Engineering - University of South Wales

Professional bodies set the benchmark for employee standards and can unlock doors to high-level jobs. We build these standards and accreditations into our engineering courses.

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Engineering Subject Areas

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Aerospace Engineering

Automotive Engineering

Built Environment

Civil Engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

Read about campus developmentsOur new STEM Hub

Investing in your future

We are investing in the future of STEM at USW with an exciting new Computing, Engineering and Technology building at our Pontypridd Campus.

STEM Hub Pontypridd Campus

Alongside our approach to hands-on learning, we also offer placement opportunities to help you gain the skills and knowledge needed for many industry roles. At USW we create graduates who are prepared for tomorrow and who can succeed in the real world.

Further Study Options

At USW Engineering, we offer a range of postgraduate engineering courses, across civil engineering, the built environment, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering and aeronautical engineering. You also may be eligible to apply for the HEFCW Postgraduate STEM bursary of £2,000 for a full master’s course.
The University of South Wales, working in partnership with the Welsh Government, is offering Engineering Degree Apprenticeships. These combine work-based learning with studying a degree part-time at university. You achieve a degree, learn professional skills and gain industry knowledge.
We offer a number of Masters by Research programmes, all of which allow you to make an in-depth study of an Engineering topic that interests you.
We offer a number of postgraduate research programmes, including PhD, all of which allow you to make an in-depth study of an Engineering topic that interests you.

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Engineering Facilities

At the University of South Wales, our dedicated engineering facilities include an Aerospace Centre, which houses its very own aircraft, a suite of practical training facilities approved by the aerospace industry, and electronics labs supplemented with world-leading Renesas technologies.

We have recently refurbished our civil and mechanical engineering labs equipping them with the latest computer-aided and controlled machinery.

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The Aerospace Centre

The aerospace industry has become increasingly competitive and in recognising this, the University has recently invested £3.3 million into its aerospace facilities.

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Engineering Workshops

Civil engineering facilities include new laboratories for structures, materials and geotechnics. We also have dedicated workshop space for mechanical engineering.

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Electrical and Electronic Suites

We have three suites that include an embedded systems lab, general electronics lab, and power and renewable lab.

Technology Studios

On our Lighting, Sound and Live Event Production courses, you'll have access to a range of specialist facilities at our ATRiuM campus in Cardiff's city centre.

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At USW, we are proud of the outstanding women staff, students, and graduates we have in engineering. Here we celebrate their achievements and learn more about what engineering means to them.

"It wasn’t about being a woman or being a man, it was that my head worked logically."

Joanne Thomas

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

"The thought of being a female in a male-dominated industry like aerospace was a little daunting, but I chose to follow my ambitions."

Katie Danahar

Aircraft Maintenence Engineering graduate

"The best thing about my job is that no two days are the same. I get to work with a variety of people on many different projects."

Bethan Jones

USW Civil Engineering graduate

"Women have such great intelligence and an eye for detail, key things that the industry requires."

Mayando Telebwe

Construction Project Management student

Student, Mercedes, sat at a desk that has a computer, tape measure and a hard hat on it. She is working and smiling at the camera.

"The construction industry is calling out for strong females, and despite a poor existing image, it is a wonderfully diverse world."

Mercedes Vaughan-Matthews

Construction Project Management graduate

"Living in Wales is a life-changing experience that every student should live - you can expect many things when you come to live here."

Lerined Sanchez

MSc Aviation Engineering and Management

"I was in my final year of school when a company came in and demonstrated a project that was on the same line as the Formula Student."

Bethany Jones

Mechanical Engineering graduate

Rocketry Society

USW Rocketry Society

The rocketry society works with students who volunteer to take part in designing, propelling, monitoring and constructing rockets from scratch. The team won the National Rocketry Championship 2018/19.

STEM at USW

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Your student experience

Students' Union

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Support and Wellbeing

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Clubs and Societies

Study in the heart of Pontypridd

Our Treforest campus is in the heart of the South Wales Valleys, with beautiful scenery and rolling landscape. There’s always something happening or new places to discover.

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