MEng Maritime Engineering with Foundation Year with Industrial Placement Year

p>Previously known as Ship Science, this course has changed its name to Maritime Engineering for applicants starting in September 2024. Southampton has been one of Britain's most important naval and shipbuilding centres since the Middle Ages. This course combines mechanical engineering skills with a specialist knowledge of naval architecture and marine engineering. It is ideal for those who want to work in the varied and exciting field of Maritime Engineering, Maritime Engineering looks at the design, construction and testing of ships and ocean structures. These could be for transport, recreation or harnessing marine resources. You'll get a broad mechanical engineering degree, with a focus on maritime engineering. You'll study: design, mechanics, manufacturing, hydrodynamics, seakeeping, complex mobile system. In your final year, you can study advanced naval architecture and you'll complete an individual research project. As part of this course you can: use our state-of-the-art facilities, including the largest university towing tank in the UK; learn from internationally-renowned engineers from the Wolfson Unit and Lloyd's Register; showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show; visit sites to experience engineering in practice; take a work placement during the summer holidays. Year in industry: Enhance your employability by taking this course with a paid industrial placement year. Apply using: Course name: Maritime Engineering with Industrial Placement Year, UCAS code: J60P. You'll spend this extra year at an engineering firm, applying the skills and knowledge you've learned so far. The fee is 20% of the standard annual tuition fee. We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Our courses are regulated in England by the Office for Students (OfS).