Robotics with Industrial Placement Year (BEng) starting September 2023 for 4 years
Gain experience in a professional engineering environment while learning how to design intelligent robotic systems on our robotics engineering bachelor's degree with an industrial placement year.
On this 4-year version of our BEng Robotics course, you'll learn how to design, build and program intelligent machines that can react and respond to real-world complexities. You’ll also explore how industries such as manufacturing, transport and healthcare are being transformed by robotics and autonomous systems.
This is about more than just building models and writing code; it is about taking part in hands-on projects where you can realise your ideas, develop robots, and run simulations and testing systems to understand how they perform beyond the lab.
After your second year on this course, you'll complete an industrial placement year – returning to the course with the skills and confidence to take your next step into a robotics career. The fee for your placement year is 20% of the standard annual tuition fee.
Spanning mechanical engineering, design, computing and artificial intelligence (AI), robotics is an exciting field where you can develop expertise in:
Throughout your degree in robotics, you'll learn in our state-of-the-art teaching spaces and multimillion-pound, high-spec computing labs. You will use our extensive robotics infrastructure, robotics simulation tools and 'digital twins' – virtual models of objects, systems or processes – and also have access to our materials and structures research facility as well as professional manufacturing facilities.
You'll graduate from BEng Robotics with Industrial Placement Year equipped with the skillset to design next-generation technologies that will inform how the world works, moves and interacts. Graduates will also have the tools and knowledge to progress into a wide range of robotics, automation, AI and advanced engineering roles.
In addition to our BEng Robotics courses, we offer an MEng Robotics course where students take part in a group design project, set by a real industry or academic customer. You can also take MEng Robotics with an industrial placement year.
We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Find out why, when, and how we might make changes.
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This course is based at Highfield and Boldrewood.
This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.
AAB including Mathematics (minimum grade A) and one further science.
The following subjects are recognised as acceptable science subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Further Mathematics, Psychology, Statistics, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography, and Geology.
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking.
If you are taking an EPQ in addition to 3 A levels, you will receive the following offer in addition to the standard A level offer: ABB including Mathematics (minimum grade A) and one further science (minimum grade A), and grade A in the EPQ
We are committed to ensuring that all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise an applicant's potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme: Grades ABC including Mathematics (minimum grade A) and one further science (minimum grade B).
Pass with overall score of 34 points, with 17 points at Higher Level, including either 6 at Higher Level in Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches) or 7 at Higher Level in Mathematics (Applications and Interpretations) and grade 5 at Higher Level in one further science.
The following subjects are recognised as acceptable science subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Further Mathematics, Psychology, Statistics, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography, and Geology.
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
Offers will be made on the individual Diploma Course subject(s) and the career-related study qualification. The CP core will not form part of the offer. Where there is a subject pre-requisite(s), applicants will be required to study the subject(s) at Higher Level in the Diploma course subject and/or take a specified unit in the career-related study qualification. Applicants may also be asked to achieve a specific grade in those elements. Please see the University of Southampton International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) Statement for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
H2, H2, H2, H2, H2, H2 to include Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and one further science
The following subjects are recognised as acceptable science subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Further Mathematics, Psychology, Statistics, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography, and Geology.
Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and qualifications achieved in S5 will be reviewed. Careful consideration will be given to an individual’s academic achievement, taking in to account the context and circumstances of their pre-university education.
Please see the University of Southampton’s Curriculum for Excellence Scotland Statement (PDF) for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
Applicants must hold GCSE English language (or GCSE English) (minimum grade 4/C) and mathematics (minimum grade 4/C)
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If you do not meet the English language requirements through a test or qualification, you may be able to meet them by completing one of our pre-sessional English programmes before your course starts.
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A foundation year will give you the skills and knowledge to progress to this course if you don't have the right qualifications for direct entry.
It could be the right option if you:
You'll also need to show that you have strong maths skills.
Find full details on our Engineering, Maths, Physics, Geophysics Foundation Year page.
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Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and qualifications achieved in S5 will be reviewed. Careful consideration will be given to an individual’s academic achievement, taking in to account the context and circumstances of their pre-university education.
Please see the University of Southampton’s Curriculum for Excellence Scotland Statement (PDF) for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
You might meet our criteria in other ways if you do not have the qualifications we need. Find out more about:
Find out more about our Admissions Policy.
A foundation year will give you the skills and knowledge to progress to this course if you don't have the right qualifications for direct entry.
It could be the right option if you:
You'll also need to show that you have strong maths skills.
Find full details on our Engineering, Maths, Physics, Geophysics Foundation Year page.
Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.
Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000
The structure of our robotics engineering bachelor's degree reflects the broad-based nature of robotics as an engineering discipline. We'll cover many core engineering topics with an emphasis on how they are applied in robotic environments.
BEng Robotics with Industrial Placement Year focuses primarily on key robotics engineering aspects including:
In the first 2 years of this robotics degree, you'll study the fundamentals of engineering. Some content is shared with our mechanical engineering programmes, but you'll also complete modules which look at how you can apply general principles to robotics-specific problems.
Between your second and third year, you'll complete an industrial placement year. You must organise this placement, but we will provide support and guidance.
As you progress through the course, an increased focus on how robotics knowledge and skills are utilised ensures that you can apply your theoretical understanding to tackle a variety of problems.
In your last year, you'll be able to study computational and AI methods which are instrumental in robotic perception, manoeuvring and control. You'll also have the opportunity to explore a wide range of different robotic application domains through dedicated modules and projects.
We've designed this robotics degree in accordance with the Engineering Council requirements as a pathway to become a chartered professional engineer.
Want more detail? See all the modules in the course.
The modules outlined provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our course to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Find out why, when and how we might make changes.
You must study the following modules in year 1:
You must study the following modules in year 2:
You must study the following module in year 3:
You must study the following modules in year 4:
The learning activities for this course include the following:
You’ll be supported by a personal academic tutor and have access to a senior tutor.
Hareesh Godaba is the course leader.
The employability and enterprise skills you'll gain from this course are reflected in the Southampton skills model. When you join us you'll be able to use our skills model to track, plan, and benefit your career development and progress.
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We will assess your application on the strength of your:
We'll aim to process your application within 2 to 6 weeks, but this will depend on when it is submitted. Applications submitted in January, particularly near to the UCAS equal consideration deadline, might take substantially longer to be processed due to the high volume received at that time.
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Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.
Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000
Robotics with Industrial Placement Year (BEng) is a course in the Mechanical engineering and Computer science and software engineering subject areas. Here are some other courses within these subject areas:
