Studying Automotive and Motorsport Engineering

For some of your classes you’ll be in lectures with other engineering disciplines and break down into smaller groups for tutorials. In more specialist modules you’ll be in smaller groups with just your course cohort.

Your studies will be a mix of practical and theory. Generally, you’ll learn the theory before going on to demonstrate it in a practical experiment either in the laboratories or our Automotive and Motorsport workshop. Alongside these subject specific skills, we’ll work with you to develop your employability and transferable skills, so you’ll be able to approach industry with confidence.

Yes, you can look to undertake a year-long industry placement and you’ll be supported by our own placements team and careers staff to highlight your opportunities to apply for placements in industry and help you with your CV, interviews and careers skills to make sure you present yourself and your talent in the best possible way. Students have gained placements at Triumph, Jaguar Land Rover and Mercedes F1, amongst others previously.

All students can look to get involved with our Formula Student team, they’ll talk to the new students in Welcome Week and take part in the Clubs and Societies Fair – you’ll be able to register an interest at that time.

Graduates from our Automotive and Motorsport Engineering courses have gone on to work with manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive and motorsport sectors. Some of them work for companies such as Mercedes F1, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley, Cummins and JCB. Some of our graduates enter employment as technicians for the motorsport industry. Others work for companies competing in BTCC, World Rally and F1. Some of our graduates go on to further study.