A degree in Motorsport Technology.....

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.....useful, or not?

Been really getting into motorsport recently and have been wanting to go to uni for a long while (I'm 25 now). My current job is eating my soul and I am thinking perhaps it's time for a change.

I'm wondering if this would be a good degree to do. I'm not convinced by it's real world potential in terms of employment prospects, particularly outside of motorsport. My reasoning is more based on I would find it interesting and would most likely complete the degree with a high final mark.

Not a great deal more interests me at the moment, I did have my heart set on engineering but I think my maths is too poor by a long chalk.

For those interested, this is the course I propose undertaking.

 

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I thought the Swansea one was supposed to be the best in the UK - this is going back a few years though.

I used to race RC with a few that were on the course. One of them works for Pirelli F1 (he used to work for Bridgestone F1 but got picked up by Pirelli, I think they mostly all did) One of them works for Ford R&D and he told me about 2 years before the Focus RS came out that it wouldn't be 4WD and no one believed me. He used to take a private jet to Germany once a month. One lad came over from Thailand for the course and now works for a Thai racing team (at the time he was 19 and have an EVO7 back home)

If I could stop work and retrain then I wouldn't hesitate, plus Swansea is only down the road from me.

Thank you for the insight, all sounds very interesting! I'm kinda tied to stafford, at least for the time being, although those ties will be far more flexible by the time I've finished a degree.

Seems to be definitely something worth thinking about though!

 

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I personally think Motorsport degrees kind of push you in to a corner a little, however as noted as long as they're giving you a good amount of general mechanical engineering course.

I'd say find a good uni with a Mechanical Engineering degree and a half decent Formula Student team then you're set for both worlds. Gives you 3 or 4 years of motorsport experience and applies your skills well.

There's plenty of companies that wont even look at engineering grads that havn't done Formula Student, or at least they'll almost certainly be looked at.

Being IMechE accredited is what you need, and ideally you want to do an MEng course if you want to become chartered.

Thank you for this info, very interesting. I hadn't even considered formula student. A lot to consider all in all.

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far.