BEng (Hons) Sport Engineering at Nottingham Trent University

The BEng (Hons) Sport Engineering brings together sports science, technology and engineering to address problems in sport, health and exercise, from specialist equipment to wearable technology. Students develop devices and technology for real sporting challenges and learn how the body moves and functions and how to optimise the user-equipment interface. It is accredited by the IET as fully meeting the academic requirement for Incorporated Engineer registration and partly meeting that for Chartered Engineer, and is taught at Clifton Campus with an optional placement or study abroad year.

Faculty: School of Science and Technology  |  Department: Engineering  |  Duration: Three years full-time, four years with a placement  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year one modules include Engineering Science Fundamentals, Engineering Mathematics and Technical Computing, Innovation and Engineering Solutions, Principles of Electronics and Electronic Systems, and Anatomy, Physiology and Biomechanics. Projects include reverse engineering everyday objects, designing a sport helmet and an industry-set sport technology project, plus the Grand Challenge. Strong students may be offered a transfer to the MEng after year two.

Career pathways

Graduates work as graduate engineers, quality technicians, process design engineers, production engineers, operation analysts and project engineers with organisations such as Hawk-Eye Innovations, the NHS Gait Analysis Lab, Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub, Catapult and the Defence Science and Technology Lab, or continue to Masters and Doctorate study.

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