Maritime Engineering BEng

This course blends academic knowledge and practical design skills in commercial vessel design and production management - with an emphasis on engineering.

During your studies, youll build your understanding of the roles of ship designers, manufacturers, and production managers and how they function in a multi-disciplinary, team-work environment, along with the skills necessary to maintain knowledge as technology advances.

To complement technical skills gained, youll explore the modern regulatory framework for commercial vessels including environmental, legal and ethical issues, and with an emphasis on the practical design and manufacture of commercial vessels.

At the end of the course, youll be well-equipped to gain employment in naval architecture design offices designing both sustainable commercial small craft and ships of the future - designing reduced or zero CO2 emitting ships which are deploying new technology, such as wind wings, hydrogen power, and even nuclear power.

Youll also develop highly transferable technical and analytical skills that are sought after in a wide range of shore-based engineering and design roles.

If you’re looking to study our maritime engineering degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the STEM foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the STEM foundation year.

Who is this course for?
This degree is ideally suited to students who want to develop their maritime design and production management skills.

Applicants should have an interest in maritime engineering and practical design and will ideally have a mathematical or physics-based background.

What does this course lead to?
The technical and analytical skills developed during this course are highly transferable to a wide range of shore-based engineering and design roles. As a result, graduates are well equipped to secure rewarding and well-paid employment across the marine and wider engineering sectors.

Don't wait for the future. Build it. At Solent, every module is built around real-world learning, so you graduate with practical skills, confidence and experience — not just theory.

Our career-ready revolution is transforming the way every course is designed, taught and connected to the world of work, to ensure your degree prepares you for the career you want. This isn't a tweak. It’s s a complete shake-up of what your university experience should be, using five key elements: learning by doing from day one, a timetable that fits real life, strong links to industry, an outstanding student learning experience, and careers support for life.

Our world-class facilities are also built with your future career in mind, and include the renowned Warsash Maritime School, Solent Sports Complex with advanced science labs, animation and 3D modelling studios, plus applied mechanics and composites labs.

And when you're not in class? Southampton has it all — shopping, culture, live music, football, cricket, festivals and markets, plus tiny Thai cafes, ghost walks and record fairs. It's friendly, walkable, and one of the most affordable student cities in the UK. With a diverse community and societies for every interest, you'll find your tribe here too.

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