Mechanical Engineering BSc(Hons)

Why choose this course?

This course combines theory with practical applications to give you the opportunity to gain a thorough technical understanding and high-quality engineering skills, together with sound management and personal skills.

The course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and satisfies the academic requirements for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status.

What will you study?

Subjects such as mathematics, mechanical science and thermofluids will provide you with a theoretical background, while subjects such as engineering design and computer-aided engineering will give you the necessary technical skills. You will also gain a knowledge of professional practice, project engineering and business applications.

This degree has been accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. 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

• Technology Mathematics 1
• Structural Mechanics and Dynamics
• Engineering Science
• Engineering Computing
• Materials Engineering
• Professional Practice
• Engineering Design
• Engineering Applications
• Language option

Year 2

• Technology Mathematics 2
• Computer-aided Engineering
• Project Engineering
• Thermofluids
• Engineering Design
• Mechanical Science
• Materials and Processes
• Investigatory Studies and Dissertation
• Language option

Year 3

• Computer-aided Engineering
• Mechatronics
• Manufacturing module
• 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'.
  
   
• Industrial Group Design project
• Individual Project

• Individual Project

  This project can cover any subject area related to the programme of study. A module project supervisor will provide guidance.

  The project will develop your ability to:

  • study a topic in depth, reviewing previous work in the same or allied fields;
  • apply analytical, experimental and computing skills to the solution of engineering problems;
  • collect, interpret and use data;
  • communicate clearly and succinctly orally, graphically and in writing; and
  • work independently.
  
   
• Language option