If you are considering a degree in engineering, but are unsure whether it is the best route into an engineering career for you, then there is no advice more valuable than from those who have completed or are undertaking a degree at university.

Our case studies bring you first-hand experience and guidance from engineering graduates and students currently studying towards their qualifications, allowing you to see what an engineering degree actually involves.

Engineering Graduate Case Studies
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Making sense of a changing world

New sensor technologies are now being developed that would have been unthinkable a short while ago – and are set to alter the way in which ... » Read More

The best of the skills show

Over 70,000 people flocked to the Skills Show to discover the well-paid vocational careers that are on offer straight from school and ... » Read More

What's up? A drone

Large unmanned drones could be flying above us by the end of the decade – so keep an eye on those skies, advises Graham Green. » Read More

Racing green

A new generation of green sports cars are taking the lead with low carbon technology. This report details how the kit could be coming to ... » Read More

Are universities failing industry?

This is the story of one apprentice and how his determination to make engineering his career is already bearing fruit at Schaeffler. But ... » Read More

City slickers: Essentail engineering talents

The government is investing big to ensure UK engineering is ahead of the game in helping future cities cope with huge population rises and ... » Read More

Luke Willett – Engineering his own success

Luke Willett has established himself as a successful young engineer and has a very bright career ahead of him. » Read More

Amr Saleh – world beater!

You could say from small crumbs can come big success… and so it has proved for Amr Saleh. Winner of the Institution of Engineering and ... » Read More

A lifetime’s love of engineering

Challenge is something Ruth Sanderson has relished all her life, whether investigating cracks growing through bridges, welding nuclear ... » Read More

Fuel Cells on Safari

Mobile phone adoption in Africa has soared of late, but signal coverage remains a problem. One UK company has come up with a powerful ... » Read More

Art in motion

Combined needle roller/axial ball bearings are enabling the low friction, smooth movement of kinetic sculptures » Read More

Nature’s best kept secret

From gecko-based adhesives to spider-like robots, Mother Nature is inspiring a new form of engineering. Laura Hopperton reports on the rise ... » Read More

Following the thread

Why choose threadmilling over tapping? From producing different sized threads with the same tool, slashing cost and inventory, to improved ... » Read More

The Super Jets of 2050

The planes of the future are going to have to be more efficient, quieter and lighter to meet ambitious green targets. Max Gosney looks at ... » Read More

Satisfy your Curiosity

Curiosity - a WALL-E lookalike robot - has landed on Mars to search for signs of primitive life. Max Gosney reveals the extraordinary ... » Read More

Jessica and Wasim get royal seal of approval

A breakthrough device, developed to monitor foetal contractions, has put two award-winning young students firmly in the spotlight. Here, ... » Read More

Scream, if you want to go faster

Thrilling, frightening and fascinating — roller coasters are the ultimate adrenaline-fuelled experience. EC examines the unsung engineering ... » Read More

The amazing exoskeleton

EC looks over the technology involved in a suit that is helping paralysis victims to walk again and pinpoints how you could build a ... » Read More

Everybody do the robot

Agile, emotional and capable of making mistakes - robots for the 21st century are a very different breed of engineering. Max Gosney takes a ... » Read More

Engineering Vision

Graham Green, instrumentation engineer, National Instruments UK & Ireland, runs his eye over 3D vision techniques » Read More

Putting new life and soul into animation

A revolutionary new approach to computer animation embraces the whole body of any character or creature, automatically taking into account ... » Read More

ENGINEERING VISION

Graham Green, instrumentation engineer, National Instruments UK & Ireland, runs a close eye over 3D vision techniques - their advantages, ... » Read More

FOCUS ON… BAA

The success of an organisation like BAA as an airport operation is down to the quality of the people who make up its many functions – not ... » Read More

Women at the Top

A growing number of women are challenging the stereotype of what it means to be an engineer. Brian Wall looks at the ways they are ... » Read More

Scooter dream hits the road

A Middlesex University product design and engineering graduate is enjoying global success after developing an idea he used as his final ... » Read More
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