As one of our Mechanical Engineering students, a huge and exciting array of career opportunities will be open to you when you graduate – both at home and abroad. You could pursue a career in one of the major manufacturing industries (the UK has the 6thlargest manufacturing base in the world); or you could work in other areas of science and technology, such as sustainable energy. Other areas that favour the problem-solving skills you will acquire are finance, law and marketing as well as teaching and/or research.
Mechanical Engineering graduates from the University of Birmingham had 87.1% graduate employability (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education data 2010/11).
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