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Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Engineering) with Professional Placement BEng (Hons)
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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)

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Start date

16-SEP-24

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)

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Start date

16-SEP-24

Duration

4 Years

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**Reasons to choose Kingston**- You’ll design, test and develop vehicles from concept through to production.- Kingston offers the latest technology and industry-standard equipment, such as a 3D design studio, a mechanical engineering workshop and automotive testing facilities.- You’ll build a strong base of technical, management and personal skills and gain hands-on experience.**About this course**These courses are ideal if you’re considering a career in the automotive industry. The courses ...Read more


Reasons to choose Kingston

- You’ll design, test and develop vehicles from concept through to production.- Kingston offers the latest technology and industry-standard equipment, such as a 3D design studio, a mechanical engineering workshop and automotive testing facilities.- You’ll build a strong base of technical, management and personal skills and gain hands-on experience.


About this course

These courses are ideal if you’re considering a career in the automotive industry. The courses focus on the design, testing and development of vehicles and/or components, from concept to production. Whether you choose the MEng course or the BEng, you’ll take the same modules until Year 3. Then the routes diverge. The MEng contains an extra year of study, offering further expertise in areas such as computer aided engineering and automotive aerodynamics.


Future Skills

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.


Career opportunities

Graduate destinations include Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Rolls-Royce, Formula 1, McLaren, Williams F1, and Vauxhall.

Key stats

WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
95/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
67th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
88th
Mechanical Engineering
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 82 = 18% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
18%
Employment rate
Employment rate
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Source: UNISTATS, 2019
75%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Mechanical Engineering graduate salary at this uni
£24,000
UK Mechanical Engineering graduate salary
£27,000
What students say
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Wahidh
10 Jan 24

Couldn’t get through to someone to get bursary..Read more

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Benedict
28 Nov 23

it's a good university..Read more

Entry requirements

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112 UCAS points

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Popular A-level subjects

Mechanical Engineering

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Mathematics
73%
Physics
56%
Chemistry
21%
Biology
14%
Product Design
9%
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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Wahidh
10 Jan 24
Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Engineering) BEng (Hons)
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Benedict
28 Nov 23
Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)
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Kingston University
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Kingston University is located across four teaching campuses in and around the student friendly riverside town of Kingston upon Thames....

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Yorkon Building Kingston University Kingston upon Thames London KT2 7LB United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Wimbledon  1.6 miles away Nearest train station: Norbiton  0.9 miles away
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