Engineer your career

The school offers many opportunities to enhance your employability, from year-long placements and engineering careers fairs to live projects and guest industry speakers. 

With a degree from us, you can expect to have gained a highly desirable, diverse skill set sought after by employers. This will include project management, teamwork, leadership, business acumen, people management, and technical expertise, setting you up for a prosperous career in engineering. 

In addition to University-wide career events, the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering holds a collaborative Engineering Placements Fair with the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering. Each year, over 70 employers attend, including major consulting and contracting companies in the UK and local and specialist firms. 

Our Careers Fair allows you to engage with employers to explore various career options, talk directly to recruiters, hear about upcoming placement and graduate roles and get company-specific information in an informal environment.

Every student in the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering can undertake a placement as part of their degree. As well as allowing you to put the theory you have learnt into practice and add to your CV, placements can help you learn about potential careers open to you upon graduation.