Mechanical Engineering MEng/BEng(Hons)

Why choose this course?

Mechanical engineering degrees explore the processes by which mechanical products and systems are designed and manufactured. The BEng and MEng routes are accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. These routes of Kingston's mechanical engineering programme lead towards Chartered Engineer status. They provide a strong base of technical abilities together with sound management and personal skills.

What will you study?

MEng and BEng students take the same modules until Year 3 when the routes diverge. The MEng contains an extra year of advanced-level study and can provide a faster route to CEng status. The course covers the technical and non-technical subjects that underpin mechanical engineering practices. You will study applied mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electronics, control and computing. You will also have the chance to extend your maths and project management abilities, and understanding of the business world.

This degree has been accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMecE) under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. The MEng route fully satisifes the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng); the BEng route partially satisfies the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) – a programme of accredited further learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng.

Accreditation is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC). An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng). Some employers recruit preferentially from accredited degrees, and an accredited degree is likely to be recognised by other countries that are signatories to international accords. 

Please check the Engineering Council course search for more information.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Engineering Mathematics 1
• Stress Analysis, Structures and Dynamics
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
• Engineering Materials
• Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Computing
• Engineering Design
• Engineering Applications
• Professional Practice
• Language option

Year 2

• Engineering Mathematics 2
• Applied Mechanics
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
• Electronics and Control
• Engineering Computing
• Engineering Design and Materials
• Engineering Design and Manufacture
• Project Engineering
• Language option

Year 3/4

• Stress Analysis and Materials Technology
• Energy Systems
• Dynamics and Control
• Mechatronics Design
• Business Applications in Engineering

• Business Applications in Engineering

  This module develops the management and business competencies that you will need as a professional engineer. It aims to stimulate your interest in the business world and broaden you knowledge of how individual companies and other organisations work. You cover:

  • the business environment and the driving forces that affect the growth of businesses;
  • how businesses compete successfully, and how success is measured and performance compared;
  • profit and loss calculations, cash flows and balance sheets;
  • the need for and use of budgets;
  • the choices available in the pursuit or growth and success;
  • the concept of strategic marketing; and
  • how international trade works and the factors to be considered in 'going international'.
  
   
• BEng: Group Design Project
• BEng: Individual Project
• MEng: Further Mathematics
• MEng: Computer-aided Engineering
• MEng: Computational Techniques
• Materials for Extreme Conditions (MEng option module)
• Quality and Condition Monitoring (MEng option module)
• Language option

Year 4/5

• MEng: Key Management Systems
• MEng: Financial Resource Management
• MEng: Individual Project
• MEng: Group Design Project
• MEng: Computational Fluid Dynamics
• MEng: Advanced Stress and Finite Elements Analysis
• Language option
• Option modules (eg Mechanical Motion and Control, Mechatronics and Automation Systems, Green Engineering and Energy Efficiency)