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Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering undergraduate admissions for 2026 entry
Congratulations if your place with us is confirmed! We are looking forward to seeing you soon. If you wish to request to defer your place to 2027 entry, please contact us immediately.
The course is full and we do not operate any waiting lists or open our course for clearing. We are not able to consider appeals, but if your high school grades change as a result of an appeal to the exam board or remark, please send us your updated results as these will be accepted by us until 31 August.
Due to competition for places we are only able to guarantee places to those who have met all the terms of their offer. If spaces were available after we had allocated them to those who met the conditions of their offer, then we have considered very carefully those students who narrowly missed their offer conditions and placed them too.
Thank you for the time and effort you have spent on application to our course, we wish you success with your ongoing studies. For more information please visit Exam results: what next?
Mechanical Engineering
Taught programmes
Find out more about our undergraduate programme and taught postgraduate Master's programme.
PhD research
Find out more about completing your PhD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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- How to apply
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Research groups
Find out more about our world class facilities for research, partnerships with industry and internationally recognised experts.
Departmental video highlights
Shelly the Sea Turtle Robot
The Sea Turtle Robot built by students at Imperial. She doesn’t just swim - she flies underwater like an ancient plesiosaur. Designed to help us understand the prehistoric marine reptile and protect real sea turtles in the wild.
Shelly the Sea Turtle Robot
The Sea Turtle Robot built by students at Imperial.
The Sea Turtle Robot built by students at Imperial. She doesn’t just swim - she flies underwater like an ancient plesiosaur. Designed to help us understand the prehistoric marine reptile and protect real sea turtles in the wild.
Isabela's first year student vlog
Isabela shows us what it's like to be a first year student.
What's it like to be a first year student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London? Find out from Isabela's video diary.
Rohan's first year student vlog
Rohan explains the academic side of being a Mech Eng student.
Rohan explains the academic side of being a Mechanical Engineering student at Imperial College London.
Design Make and Test projects
Hear from third year Imperial College London students exhibiting their DMT projects.
Hear from third year Imperial College London students exhibiting their Design Make and Test projects. This is a major engineering design project carried out by teams of third year students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Rohan talks
Leeds, clubs and societies and becoming more independent
" I would encourage people from Leeds and northern cities to come to London because it's actually an amazing place...it has some standard and I think it really does live up to that"
Isabela's first week at Imperial
Isabela films her first week as a Mech Eng student.
From São Paulo to London! Meet Isabela, she shares what life is like in the first couple of weeks of joining us.
Meet the Hazelab group
Find our more about our fire science group
Fire is all around us and almost unavoidable. Fire science has much work to do to protect people, the environment and create a safer world.
Doing a PhD in the Non-Destructive Evaluation group
What is NDE, and why do a PhD in this field?
Lecturer Dr Peter Huthwaite, and current research students Naomi Shipway and Xiaotang Gu explain what NDE is all about, and why a PhD in this field is worth doing.
Imperial Festival 2018
The Department of Mechanical Engineering showcased its work to the public
Photos of the event can be found on our Flickr account.
Tab cooling vs. Surface cooling
A video comparing different cooling methods for battery cells.
This video showcases a research paper from our department's Electrochemical Science and Engineering group, comparing different cooling methods for lithium-ion battery cells.
Smart Taekwondo Kick Tracking System
Demonstration of sporting wearables
The Biomechatronics Laboratory at Imperial College (http://www.biomechatronicslab.co.uk/) and Athletec introduce the first wearable smart Taekwondo kick tracking system. Imperial student and Taekwondo black belt Yuhua Gu demonstrates.
Mech Eng at the 2017 Imperial Festival
Mechanical Engineers brought robots and fire tornados to the 2017 Imperial Festival.
Adults and children alike explored the fun side of Mechanical Engineering.
What really sank the Titanic?
New evidence suggests there was a fire on board the Titanic before it set sail from Belfast.
An Imperial expert in fire finds evidence for a surprising theory about the Titanic – that it was already on fire when it left port, and this contributed to its rapid sinking.
How close are we to Star Wars-like prosthetics?
How prototype sensor technology may make robotic prosthetics more user-friendly in the future
Dr Ravi Vaidyanathan discusses how prototype sensor technology may make robotic prosthetics more user-friendly for people in the future.
To find out more about the research discussed in this video please click here.
2017 Research Showcase
Our department's annual research showcase.
Guest speaker: Alan Begg FREng, ex Senior Vice President of Group Technology at SKF
2018 Research Showcase
Our department's annual research showcase.
Guest speaker: Nick Molden, founder and CEO of Emissions Analytics
2019 Research Showcase
Our department's annual research showcase.
Guest speaker: Dr Barbara Lane, UK leader for the Applied Innovation and Technology Group at Arup
Studying Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London
Third-year student Alice shares her experience of studying Mechanical Engineering at Imperial.
Third-year student Alice shares her experience of studying Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London.
From Spain to Imperial
Two Spanish students reflect on their life at Imperial
Spanish students Juan studying Physics and Carmen studying Mechanical Engineering reflect on their experiences of life at Imperial, living in London, managing a work-life balance.
