Engineering

This course has been designed for students currently holding a UK Level 5 Higher National Diploma (HND) or an overseas equivalent qualification in the general area of mechanical or automotive engineering and who wish to further their educational development to degree level. The programme deepens and enhances your knowledge of subject areas you have previously studied as part of an HND, Foundation Degree or equivalent, and in doing so also opens up the opportunity for graduates to seek further postgraduate study leading to a Master’s level award.

The programme provides you with a rounded knowledge and understanding of automotive engineering, and the skills to analyse complex mechanical engineering problems that you would expect to come across in the automotive industry. You learn a spectrum of automotive engineering skills and transferable and team-working skill-sets that employers view as important.

How you learn

The programme comprises a total of 120 credits accumulated from class room based modules, laboratory based modules, a Group Design Project and an Individual Engineering Project.

The course provides a number of contact teaching and assessment hours (lectures, tutorials, laboratories, projects, examinations etc), but you are expected to spend time on your own, called 'self-study' time, to review lecture notes, prepare course work assignments, work on projects and revise for assessments. For example, each 20 credit module typically has around 200 hours of “learning time”. In most cases, around 60 hours will be spent in lectures, tutorials and laboratories. The remaining learning time is for you to use to gain a deeper understanding of the subject.

Each year of full-time study consists of modules totalling 120 credits, hence, during one year of full-time study you can expect to have 1200 hours of learning and assessment.

How you are assessed

Modules are assessed by a variety of methods including examination and in-course assessment with some utilising other approaches such as group-work or verbal/poster presentations.

Professional accreditation

The programme has been designed to the meet the requirements of the Engineering Council for accreditation to IEng level. An application for accreditation will follow in due course.
Students successfully completing this BEng Tech course with at least 2.2 honours will be eligible to apply for a place on a related engineering postgraduate Masters programme at Teesside University.

Career opportunities

Graduates in automotive engineering generally secure employment in automotive industries and companies which form the supply chain for these industries.

Automotive engineers, like mechanical engineers, could find themselves working in a variety of different sections covering areas such as: Vehicle Design, Vehicle Dynamics, Performance, Safety Engineering, Fuel Economy/Emissions, NVH Engineering (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness), Manufacturing and Assembly Feasibility, just to name a few.

Students successfully completing this course with at least 2.2 honours will be able to apply for further study on one of several postgraduate MSc programmes in areas which include mechanical engineering, manufacturing, engineering management and project management.

Entry requirements

Acceptable qualifications for entry include a Level 5 HND or Foundation Degree or equivalent overseas Diploma in a closely related subject. For example, if you have studied an Edexcel HND a minimum of 120 credits must be at level 5 or equivalent with at least 5 merits at level 5.

All UK students will be expected to have achieved at least a grade C in English at GCSE level, or other equivalent qualification. International students will be required to have achieved at least IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in each component (or equivalent).

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