About Beng Hons Sports Design Engineering in University of Strathclyde

Study with us

• gain expertise in the tools and techniques of sports product development
• learn to combine virtual and physical design and prototyping in our digital design suite
• undertake work placements in industry
• opportunity to undertake an industrial group project in Year 4 and 5 with a sports organisation

Why this course?

For many, the perfect way to combine a passion for sport and technology is through a career in sports engineering.

Sports Design Engineering concentrates on the conception, design and manufacturing of sporting equipment. Sports engineers work in nearly every sport, creating designs that meet specialised specifications to improve athlete performance, safety and sports product durability. 

For example, sports engineers could be involved with projects as diverse as designing new high specification football boots or fitness monitoring and improvement products, match and playing surface analysis equipment to developing image processing algorithms which act as analytical tools to determine strategic instances in a game.

The background our students gain in biomechanics also makes careers in medical device development and design a viable career route which is an exciting area due to the new and emerging sports and widening participation in sports for example prosthetics and guidance for partially sighted.

What you'll study

Sports engineering design is about understanding product requirements and functionality, questioning existing ways of doing things and seeing opportunities to change things for the better.

You will focus on modules that allow you to develop your knowledge on how equipment and products are designed for sport such as:

• Anatomy & Physiology for Biomedical Engineers
• Sports Engineering
• Biomechanics of Human Movement – Theory & Measurement
• Physiology of Aerobic Exercise
• Sports Injury & Rehabilitation
• Advanced Topics in Human Movement

As well as engineering design modules which allow you to develop your appreciation of feasible design and production options such as:

• Total Design
• Technology Concepts
• Production Techniques
• Engineering Design
• Product Development/Product Programming
• Mechatronics Design & Applications 

Careers

Sports design engineering is a constantly growing area, as people look to technology to improve performance. Someone with the right skills and qualifications should have a wide variety of role opportunities ahead of them. 

As a sports design engineer, you can be involved in almost every aspect of the product journey, from the initial concept, design, development, testing and management of projects to the manufacturing. Sports engineers use technical knowledge, problem-solving skills and a passion for designing and refining the usability of luxury to everyday sports equipment, across a diverse range of brands and companies.

Roles may have responsibilities such as:

• Project ownership from conceptual phase through to sign off
• Body packaging, concept studies and detailed design of new products
• Build support, prototype and production
• Solutions development in 3D solids and/or finished surface models from digital scan data, physical samples and technical drawing packages
• Creating engineered solutions to develop existing products in CAD software
• Coordinating design work to deliver timely design releases meeting all design for manufacture input from suppliers
• Designing components to the lowest feasible weight, or to cheaper manufacturing costs
• Quality control of product manufacture

Academic qualification equivalents

• For entry to Strathclyde undergraduate programmes we'd look for 70-75% in all subjects taken at level XII and the same at level X. 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS   :    6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
• TOEFL :     73-79 overall, with the following minimum scores in each component: Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Speaking: 20                               Writing: 19
• PTE      :     54-57 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

University of Strathclyde Highlights

University of Strathclyde Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Fee for various range of courses available at the university varies as per their duration, level and type of program. Some of the popular courses with their respective fees are as mentioned below.

Undergraduate Courses (2020-2021)

Graduate Courses (2020-2021)

Cost of Living

List of expenses apart from the basic tuition fee are as compiled below.

Note that candidates looking for their private rented accommodation will require 100 to 125 GBP, per week, for a room in a shared plus other expenses.