 80% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 5 / 100Elementary occupations · 20% of graduatescards →

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