Undergraduate study
     

Engineering

We find engineering in all aspects of our lives, from computers to bridge building, machinery to energy production and food manufacture. We live in a rapidly changing world and, as technology develops, engineers need the knowledge and skills to adapt.

We offer an International Foundation Year (Science & Engineering) for if you are an international student with a science and mathematics background, but who may benefit from improving your English language and study skills before joining an undergraduate science or engineering degree course.

Engineering

The University is well placed to provide a suite of engineering degrees relevant to today's employers. Teesside is a major international centre for the chemical and process industries and is home to some of the most advanced pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies in the world. The region also hosts major international engineering design and construction industries. We enjoy close links with these engineering industries, many of which are involved in the design and delivery of our courses to ensure these meet the demands of the workplace.

The core philosophy behind all our engineering courses is our aim to ‘develop the problem solvers, innovators and leaders of the future’.

Accreditation

Accreditation exists to certify the quality of science, engineering and technology programmes. To become a registered professional engineer (that is a chartered engineer in the UK) then an important first step is to graduate with an accredited engineering degree. Accredited BEng courses can partly satisfy the requirements for chartered engineer (CEng) status. If you complete an accredited BEng course then you will require a matching postgraduate master’s course (MSc) to reach CEng level. Accredited undergraduate master’s courses in engineering, commonly known as MEng courses, can satisfy the full academic requirement towards CEng status.

Our BEng (Hons) courses are currently accredited, as appropriate, by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the Institute of Measurement and Control (IMC). Our BEng (Hons) Instrumentation and Control has dual accreditation from both the IET and the IMC. Also, our Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering with Disaster Management courses are accredited by four different professional bodies: the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Institution of Highways and Transportation and the Institute of Highways Incorporated Engineers.

Our MEng courses are designed for ‘high-flyers’. They incorporate technical subjects which provide a deeper level of knowledge and understanding, but also include management and leadership skills to enable graduates to become leaders in their chosen fields. All our BEng courses are currently accredited, and we confidently expect that our MEng courses will be accredited to full CEng status by the appropriate professional institutions. The structure of our programmes allows you to transfer between BEng and MEng programmes up to the end of your second year of study.

Engagement with industry and employers

If you participate in our innovative Employer Mentoring Scheme you will gain a head start towards a successful career. By linking undergraduate students to successful practising professionals, scientists and engineers, our Employer Mentoring Scheme helps you gain a clear understanding of the needs of employers. This ensures that you identify and develop the skill sets and attributes you will need in order to be successful in your chosen careers.
Whichever course you choose, you can forge links with industrial companies, especially if you undertake an industrial professional training year. We can help you find sponsorship, industrial professional training or an industry-based final-year project.

First-class facilities

You'll study in the Stephenson Building, a purpose-built, high-quality learning environment. Alongside seminar rooms and a 200-seat lecture theatre there are specialist engineering laboratories. These include designated areas for the built environment, computer-aided design and manufacture, control systems, electrotechnology and telecommunications. Specialist pilot plant facilities for chemical and mechanical engineering are close by in the Orion Building.

A new nanotechnology facility allows typical semiconductor processes such as photolithography, and material deposition and etching techniques to be carried out in a controlled environment. Other microfabrication systems are integrated into the facility, together with atomic force microscopy equipment.

Research and enterprise

Research and innovation is carried out within the Technology Futures Institute with areas of focus which include process innovation, engineering and technology management and sustainability. We generate annual income in excess of £2m for this activity. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 80% of our engineering research activity was judged to be at international level, with the remainder being nationally recognised. A substantial 25% of our international-level research was rated as being internationally excellent.

Engineering

Excellent prospects

From the curriculum of our courses to our Employer Mentoring Scheme, everything is designed to produce highly employable graduates for a career in a range of engineering, industrial and contracting companies. In addition to theoretical and technical knowledge, you gain practical experience plus a range of transferable skills, including communication, analytical and IT skills.

Factfile

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  • All our BEng (Hons) engineering courses are professionally accredited (some with dual or multiple accreditation)
  • Our MEng (Hons) courses are being assessed for accreditation to CEng level
  • The University is located in the heart of one of the UK's most important engineering regions and our courses are developed in close collaboration with industry
  • We provide our students with the opportunity to join our professional mentoring scheme from their first year of study
  • Our research activity keeps us at the cutting edge of developments - 80% is rated either internationally recognised or excellent, the remainder is nationally recognised (Research Assessment Exercise, 2008)