Introduction
Build your knowledge and practical skills in mechatronics and become a hands-on engineer with strong career prospects, with our Mechatronics degree in Peterborough.
On our BEng (Hons) Mechatronics course, you’ll learn how mechatronics systems work from design to build. You’ll hone your skills in systems design, development, and optimisation by working on a variety of projects and be given the tools to build something on your own from start to finish.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to design and manufacture products efficiently. You’ll also acquire project management and commercial skills that will make you a well-rounded, engineer career-ready for the engineering industry and beyond.
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Our mechatronics degree is designed to make you relevant in today’s fast-paced engineering and industrial world.
As a student at ARU Peterborough, you’ll gain the practical skills and ability to design and build mechatronics systems on your own as well as collaboratively.
The course is project-based and focuses on the use of engineering tool kits and product development from start to finish. You will analyse, develop, and optimise mechatronics systems and build multidisciplinary skills in electronics and mechanical engineering that, ultimately, will prepare you to work in a broad range of sectors.
This is a great opportunity to get hands-on and develop proficiency in design and manufacture, as well as valuable transferable skills that will distinguish you in the workplace.
This is a new course starting in September 2022 and is subject to validation.
Facilities and accreditation
Outstanding student support
Join our student community and:
- learn from experienced tutors, who'll provide encouragement and feedback
- benefit from a Personal Development Tutor from day one, who's there to support you throughout your time at university
- make full use of our extensive IT and library resources
- embrace student life with a broad range of activities, clubs and societies
- access support, should you need it, with study skills, careers advice, health and wellbeing, and more.
Careers
As a BEng (Hons) Mechatronics graduate, your skills will be in high demand. With a global shortage of engineers, attracting more people to the profession is paramount, particularly women and people from a variety of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. In the UK alone, it’s estimated that an additional 50,000 engineers a year are needed to respond to 21st-century challenges.
As a mechatronics engineer you could use your technical skills across the fields of mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer and software engineering. You might work with smart technologies, robotic systems, automated systems, and computer aided manufacturing processes and systems.
Other roles could include product and prototype development, testing and installation of equipment, and engineering systems management.
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships, or placements.
Our free Employability Service will help you take practical steps to follow your chosen career path, secure jobs and work experience, or even start your own business.
Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us. You might decide to stay at ARU with postgraduate courses on the horizon for ARU Peterborough. You could also study for a Masters such as MSc Engineering Management in Chelmsford
5 years with foundation and placement
This year will prepare you for the rest of your course. We’ll focus on general skills needed for degree study, such as researching and referencing, numeracy and ICT, and communication. But we’ll also start to look at the fundamentals of engineering and project management, including visits to local sites – as well as aspects of maths and physics.
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