Our Mechanical Engineering programme encourages you to think creatively to solve the world's biggest challenges. From energy efficiency to tools for microsurgery, there is a need for mechanical engineers across a huge range of industries.

The undergraduate degree will equip you with a sound basis in theoretical engineering principles and methods and their application in the context of design and analysis.

Youll apply your subject knowledge and problem-solving skills to develop innovative solutions to the current and emerging problems facing society. Youll have the opportunity to build and develop your professional network through industrial visits, and an optional industrial placement which, upon completion, will result in you being awarded a Diploma in Industrial Training (DIT). By applying your learned theory to hands on, practical work, youll gain the practical skills demanded by industry.

Students will spend the first two years at Forth Valley Colleges new state-of-the-art Falkirk Campus, before progressing to Heriot-Watt University to complete their Masters degree.

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