General Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year

Develop a broad knowledge and understanding of engineering on this four-year BEng (Hons) degree while gaining skills in independent thinking and the professional skills necessary for a career in industry. You can take an optional year in industry between years two and three to gain first-hand employment experience.

Give yourself the best start for your career by taking an industrial placement year and become a truly interdisciplinary engineer.

With a selection of modules from seven departments and a choice of 11 specialisms, you'll immerse yourself in the varied fields of engineering.

In an increasingly complex and challenging world, knowledge and expertise beyond a single discipline is invaluable for 21st-century engineers.

Taught by world-leading experts from our seven outstanding engineering departments, this three-year course will ensure you develop the broadest possible understanding of the field.

At the beginning of your degree, you'll study modules across all disciplines, after which you’ll choose one of 11 possible specialisms – or continue studying a variety of subjects.

By taking an industrial placement year, you'll spend a year working in a placement, in which you earn a salary and have reduced fees. While placements are not guaranteed and are your responsibility to source, you’ll receive plenty of advice and support from our dedicated Industrial Placement Year team.

Links with companies such as Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Astra-Zeneca and Caterpillar make Sheffield the right choice if you want to do a placement year – and mean we have world-famous companies joining us on campus for employability fairs and networking sessions.

Why study this course?

• Top three for general engineering - Sheffield is one of the top three UK universities for the subject, according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.

• Customise your degree - study here and you have the option to specialise in 11 streams across the Faculty of Engineering – from aerospace to software engineering.

• Access expert teaching - get support from across the faculty and sample engineering from many different angles to help you decide your future engineering discipline.

• Practical, hands-on experience - ...in state-of-the-art laboratories across the University, including everything The Diamond has to offer.

• Industrial placement year - you have the option to spend a year working in industry, gaining real-world experience and connections. We have links with partners such as Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Astra-Zeneca and Caterpillar.