Mechanical Engineering - BEng (Hons)

University of Bristol

The best part of studying at Bristol is the course. Because it has been running for so many years, it feels like every module is very well-run and all of the academics make the content very engaging. Another huge bonus is getting to live in Bristol which is an incredible city for variety of opportunities and experiences, whether those be in sports, arts, music or anything else really.

University of Bristol provides places (eg. hackspace and labs) that are open for engineering students to create their own individual projects. This allows the creativity of the students to be cultivated which creates a deep passion on the course they chose to study. The support from our lecturers has been fantastic! As I a course representative, I understood that the faculty takes into consideration the suggestions of the students and tries to address all the problems that arise. However, during exam season, I found out that the established study spaces and libraries are not enough to accomodate all the students. Some days during exam season, I was wondering from one study space to the other in the hop that I will find a free desk. Hence, I believe that more study spaces and libraries should be available for students. Furthermore, most of our lecturers come from an academic background (Phd). I understand that the people chosen to teach are some of the brightest people and have contributed much to the research of the university. However, I think that some of them are not as strong in teaching and explaining engineering concepts to students. Furhtermore, I would like to see more lecturers coming from an industrial background rather that the academic background. This is because as students, we could learn and benefit by seeing the different sectors of engineering and how they are applied to what we are learning at the university.

Great facilities and some great people. However, the units and the overall programme feel like a work in progress, so while positive changes are happening, one would expect that the issues would have been already ironed out before.

Great academics and research opportunities. Great facilities that are accessible and encouraged to be used. Poor student support and students' union is not as active in average student life as other universities. No Formula Student society.

Regarded highly for Engineering, within a select group of Universities that some employers target for internship's and graduate placements. For example Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team seek out student applications from Bristol, Cambridge, Southampton, Loughborough and 2 or 3 others.