13 November 2025 | Book now
A degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering will see you use your ambition and innovation in a forward-thinking career.
If you're thinking of working in an industry where you'll address global challenges by design products, looking at the power behind every day tools or the impact of artificial intelligence, these subjects can put you at the height of new technological advances.
Our Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Taster Day on 13 November 2025 will see you in the heart of laboratories that will see you balance gliders in a wind tunnel and quiz our lecturers on studying at degree level.
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Taster Day Location
Check in opens at 9.00am in Anglesea Building, Anglesea Rd, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, PO1 3DJ. Look out for our students in purple T-shirts who'll help direct you.
If you're arriving by coach or minibus, we recommend parking on Museum Road, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú which is just outside of the Ravelin Sports Centre. For more information on checking in and how to get here, take a look at our guide to taster days page.
Programme
Here's what's coming up at our Taster Day.
Check-in from 9.30am at Anglesea Building, Anglesea Rd, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú PO1 3DJ and get ready to learn about studying Electrical and Mechanical degrees at Uni.
Here's our guide to subject taster days, should you want to learn a little more about our Taster Days before booking or arrival.
Find out what will be on offer at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú before kicking off your activities for the day.
Get ready for a session looking at robots and co-bots.
Note: this is 1 of 3 sessions running at this time:
- Robotics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Renewable Engineering
*You'll attend any 1 of these sessions during this particular timeslot, and you'll get to take part in all 3 over the course of the day.
Get hands-on experience of Mechanical Engineering in our Thermodynamics lab where you could one day undertake experiments.
Note: this is 1 of 3 sessions running at this time:
- Robotics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Renewable Engineering
*You'll attend any 1 of these sessions during this particular timeslot, and you'll get to take part in all 3 over the course of the day.
Re-fuel; remember to bring your lunch or grab something from one of our cashless cafes on campus.
Take a look at hydrogen power and its uses in every day life in our renewable energy lab.
Note: this is 1 of 3 sessions running at this time:
- Robotics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Renewable Engineering
*You'll attend any 1 of these sessions during this particular timeslot, and you'll get to take part in all 3 over the course of the day.
Discover our facilities and teaching areas across the University.
Use this session to explore the courses we offer at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, what graduates go on to do and ask our students about their studies, experiences and life at University.