As a professional engineer, you could be developing the next smartphone, finding better ways to detect cancer or leading the robotics revolution. At Bath, we will prepare you for a career at the forefront of electronic innovation.
You’ll discover the technology behind communications, healthcare, transport and energy to advance the next generation of applications, products and devices.
Put your theory into practice with a year-long, paid placement during your engineering degree. You could earn between £14,000 and £25,000.
Our group and individual projects give you the chance to work on problems relevant to industry and develop your technical, business and management skills.
Patrick McLaughlin spent his placement year working as a Systems Engineer at the Centre for Modelling & Simulation.
Students in the Faculty of Engineering & Design post about projects, placements, research and study experiences.
Our master's courses and research degrees give you the opportunity to take your career to the next level. Find out more about our MScs, current research studentships or look for a PhD supervisor among our academic team.
Find out about the MSc courses we offer in the Department.
Find out more about our PhD programme.
Find out about the latest funded and self-funded PhD project and studentship opportunities in our Department and Doctoral Training Centres.
Our CDT goes beyond the traditional engineering disciplines to bring together students from backgrounds in sciences, mathematics and social sciences.
Find out how you can submit a PhD project proposal for our doctoral training initiative - Grand challenges in health technologies - starting in October 2019.
We carry out basic and applied research at the frontiers of engineering and science. We specialise in advanced sensor technologies, sustainable power distribution and space science.
We deliver interdisciplinary research in advanced sensors, bio-technologies, power, and radio and acoustic waves.
Through space-based communication research we’ve influenced public policy and security. Our algorithms help keep GPS systems functioning and accurate.
Researchers from the University of Bath are developing a new tool for detecting the presence of Dengue fever early on.
Our methodologies can predict energy usage profiles and peak demand by monitoring only ~ 0.01% of the substations in an electricity distribution network.
Phone-sized ‘seeing pad’ comes a step closer to realisation following breakthrough in actuator controls devised by Bath electrical engineers
We work with industry on teaching, placements and research. From small local companies to large international organisations, we're dedicated to building mutually beneficial relationships with industry. Find out more about what we can offer businesses.
How your company can employ our multi-skilled engineering students for a year-long industrial placement.
From consultancy to student project work there are many ways to collaborate with us across our engineering and design departments.
Our rankings, partnerships and achievements.
We deliver undergraduate and postgraduate degrees for students who want to excel in careers in industry or academia. Our reputation is based on the quality of our teaching, industrial collaborations and research.
Contact our Department office with any general queries or our admissions team about our undergraduate courses.
