Engineering

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Specialist facilities

Thermofluid and Aeronautical Labs, Reverse Engineering Lab, Renewable Engineering Lab and Smart Zone

Workplace learning

Kick-start your career with a placement at Jaguar Land Rover, KMF, Siemens and Eurocopter and more.

Develop advanced skills

Gain expert technical knowledge and stand out from the crowd with an integrated masters option.

Our engineering graduates have worked on everything from the Mars space rover to luxury Bentley cars. Now you could be following in their footsteps.

Whether you’re interested in transforming transport and communications, developing renewable energy systems or creating AI-powered robots, we’ll prepare you for a wide range of careers. You could be at the forefront of designing the systems and structures of the future.

Our well-established courses range from automotive and electrical, to mechanical and aeronautical engineering. They are aligned to industry needs and accredited by bodies such as IET and IMechE on behalf of the Engineering Council. This means they meet professional standards and can help put you on the path towards chartered engineer status.

You will get plenty of hands-on experience, including live projects and industry collaborations. You could be designing prototypes using our 3D scanner, testing aircraft controls with our flight simulator or even racing your own vehicle at Silverstone.

And you’ll have the chance to spend a year working in industry too. Our students have completed placements with world-leading companies, such as Boeing, Airbus and the National Grid.

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Why study with us?

You’ll get hands-on, applying your knowledge to real problems and innovative solutions. This will test both your analytical and technical skills, and help you to become career-ready.

You could be investigating how to improve a product or process – or coming up with your own invention. Recent student projects have ranged from creating a robot spider through to designing a wireless measuring device for golfers.

Our personalised approach means you will receive lots of support as well, with your own academic mentor.

And you’ll be taught by a team of academics who combine real-world engineering experience with research expertise. Through their research, they are driving advances in everything from renewable energy systems and wireless sensor networks to smart healthcare.

Careers and connections

Our graduates have gone on to lots of exciting destinations, including roles with the RAF, supercar specialists McLaren, and engineering firm Mott MacDonald. It all began for them at University of Staffordshire.

As a student here, you could be tackling real-world projects, entering industry competitions and exhibiting at high-profile events such as our GradEX Degree Show.

You’ll also develop the connections that open doors, with opportunities for placements with a variety of leading companies. These include the luxury car marker Bentley, whose head of production innovation is a University of Staffordshire graduate, along with firms like Capula, KMF and Jaguar Land Rover.

From aerospace and renewable energy to car systems that are purely electrical, it’s a really exciting time to be an engineer!
Ellie Nickin

General Engineering

Our students

One of the keys things about the course was the diversity. It was really tailored towards the digital age and I spent a lot of hands-on time with CAD systems. The lecturers were also critical in my personal development and professional career.

Derek Lam

Mechanical Engineering

Features

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Semester 1 highlights

Highlights from across our Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree.

Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 highlights

Highlights from the Mechanical Engineering course

Aeronautical Engineering Highlights

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Highlights

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Mechanical Engineering Highlights

Some of the highlights from our BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering degree this semester.

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Third year Aeronautical Engineering student Nokwanda lends her insights into entering and participating in STEM as a woman.

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Students in the Engineering department at Staffordshire expand their learning on educational and inspiring trips to the Mini Plant in Oxford and the Flying Laboratory at Cranfield.

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Engineering at University of Staffordshire

Facilities

Whichever Engineering degree you choose, you’ll learn in state-of-the-art facilities to enable you to develop the technical, professional and hands-on skills necessary to solve real-world problems.

You’ll access the latest professional-standard facilities, including our thermofluids and aeronautical lab with computerised wind tunnel and flight simulator, our reverse engineering lab, real-time lab, renewable engineering lab and our automotive workshop with rolling road dynamometer. There’s also our £1.3m Smart Zone which fuses fabrication spaces with augmented and blended reality technologies, allowing you to bring ideas to life.

Facility Highlight - Make sure you check out our Smart Zone!

Be a part of the future of technology in our Smart Zone; a bustling centre of invention, innovation and creation. The area spans over two floors and houses dedicated workshops, collaboration and maker spaces for our engineering and creative students, as well as high-end computing facilities and the latest in digital and immersive technologies.

3D Printing Bureau

Book in jobs, pay for prints, collect work and get technical support using our collection of 3D printers. Read more

Available Printers include Mojo, Up Box, Markforged Onyx One, Formlab 3, and Stratasys J55. Print in various materials - resin, metal, carbon fibre and clay! Find out more about our Print Bureau and our 3D printing facilities

 

 

Smart Zone

A bustling centre of invention, innovation and creation with two floors of dedicated workshop and collaboration spaces for engineering and creative students. Read more

The Smart Zone fuses state-of-the-art fabrication spaces with augmented and blended reality facilities, allowing you to bring your ideas to life using the latest digital and immersive technologies. Find out more about our Smart Zone.
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Engineering Laboratories

Packed with state-of-the-art software and hardware resources reflecting current trends in the development of engineering subjects.

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Reverse Engineering Laboratory

Our Laboratory contains 3 Dimensional scanning capability, Additive Manufacturing machines featuring PolyJet, FDM, 3DP processes, as well as Laser Engraving ability.

Specialist Laser Cutting

Get access to our Trotec Speedy 400 laser cutter and practice with technology used for industrial manufacturing applications.

Renewable Energy Lab

Use the latest equipment in renewable energy, including Power Systems Lab that provides real-time testing and development facilities for electrical engineering, Thin Film Lab for plastic electronics, our wind tunnel, and our high voltage cage.

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CAD Modelling Labs

Our dedicated CAD studios replicates real practice where you'll have access to excellent drawing and computer facilities including the latest industry-standard software. Read more

Software includes: Rhino, VRED, SolidWorks, Alias, Maya, KeyShot, and Adobe Creative Suite. Find out more about our computer workshops
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Expertise

Professor Hamidreza Gohari Darabkhani

Professor-Low Carbon & Renew Energy Sys

Prof Gohari Darabkhani has focused his research and industry collaborations on technologies and projects that directly contribute to resolving current major issues in the energy industry to achieving net-zero emission targets by 2050.

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Torfeh Sadat-Shafai

Emeritus Professor

Torfeh's expertise lies in plastic electronics, Photovoltaics, Experimental Physics, Electronic Material; Thin Films Technology and Optoelectronics. Torfeh is also course leader for Advanced Technology MSc

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Debi Roberts

Interim Head Of Department

Debi has a keen interest in Automotive and Aeronautical Aerodynamics, Engine Design and Engineering History (Automotive and Aeronautical).

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Dr Anas Amjad

Course Director

Anas is Course Director for Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His expertise lies in the use of smart systems for a diverse range of applications, such as smart healthcare, smart homes, smart cities etc.

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Dr Alison Griffiths

Associate Professor

Alison's expertise includes smart grids and their protection and renewable integration, smart homes, wireless sensor network design, implementation and optimisation.

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