Make the most of your manufacturing career, with this 18-month degree apprenticeship that lets you keep earning while you turn your HND or Foundation degree into a full honours degree.

You'll produce your own high-quality products in our manufacturing workshops as you develop your computer-aided design skills and learn about successful product manufacturing.

This is a top-up degree apprenticeship course, which means you'll spend 4 days of your working week in your job, and the remaining 1 studying to turn your HND or Foundation degree into a full honours degree, You’ll be able to put what you learn to work immediately, developing your career as you contribute to the success of your company. And your fees are covered by your employer, or the Government, so you won’t face any tuition costs.

Course highlights
Get to grips with our CAD and rapid prototyping suites, energy systems lab, petroleum engineering lab, and metrology and 3D scanning microscopy facilities as you design and build your products
Learn about the underlying elements of successful engineering and manufacturing projects, including solid mechanics and dynamics, and electrical and electronic principles
Develop your skills in sustainable development, statistical process control and product quality control
Contribute to the global engineering community as you build a network of professional peers and fellow students from other surveying and civil engineering disciplines
Have access to the University's student support services and community including the Library, study support, sports and recreation facilities, and the Students’ Union
Get free student registration to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), where you'll find professional advice and techniques you’ll use in your study and career.
Study alongside your job, with support from a personal University tutor and a workplace mentor