School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

This page takes you to tailored information and resources to explore the career options available related to our undergraduate degree programmes. However, many of these resources will also be useful for Master's Students and Doctoral Researchers in these subject areas. For information on a wider range of job roles and professions, including careers for which your specific degree subject is not necessarily required, you can also look at the Prospects and TargetJobs websites. 

  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Computer programming
  • Confidence
  • Initiative
  • Numeracy
  • Practical, environmental and business awareness
  • Problem solving
  • Professional competence
  • Project management
  • Report writing and presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Time management

Careers directly relate to your degree:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

Remember 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines.

The engineering career options are very broad. The majority of graduates move into design engineering roles within large companies, opportunities within HM Forces and students who excel academically can progress to postgraduate studies.  The department's degrees are, however, balanced and well-rounded, providing you with the skills required for a professional career in a wide range of sectors; you will be equally attractive to employers in finance, industry, consultancy and public services.

You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in.

Further study at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ:

The Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering offers a taught MSc programme in Automotive Engineering the modules of which can also be run as short courses for automotive engineering professionals.

The school offers postgraduate research opportunities including PhD and some MPhil degrees.

 Further study elsewhere:

Postgraduate Taught programmes:

PhD opportunities:

Professional development websites:

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Atkins, Deloitte, Caterpillar, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Jaguar Land Rover, MBDA, Moog Aircraft Group, Morgan Stanley, Red Bull, Royal Air Force and Shell.

Roles included:

Aerodynamics Engineer, Cadet Pilot, Chartered Accountant Trainee, Cyber Security Technical Consultant, Data Analyst, Financial Graduate, Quality Engineer, Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, UAV Engineer and Vehicle Design Engineer.

Further study included:

Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering graduates undertook postgraduate courses at the University of Cambridge, Cranfield University, Cardiff University, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and the University of Manchester.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and track the career journeys and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ experiences of some of our alumni.

Websites:

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information (LMI):

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.

Aeronautical Engineering student placement profile.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

See Target Connect for vacancies and opportunities.

Other useful links:

  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Computer programming
  • Confidence
  • Initiative
  • Numeracy
  • Practical, environmental and business awareness
  • Problem solving
  • Professional competence
  • Team working
  • Time management

Careers directly related to your degree:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

Remember  that 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines.

A Chemical Engineering degree develops many skills that are valued not only by engineering employers but also by those in a variety of sectors, including financial services, management and information technology.

You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in.

Further study at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ:

The Department of Chemical Engineering offers postgraduate taught masters.There are various postgraduate research opportunities from funded PhDs within Chemical Engineering to study within the several doctoral training centres with which AACME is partnered.

Further study elsewhere:

Postgraduate taught programmes:

PhD opportunities:

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

BAe Systems, Capita, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Infineum, Jaguar Land Rover, KPMG, Mott MacDonald, National Grid, OFR Consultants, React Engineering, Thames Water and Unilever.

Roles included:

Automotive Test Engineer, Business Analyst, Cloud Engineer, Computation Fluid Dynamics Consultant, Data Analyst, Energy Consultant, Fire Engineer, Gas Analyst, Process Development Engineer, Software Developer, Systems Engineer and Trainee Accountant.

Further study included:

Chemical Engineering graduates undertook postgraduate courses at the University of Bath and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and track the career journeys and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ experiences of some of our alumni.

Websites:

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information (LMI):

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

See Target Connect for vacancies and opportunities.

Other useful links:

  • A high standard of numeracy
  • Commercial awareness and business skills
  • Creative and innovative problem solving
  • IT competency and computer-modelling experience
  • Research and report-writing skills
  • The ability to analyse and interpret data
  • The ability to evaluate designs, processes and products, and make improvements
  • The capability to work in multi-strength teams
  • Time management, planning and organisational skills

Careers directly related to your degree:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

Further study at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ:

The Department of Materials offers two postgraduate taught master's programmes.

There are various postgraduate research opportunities from funded PhDs within Materials Engineering to study within the several doctoral training centres with which AACME is partnered.

Further study elsewhere:

Postgraduate taught programmes:

PhD opportunities:

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Cabinet Office, Explo, Interface Polymers, Jacobs, Jaguar Land Rover, National Composites Centre, Pick Everard, Reactive Components, Rolls Royce, Solvay, Thermal Hazard Technology and United Cast Bar. 

Roles included:

Associate Consultant, Cybersecurity Risk Advisor, Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Materials Graduate, Metallurgist, Product Development Engineer, Project Manager, Quality Control Scientist, Research Engineer, Test Technician and Vehicle Emissions Validation Engineer. 

Further study included:

Materials Science and Engineering graduates undertook postgraduate courses or PhDs at the University of Bristol, King’s College London, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ, the University of Manchester, the University of Strathclyde, the University of Warwick and Technical University Delft.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and track the career journeys and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ experiences of some of our alumni.

Websites:

 

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

See Target Connect for vacancies and opportunities

Other useful links: