Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET)

The Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) offers a unique opportunity to build on your engineering knowledge during the final two years of the Cambridge Engineering degree.

Bringing together advanced engineering, emerging technologies, and business management with practical industry experience, MET prepares you to tackle complex challenges that extend beyond traditional engineering disciplines.

Outside the lecture theatre, you'll collaborate with companies, tackle real-world industry challenges and develop the technical, commerical and leadership skills needed to turn ideas into action.

MET helps you build the skills, confidence and professional connections that employers value, giving you a strong foundation for a wide range of careers.

"With MET, you work closely with industry partners, gain experience employers value, and build professional connections and friendships that last a lifetime"

Current MET Student

Why choose MET?

Great engineering is about more than technology. It's about understanding how ideas become great products, how business innovate and how engineering can make a difference in the world.

Go beyond engineering

Build on your technical foundations  while developing a broader understanding of how technologies are created, products reach the market, and how business innovate, compete, and grow sustainably.

From product design and manufacturing technologies to automation, artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability operations, and business strategy, you will explore the connections between engineering , technology, and business.

Solve real problems with real companies

On MET, you won't just learn about engineering and business. You'll experience them first-hand. Through company visits, industry-led teaching, and a series of in-company projects, you will apply your knowledge to real challenges facing organisations across a range of sectors.

You will learn from experts, see engineering and management in action, and collaborate with others to develop practical solutions with meaningful impact.

"We were very impressed by the work of the team of MET students, and we are implementing most of their recommendations. They are spot on and closely aligned with our continuous improvement plans. The ideas are throughtful, practical, and highly implementable."

Rodney Wilkinson, Head of Samworth Brothers' Continuous Improvement

Build the confidence to lead

MET develops much more than technical knowledge. Working in teams on challenging projects will help you strengthen your leadership, communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

MET's collaborative approach also creates a strong sense of community among students, with shared experiences and lasting connections that extend well beyond the classroom.

"MET is perfect for students who want a hands-on learning experience that goes far beyond the classroom.Through real industry projects, you develop technical, business and AI-related skills while learning how to solve complex challenges and turn ideas into practical solutions with real impact."

Current MET student

Ever wondered what it takes to turn a great idea into a commerically viable product?

In your first year of MET, you will work in a small team to develop a new product, taking it from an initial concept to a working prototype.

Along the way, you will combine engineering design and technical problem-solving with an understanding of markets, production, sustainability, and commerical viability.

Where could MET take you?

Choosing MET doesn't mean narrowing your options. It means gaining the technical expertise, commerical understanding and industry experience to pursue careers in many different directions.

MET graduates pursue careers across engineering, technology, business, and beyond. Career paths include product development, technology innovation, manufacturing leadership, management consultancy, entrepreneurship, finance, and academic research.

Whether you aspire to become a technical specialist, lead innovation in industry or pursue a career in business, MET helps you develop the skills and experience to stand out to employers and shape your future career.

"The MET course is a brilliant bridge between engineering theory and the real world. The site visits in third year and placements in the fourth year were critical in showing me what real manufacturing roles looked like and where I could fit in and be useful in a company."

Tom Sutton, Continuous Improvement Manager at Tate & Lyle Sugars  

Find out more about MET

Explore the MET course and Hear from MET Alumni. (Current Cambidge Engineering Students only)

MET is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) - more details can be found on the Department of Engineering webpage MEng Accreditation.