Oxford Brookes has a long standing reputation for delivering top-quality engineering and motorsport degrees. Turn your passion for road cars, race cars or design into career ambitions on our courses. Our links with industry-leading firms and Formula 1 give you access to outstanding work placements. Gain hands-on experience on the UK’s no.1 Formula Student team, Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) and help design and build the team’s car for racing competitions.
Mechanical Engineering and Motorsport
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Our motorsport, automotive and mechanical engineering courses are fully accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council. This includes an accredited placement year by the IMechE.
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You’ll be using industry-standard facilities, including engine test cells and a four-post shaker rig for analysing rigid body and vehicle dynamics.
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Students benefit from our strong links with F1 teams, including work placements and recruitment opportunities.
Undergraduate
Postgraduate taught
| Course title |
|---|
| Automotive Engineering with Electric Vehicles (MSc) |
| Mechanical Engineering (MSc) |
| Motorsport Engineering (MSc) |
| Racing Engine Systems (MSc) |
Postgraduate research
| Course title |
|---|
| Autonomous vehicle technologies (PhD Studentship) |
| Engineering (MPhil, PhD, Masters by Research, PhD by Published Work) |
Schools and departments
Courses in a mechanical engineering and motorsport are taught in:
As an award-winning Formula Student team it is our mission to build a mulit-year legacy as a competitive, high quality team.
Formula Student is run by the Institute for Mechanical Engineers, and is an annual student engineering competition held in the UK. Student teams from around the world design, build, test and race their small-scale, formula style racing car.
Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) was founded in 1999 to compete in Formula Student. We have developed and grown into one of Europe’s elite Formula Student teams. We've collected seven UK Top Team awards along the way; more than any other university.
It's our mission to build a multi-year legacy as a competitive, high quality team. As well as develop versatile graduates able to excel in a high performance team. We nurture and help develop high quality talent, regardless of what you’re studying or which year you’re in.
After a long and successful history of combustion entries in the Formula Student competition, we made the shift to electric for the 2021 season.
Our industrial placement programme has been commended by professional bodies as a model of excellence. We have excellent industrial links and placement opportunities with local automotive and product manufacturing companies.
Gabriel Elias
"My best moments were winning the 2014 World Championship and then starting the 2015 season in dominating fashion with a car that I designed parts for and worked on"
Read more about GabrielKaran Bopaiah
"The MSc Racing Engine Systems course is the only programme of its kind in the world and is developed with the needs and requirements of race engine manufacturers in mind"
Read more about KaranNabeela Rehman
"I was involved in a project called Formula Student, where we design and build a racing car"
Read more about KaranRohan Shankar
"I have been working in the motorsport management field since the 2011 Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix. My skills in this field have developed over the various events I have been a part of"
Read more about KaranShirish Potu
"I’m involved with, Oxford Brookes Racing, the Formula Student Team. I work for them, Lap Time Simulation, in that we have our own software which a former student developed. He’s working in Formula 1 right now, he deserves that place. What I do is work on what he’s created and change it, modify it to the current year’s requirements, to the current car’s requirements, get results out of it. It’s a good feeling because it’s highly helpful in the design phase, in that if someone is designing a new part and they’re not sure if that really helps the car go faster"
Read more about ShirishSyed Rafan
"I chose Oxford Brookes because of its renowned reputation and affiliations with the industry. I also researched about the facilities and found that the taught modules are very advanced and specific which made it the obvious choice. Finally, and most importantly, Oxford Brookes University has the best Formula Student team in the United Kingdom"
Read more about SyedSarang Sreemandiram
"As an international student and studying at a university like this where there are different students from different countries like Mexico, Spain, US, India or UK, it's a great thing! You get to know different cultures, the way they are living, their living environment, which country they are from, get to know new mindsets, it is a great experience!"
Read more about SarangBradley Mallinson
"Here, you actually get into aerodynamics, engine design, vehicle dynamics and tyres, a lot of the really niche motorsport stuff. So I think that’s what makes it special"
Read more about BradleyIsmail El Yacoubi
"I had a really good help, especially from the International Student Advice Team when I had some problems with my visa. It was delayed and I was about to miss the enrolment deadline, but the International Student Advice Team helped me a lot by contacting the Home Office until I got my visa and I arrived here"
Read more about Ismail