Undergraduate Projects
Project work is a key part of every Warwick School of Engineering degree.
From first-year design-and-make challenges and reverse engineering activities to specialist individual and group projects in later years, you will develop skills in design, research, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication.
Projects may involve working with industry partners or tackling real-world challenges such as Formula Student racing, infrastructure design, robotics, drones, sustainable energy systems or human-powered submarines.
These experiences help prepare you for professional engineering environments and build strong technical and transferable skills.
Year 1
You will take part in a range of small projects from 'reverse engineering' to design-and-make challenges on topics including: home automation, light rail transit, car aerodynamics, and intelligent robot vehicles.
These projects introduce you to industry standard software, such as SolidWorks and MATLAB.
Years 2 & 3
In second year most disciplines include a core module that involves a 'design, make and test' project.
In third year students develop research skills through an individual project related to their degree, specialising in one particular area. This may be linked to our research activities, in conjunction with an external company, or support a fourth year project.
Year 4 (MEng)
MEng students participate in a large group project worth 25% of the year, which simulates the multidisciplinary working practices you will experience in your career. Students from all specialist courses work together on these projects, allowing you to develop more advanced skills for the workplace and form new friendships and professional networks.
Popular projects in recent years have included the IMechE Formula Student racing carLink opens in a new window, Warwick University Satellite Project (WUSAT)Link opens in a new window, Severn Trent reservoir design, building an autonomous drone, shaping the world infrastructure design for poor communities, building search-and-rescue devices with Warwick Mobile Robotics, or creating a human-powered submarineLink opens in a new window.
The MEng final year multidisciplinary group project is unique to the four year degree and is not something that you would normally find as part of a one year standalone Master's.