- Learn using a ‘design and build approach’ which will gain you invaluable practical skills
- Our graduates are highly employable, now working for multinational companies such as Nissan
- Design, build and compete with a Formula Student race car by joining the Formula Student Competition
The BSc (Hons) Automotive Technology degree programme is specifically designed to provide you with a broad-ranging skillset to support the development of automotive products.
Excitingly so, Herts has recently joined the Conceive Design Implement Operate (CDIO) initiative; a worldwide network of academic professionals, industry representatives and engineering leaders who have a passion for engineering education and engineering leadership. The CDIO educational framework has been embedded into the BSc (Hons) Automotive Technology degree which hugely enhances the benefits you will take away on completion of this course. It means you will be able to put everything you learn into practice, through a ‘Design and Build’ approach, allowing you an authentic, hands on experience during your studies.
Herts Graduates are highly employable in a wide range of firms operating in the automotive sector. Recent automotive technology graduates have gone on to work at organisations including Nissan, Dyson, and Bentley Motors.
Clubs, societies and extracurricular
Herts participate in a Formula Student Competition which you are welcome to join from your very first year of study. This is an exciting extracurricular opportunity to work with other engineering students in designing, building and racing a Formula Student race car. A great addition that will shine on your CV and enhance your employment prospects.
Expand your knowledge and get the most out of your university experience by participating in the various co-curricular activities that are available to you while you study on this BSc (Hons) Automotive Technology course. The School of Physics Engineering & Computer Science has recently launched countless outstanding opportunities which can heighten your depth of understanding, should you choose to get involved. Activities available include Shell-Eco Marathon, Engineers without Borders Design Competition, IMechE Design Challenge, UP Research, Machining Club, and the Sim Racing Society.
