Engineering
BEng (Hons) Instrumentation and Control Engineering
- Length: 3/4 years
- UCAS code: H660 BEng/ICNE
- Typical offer: individualised offer following an interview or 280 tariff points. See entry requirements.
- sse-admissions@tees.ac.uk
- T: 01642 342499
- Part-time study available
This well-established course deals with the theory, design and use of sensors, instruments, computers and control systems for automation. It is an essential element in a diverse range of sectors within science and engineering, such as aerospace, nuclear, chemical, pharmaceutical, environment, safety systems, electrical generation and supply. This course aims to develop the knowledge, skills and personal qualities necessary in the instrumentation and control profession.
What you study
Year 1 provides a broad foundation to the subject area. Year 2 provides more advanced study and introduces more discipline-related subjects and your final year provides advanced study and allows you to specialise further in instrumentation and control or to extend your knowledge into electrical engineering.
How you learn
You will have a range of lectures, small-group tutorials and hands-on laboratory sessions. Part of your course will also involve a substantial research-based project.
The course has been designed to provide a number of contact teaching and assessment hours (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, projects, examinations), but you are also expected to spend time on your own, called ‘self-study’ time, to review lecture notes, prepare coursework assignments, work on projects and revise for assessments. Each year of full-time study consists of modules totalling 120 credits and each unit of credit corresponds to ten hours of learning and assessment (contact hours plus self-study hours). So, during one year of full-time study you can expect to have 1,200 hours of learning and assessment.
How you are assessed
Your course will involve a range of types of assessment including coursework assignments, laboratory work, presentations and tests.
Professional placements
You are encouraged to spend your third year on an industrial placement. This provides the opportunity to gain relevant professional experience to enhance your technical knowledge and can improve employment prospects. Some find employment with their placement company after graduating.
Professional accreditation
This course has dual accreditation by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and by the Institute of Measurement and Control.
Career opportunities
Instrumentation and Control graduates can be involved in activities such as:
- the design and maintenance of multimillion-pound chemical plants and manufacturing plants
- the development of advanced measurement and control systems
- environmental analysis and monitoring.
They contribute to almost every area of modern manufacturing, service and financial industries. Graduates from this course have found employment worldwide in a range of industrial and contracting companies including ABB, BASF, BNFL, Honeywell, Tioxide, Kavaerner, Sabic and Huntsman.
Entry requirements
Applicants are normally invited for an interview which enables them to see our excellent facilities and meet the staff and students. Each applicant will receive an individualised offer following an interview. In cases where an interview cannot take place the typical offer will be 280 tariff points from at least two A levels or equivalent, one of which should be in mathematics or physics or have substantial relevant mathematical content.
Applications from suitably-motivated mature students and those with other equivalent qualifications are warmly welcomed.
For additional information please see the standard University entry requirements.
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Modules
Year 1 core modules
- Digital Electronics and Microprocessors
- Electrical and Electronic Principles
- Engineering Materials
- Engineering Mathematics
- Laboratory Skills for Electrical and Instrument Engineers
- Physics and Instrumentation
- Professional Skills
Year 2 core modules
- Electrical Machines
- Electronics and Networks
- Embedded Systems
- Instrumentation and Control Design
- Linear Systems and Control
- Management and Leadership Skills
- Mathematics for Electrical and Instrument Engineers
- Measurement Systems
Final-year core modules
- Analytical Measurement Systems
- Control
- Employment Skills
- Interdisciplinary Group Project
- Programmable Logic Controllers and Distributed Control Systems
- Project
- Smart Sensors
Non-credit bearing optional modules
- A foreign language: German, French, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin)
- In-sessional Academic English (for international students)
- Professional Mentoring
You may select one or more of these modules.
Modules offered may vary.