Integrated Masters - Master of Engineering (MEng) - Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering is essential to addressing modern challenges that require advanced technical solutions and new, innovative ways of thinking. This MEng Mechanical Engineering degree is the extended version of the BEng Mechanical Engineering course.

In Year 1, students work alongside peers from other science and engineering disciplines and have access to mechanical labs, electrical engineering labs, chemical labs, and physics labs. This provides fundamental lab skills as well as multidisciplinary teamworking skills which will be crucial as the degree progresses and becomes increasingly specialised.

Students will progress into practical workshop sessions in the lab in their second and third year. Here, students will learn about fluids, design and manufacturing, dynamics, and thermodynamics – all core principles of mechanical engineering. Their fourth and fifth year in MEng Mechanical Engineering course will include staff-supported individual and group projects, which will help them step into a career as a mechanical engineer. Students will follow their own path through a wide range of optional courses designed to develop knowledge and skills in specialist engineering subjects.

This five-year MEng Mechanical Engineering degree is the standard route towards a Chartered Engineering professional qualification, so they can progress towards that with this degree. As well as career-specific skills and knowledge, Heriot-Watt’s MEng Mechanical Engineering course will also equip students with vital soft skills, which employers place huge importance on. These important skills include teamworking alongside fellow mechanical engineers and students from other engineering disciplines, such as chemical and electrical engineering. Students will gain skills for professional presentations and technical writing, and develop business awareness, covering issues such-as life-cycle sustainability and financial viability.

With this MEng Mechanical Engineering degree, students have so many exciting career prospects ahead where they’ll be working with innovative technologies and infrastructure. Recent Heriot-Watt graduates have progressed to working for organisations such as Mercedes, Babcock Marine, McLaren, Shell UK, Halliburton, and QinetiQ.