Engineering

Whatever you choose to study at Staffordshire University you will have the opportunity of a work-placement, where you’ll gain experience and connections to give you an edge in your future career.

This work experience may link to your course, or it could be in a broader field. Alongside your studies, it will give you the best possible mix of knowledge and practical understanding.

All our undergraduate and postgraduate courses give you valuable real-world experience to boost your employment prospects. Our MEng courses have a compulsory industrial based project.

We have partnerships with the RAF, the MoD, local industries and overseas colleges and universities. All so we can have over 1,400 off-campus students studying in the workplace, across the UK and around the world.

Work experience opportunities

Every engineering course offers an optional work placement module, which can last up to 12 months. All students get the opportunity to undertake these, which are hugely beneficial in terms of making professional connections to help your future career. Students on our engineering courses have worked with:

• Alstom
• Bentley
• Cummins Engineering
• Eurocopter
• Caterpillar
• JCB
• Siemens
• Cisco
• Rolls Royce
• Jaguar Land Rover
• AstraZeneca
• IBM

Our graduates have secured careers across all areas of engineering, including telecommunications, automotive, and aeronautical.

Graduates from our engineering courses leave with a range of opportunities in a wide variety of sectors.

Employment opportunities

• Electricity Supply Networks
• Consumer Electronics
• Telecommunications
• Aviation
• Manufacturing
• Water Supply
• Mechanical Design
• Medical Technology
• Transport
• Research and Development
• Consulting Engineering
• Energy Generation