Design Engineering BEng(Hons) with integrated foundation year

Preparing for your career

In your career you need a combination of knowledge, technical ability, communication skills and relevant experiences – and you’ll get all of this from your degree.

The design engineering degree course provides subject knowledge and expertise, opportunities to put what you learn into practice and work-related experience. You'll also develop transferable personal skills in teamwork, and project and time management skills that will be valued wherever your career takes you.

Working and collaborating with students from all years of your course, and with postgraduate and research students, is a big part of your learning experience.

Through your final year project you will demonstrate that you can design and take a product to market and show your work in the graduate show exhibition. Selected students will exhibit their work at the prestigious New Designers show in London.

A stand at New Designers, the London show where graduating students display their work to design educators, professionals and consumers.

Facilities for learning

On this Design Engineering degree you'll have access to our specialist facilities for applied learning, including:

• a Simulation Suite with flight and car simulators that use VR and motion platform technology
• a wind tunnel
• prototyping labs and workshops in our advanced engineering building
• 3D printers and five-axis CNC machines
• Robotics and VR labs
• Immersive learning space.

Click to view a virtual tour of some of our facilities.

Industry/professional links

We work closely with industry to make sure that you develop the skills and knowledge needed in the workplace.

• Guest lectures from industry experts give you a feel for what it’s really like to be a design engineer.

• You will showcase your individual project to potential employers at the final year graduate show.

• Brighton technology company, Paxton, offers our engineering, computing, and product design students three scholarships a year worth £1,000 and a three-month paid placement.

Career destinations

Design engineers play a crucial role in various industries with sought-after skill set that integrate creativity, technical expertise, and problem-solving abilities.

Design engineers are involved in the entire product development lifecycle, from concept and prototyping to testing and implementation. You can also excel as mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineers, contributing to the design and optimisation of complex systems and structures.

We have an excellent graduate employment record and your CV will be enhanced by Brighton's reputation in the industry.

Our students have gone from Brighton into both local and internationally renowned companies including:

• Apple
• Dyson
• Hallmark Cards
• Jaguar
• Mars
• Lego
• Ricardo UK Ltd

The Enayball electronic drawing tool, designed by University of Brighton graduates Eli Heath and Pete Barr, was one of 150 global projects highlighted at the 2021 Global Grad Show event in Dubai. Artist Alison Lapper MBE using Enayball with Eli and Pete.

Supporting your employability

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

• Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
• Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
• Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
• Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
• Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
• Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

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