Mechanical Engineering - MEng

Bachelor's degree

In Bristol

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why study MEng Mechanical Engineering?
Mechanical engineers play an important role in many of the products in the world around us. This involvement can range from design, manufacture and development, through to the management or marketing of products. With a degree in Mechanical Engineering, you have the opportunity to use your skills in whatever sector you wish.
Why study our course?
Accredited by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), this course shares elements with the first year of the aerospace and automotive engineering degrees. So after developing a strong grounding in the fundamentals of engineering in your first year, there's the option to transfer onto one of these. As you progress, you will increase your understanding of stress analysis, dynamics, heat transfer, mechatronics, materials and manufacture together with learning industry standard software before you specialise in your final year. Throughout the course, you will get lots of hands-on experience testing theories in our well-equipped laboratories.
Real world experience
To make sure that you're industry ready when you graduate, the course is developed alongside our partner employers. These provide placement opportunities as well as advice on CV-writing, interview techniques and industry issues. You will also get an inside track of the profession through scheduled factory visits and professional briefings with industry leading organisations across the UK.
Where it can take you
In addition to traditional engineering jobs, mechanical engineers are sought after for the product development process and are highly regarded in the world of financial business. They are also in demand to help maximise usage of high capital plants and operations such as power stations, oil refineries and hospitals.
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Facilities

Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)
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Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY

Start date

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About this course

Professional accreditation
This degree is accredited by The Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Students completing an IMechE accredited degree are deemed to have met, part or all, of the academic requirements for registration as a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer, and are in a strong position to move on to achieve professional engineering status after a period of initial professional development in industry.
This MEng fully meets the academic requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).
Placements
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Subjects

  • Engineering
  • Industry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Part Time
  • Project
  • Design
  • Materials
  • Teaching
  • Learning Teaching
  • Heat Transfer
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Testing
  • Automotive

Course programme

Content

The first year provides a basic grounding in the fundamentals of engineering. All the modules are core, meaning they have much in common with our aerospace and automotive engineering degrees. It is possible to transfer between degrees on successful completion of the first year.

The second year takes analytical subjects, including maths, into more depth and covers areas such as stress analysis, dynamics and heat transfer, using a wide range of specialist laboratories.

You will remain on the MEng award if your performance in Year two meets progression criteria.

In the final year (BEng) or two years (MEng), there is a significant amount of choice within the programme, allowing you to specialise, perhaps with your chosen career in mind. The extra year for MEng students includes study at Master's Level, and a much larger research project.

Year one

  • Stress and Dynamics
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Design, Materials and Manufacturing
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy and Thermodynamics

Year two

  • Design and Electromechanical Systems
  • Heat Transfer, Power and the Environment
  • Engineering Mat hematics 2
  • Dynamics
  • Stress Analysis
  • Project Management

Year three

  • Control Engineering
  • Vibrational Dynamics
  • Computational Methods
  • Individual Project MEng A

Choose one of the following:

  • Composite Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Materials and Structures for Special Applications

Plus one of the following:

  • Thermofluid Systems
  • Energy Technologies

And one of the following:

  • Business Environment
  • Industrial Placement

Students can exit after Year three with BEng or continue to Year four and complete the MEng.

Year four

  • Individual Project MEng B
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Masters Group Project
  • Innovations in Operations Management

Plus two from the following:

  • Design of Fluid Systems
  • Structural Integrity in Design
  • Industrial Applications of Vision and Automation

Please note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery, the same modules will be studied over a longer period and the structure will differ.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

As well as a concentrated programme of lectures and tutorials, you will undertake experimental laboratory work, engineering fabrication, drawing and design, computing and application based mini-projects. You will use a wide range of experimental facilities including stress analysis, testing and materials selection, dynamics and vibration, thermofluids, energy conservation and control, aerodynamics (high speed and low speed wind tunnels), electronics and computing, manufacture, advanced manufacture and robotics.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Study time

This course is available to study on a part-time day release basis. Modules are structured to allow you to attend lectures and tutorial sessions one day per week therefore minimising the time spent away from the work place.

Dependent on entry qualifications, you can generally complete the course within six years. A large proportion of our part-time students are supported by their employer.

A key benefit of studying part-time means you can put your learning directly into practice, and where possible you can use work-related problems in projects.

Assessment

All material is normally assessed by either assignments or examinations. In the final year, individual and group project reports and their presentation form part of the assessment.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.

Mechanical Engineering - MEng

£ 9,250 + VAT