What will I learn?
**Optional year in industry**\Study this course with an optional work placement year, at no extra cost. Alongside this, you can gain valuable experience and engagement with the sector through our shorter work placements, internships and work experience opportunities. Visit tees.ac.uk and the Student Futures webpage for more information.**Course overview**\This course includes an integrated masters - you study three years at undergraduate level and one year at postgraduate level. Mechanical engineers design and manufacture anything that has moving parts, from automotive transmissions to prosthetic devices, gas turbines, wind turbines, robots and machine tools. You gain knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering subjects including mechanics, dynamics, fluids, thermodynamics, materials, digital engineering, computer-aided-design, electrical principles, finite element analysis, manufacturing, product development and assembly line modelling.**Top reasons to study this course*** **Extra curricular activities:** take part in projects including the Design Challenge, Formula Student and Formula Student AI.* **£2,000 Accommodation Award:** you may be eligible for £2,000 towards your accommodation fees if you live outside the TS postcode and are in your first year of study. Visit tees.ac.uk for more information.* **International visits:** you have opportunities to travel internationally through student mobility visits or spending a semester studying abroad with one of our partners in countries such as China, the Czech Republic, Spain and Malaysia.* **Prepare for your studies:** develop your understanding in maths with our free online [Mathematics for University course](https://www.tees.ac.uk/parttime_courses/Mathematics/Certificate_of_Credit_Mathematics_for_University_\(Online\).cfm). Visit tees.ac.uk for more information.**Employability**\Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines, giving you a variety of career options. You can seek employment in almost every sector of industry including automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, marine, medical, rail, power, processing, chemical, oil and gas, and food production industries.Graduates are employed by companies such as Cummins Engines Ltd, Caterpillar Ltd, Gestamp Talent, Hitachi Rail, Nissan, Rolls Royce plc, PD Ports Ltd\Sabre Rail Services Ltd, Sellafield Ltd, Subsea Innovation Ltd.You are prepared for the world of work through company visits and industry inspired project work, and placements and industry events with North East Regional Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Cleveland Institution of Engineers.
