Motorsports Engineering BEng (Hons)

University of Central Lancashire

Course Overview

Get set for a thrilling career working on some of the most technically-advanced vehicles in the world, at the highest level in motorsports and engineering, with our BEng in Motorsports Engineering.

Why study with us

• This course is absolutely focused on delivering top flight motorsport engineering professionals, with a proven track record of employment including Formula 1 and other single seater categories, to sportscars (i.e. LMP/LMH), GT and Touring Cars.
• You’ll travel to internationally renowned events, including Formula Student and the Shell Eco-Marathon, building up great contacts.
• Produce design drawings, and manufacture components as part of the IMechE Challenge project – a national design competition.

What you'll do

• You’ll work on personal and team projects to understand the design-development-manufacture cycle and the strategies associated with developing vehicles and products.
• There’s a dedicated workshop catering for Formula Student, Formula Ford race cars and the eco-marathon cars, here you can build and prepare the cars for test and race events.
• Present your work to people from industry, as well as current and former students, at our annual Engineering Expo event.

Accreditations

• This BEng course is professionally accredited by the IMechE (which represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession) as meeting partial fulfilment of the educational requirements to become a Chartered Engineer.
• This BEng course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers as meeting the academic requirement for membership and registration for Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council.

Future Careers

There is huge demand for engineering graduates, and a BEng in Motorsports Engineering gives you lots of options. If you complete a placement it will make you even more employable. Students have recently gained placements at Ginetta/SIM Track and McLaren.

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

The accredited BEng (Hons) will meet, in part, the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer and Students will need to complete an approved format of further learning pursuant to the requirements of UKSPEC. The accredited BEng (Hons) will also automatically meet in full, the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng).