Undergraduate study
     

Engineering

MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

  • Length: 4/5 years
  • UCAS code: H301 MEng/MEE
  • Typical offer: individualised offer following an interview or 280 tariff points
 

Mechanical engineers' analytical and problem-solving skills are in great demand. This course will equip you for a career in this challenging and rewarding profession. It is a broad course which covers modern mechanical engineering subjects relevant to the energy, automotive, aerospace and nuclear industries, to name just a few. You'll benefit from the research undertaken by our academic staff as they integrate their results into the course programme. Close links with the local engineering industry and international companies ensure the employability of our graduates. You participate in several group design projects, and may have the opportunity to work within a group which is tasked to design and build a Formula Student racing car (see www.formulastudent.com/).

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 and examinations.

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. Current sponsors include ABB, BNFL, Dupont and TATA.

Professional accreditation

This course is in the process of being accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers towards full CEng membership.

Career opportunities

Graduates are typically employed in technical positions in engineering, research and development, the automotive, manufacturing, processing and chemical industries, as well as management positions.

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 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

Mechanical Engineering

Year 1 core modules

Year 2 core modules

Year 3 core modules

  • Advanced Mechanics of Materials
  • Aerodynamics
  • Applied Dynamics
  • Employment Skills
  • Individual Project (MEng Part I)
  • Interdisciplinary Group Project (MEng)

and one optional module

Final-year core modules

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Finite Element Methods
  • Individual Project (MEng Part II)
  • Interdisciplinary Group Project
  • Leadership and Entrepreneurship

and one optional module

  • CAD/CAM and Product Development
  • Continuum Mechanics (Solids and Fluids)
  • Engineering Project Management
  • Fire and Explosion Mitigation Engineering
  • Management of Change
  • Manufacturing Systems
  • Quality and Supply Chain Management
  • Renewable Energy
  • Resource Management and Energy Systems

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.