Sport Engineering (with foundation year) BEng (Hons)

Introduction:

• Top 20 in the UK for General Engineering (Complete University Guide 2025)
• 4th in the UK for General Engineering (Guardian University Guide 2024)

Careers and employability

Placements

NTU is one of the most employment-focused universities. Increasingly, employers want to recruit graduates who have real-world work experience. That’s why all of our courses, across every subject area, offer you a work experience opportunity. Our experts help build and support your future with a range of career programmes and events.

On this course, after your third year, you will have the opportunity to take a year's work placement (sandwich placement). This will give you the chance to gain vital experience and put your knowledge into practice. You're also twice as likely to secure a graduate job within six months if you take a work placement.

Our recent Engineering students have taken placements across a wide range of companies including:

• Hawk-eye Innovations
• Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub
• ESP fitness
• PepsiCo
• Pirelli
• Mercedes
• the Government Operational Research Service.

They secured varied roles such as Operational and Research Assistant, Quality Engineer and Engineering Assistant.

You'll be supported and assessed throughout your placement year and will write a reflective report and diary at the end of your placement. When you successfully complete your placement, you will be eligible to receive an additional award of a Diploma in Professional Practice.

Find out more about work placements.

Careers

You’ve probably already got some idea of the career path you want to take. Many of our graduates go on to work in engineering-based roles, but it’s worth remembering that the skills you learn on an engineering degree are transferable to a variety of careers. Research, presentation, team working and analytical skills are highly valued by employers in various professions, both related and unrelated to engineering.

Engineering graduates are in demand as they are attractive to a wide range of employers due to their analytical thinking, problem-solving, and strong numeracy skills. You’ll be well-placed to secure a career in a range of sectors, including the armed forces, logistics, teaching, IT, and banking.

Recent graduates have gone onto positions in a variety of organisations including

• Hawk-eye Innovations
• Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub
• ESP fitness
• PepsiCo
• Pirelli
• Mercedes
• the Government Operational Research Service
• Pitney Bowes
• the RAF
• Rolls Royce
• Siemens.

Many graduates also choose to undertake further study on Masters-level courses, or MPhil and PhD research degrees.

NTU Enterprise

You'll also have the opportunity to turn your ideas into a viable business with help from NTU Enterprise, NTU's purpose-built Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise, a support centre to help students create, develop and grow their own businesses.

What our students are doing now