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Student Opportunity: Careers

Engineering

As an engineering student your skills include:

  • critical and analytical thinking
  • problem solving and innovation
  • project management
  • numeracy and the ability to handle complex data
  • written and verbal communication skills
  • teamworking
  • IT skills
  • a practical approach to finding and implementing solutions

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Options for engineering students

An engineering degree is a passport to career opportunities in many areas. A four-year MEng course equips you with the educational base to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng). The majority of our graduates work in engineering or IT industries in roles as varied as Mechanical Systems Engineer, Civil Engineer or Software Engineer. Others take up opportunities in research via doctorates.

The three-year BEng degree is accredited as partially satisfying the educational base for a Chartered Engineer. A programme of accredited Further Learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng status and 20–30% of BEng students take postgraduate courses after graduating. The breadth of experience we provide means that graduate unemployment rates are low.

Skills developed by engineering students and valued by graduate recruiters include the use of creativity to establish innovative solutions, the ability to solve problems, understand customer and user needs, develop a concept into a reality, highly numerate, computer literate and able to work as part of a team.

Examples of recent graduate destinations: Design Engineer, Procurement Manager, Nuclear Graduate Trainee, Graduate Tunnel Design Engineer, Energy Analyst Investment Banking Analyst, Account Executive, PhD in Engineering.

Develop your skills further

Whilst you are at Warwick you have the opportunity to join societies, become a volunteer, work part-time and to develop your personal skills.