Automotive courses
The automotive sector is very varied and dynamic and offers excellent career prospects in large corporations as well as their supply chain companies.
Some of our graduates have secured positions with F1 teams in the past and our alumni can be found employed around the globe by almost all major vehicle manufacturers.
The University of Hertfordshire has a long track-record of producing skilled engineers, technicians and managers for every branch of the automotive industry.
Our automotive engineering programme has proved to be popular with students and employers and our popularity has led to major investment by the institution in the form of our CRUDEN car simulator.
Our degree programmes are all accredited by the professional institutions and provide a broad grounding in engineering and technology with a range of subjects including:
- Powertrain Design
- Manufacture
- Technology or Engineering Management
- Business
- Vehicle dynamics
- Mathematics
- Engineering science
- Vehicle design
In addition, the Formula Student car project can be taken as one quarter of the final year studies. This is a challenging option and especially well-regarded by the professional race teams, which makes it an excellent step towards a motorsport career.
We have excellent facilities in automotive engineering technology which feature:
- rolling road
- 4-engine test facility
- F1 standard 6DOF full-motion simulator
- 4 jack suspension rig
- moving-road wind tunnel
Courses
- Automotive Engineering with Motorsport (BEng) UCAS code: H335
- Automotive Engineering with Motorsport (MEng) UCAS code: H336
- Automotive Engineering (BEng) UCAS code: H330
- Automotive Engineering (MEng) UCAS code: H341
- Automotive Technology with Management (BSc) UCAS code: H342
- Motorsport Technology (BSc) UCAS code: H331
Placement
Work placement is an important part of the courses we offer. Students have previously undertaken placements at a wide range of companies such as:
- Bentley Motors
- Rolls Royce Cars
- Triumph Motorcycles
- Cummins Turbotech
- Vauxhall Motors
- IBC vehicles
- Xtrac
- Nissan technical centre
- Millbrook proving ground
Our placement students sometimes return to their final year studies with sponsorship and often with a job offer so they can begin their career straight after graduation.