Automotive Engineering (Off Highway)

Bachelor's degree

In Newport

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newport

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The course This entry-level qualification offers good opportunities to progress. Foundation graduates will often work as technicians within engineering companies. The course offers greater opportunities to progress your career than most apprenticeships. Those who achieve good grades often choose to transfer to the BSc (Hons) degree. This course has a mechanical engineering core with a specialism in the design and development of off highway vehicles. The course covers everything from the principles of suspension design, vehicle mobility and properties of off highway terrains, to the electronic control of vehicles and ride and handling optimisation. You will cover not just theory and technical skills but the research and business techniques needed by professional engineers. Industry figures have helped us to develop a comprehensive curriculum combining core engineering subjects with the latest industrial techniques. Much of our teaching is project led, and is designed to develop the professional skills that you will use as a graduate engineer. Work placement All engineering students undertake a 12-month work placement. This gives students the opportunity to work in a professional company and put into practise the theory and applied skills they have developed. This experience is invaluable both for the final year of study and when applying for graduate careers, when most other engineering graduates will not have the same level of workplace experience. Our students spend their year-long placement with companies such as Jaguar Land Rover, Terex, JCB, Caterpillar, and BAE Systems. Past experience shows many students find graduate employment with their placement company. You will be helped to find the right role by an engineering placement manager based at Harper Adams. Accreditation What are Incorporated and Chartered Engineers? The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) describes an Incorporated Engineer as an applications-based engineer who...

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Newport (Shropshire)
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Harper Adams University College, TF10 8NB

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Engineering
  • Design
  • Skills and Training
  • IT Development
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Automotive
  • Teaching
  • Automotive Engineering

Course programme

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Course structure Year 1 6Academic Development 3Personal Development 6Introduction to Research Methods 15Mathematics for Engineers 15Mechanical Science 15Product Design 15Materials for Engineering 15Electrical and Hydraulic Principles 15Vehicle Technology 15Off Road Vehicles Year 2 Placement year Year 3 15Professional Project 15Group Project 15Engineering Science 15Engineering Design 15Manufacturing and Operations Management 15Measurement and Electrical Technology 15Off Road Vehicle Design 15Terramechanics

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Teaching and learning

Your first year will focus on core engineering theory, including design skills, engineering mechanics, maths, and materials. Alongside these generic engineering topics, you will also start to learn the fundamental basis for your area of specialism - whether that be Off Road Vehicle Design or Agricultural Engineering.

This theoretical content is complemented by a range of free practical skills training in areas such as welding, milling, turning and off highway vehicle operation. This mixture of theoretical and practical skills and knowledge is designed to give you the foundation for your development into a professional engineer.

In the second year you will begin to apply this learning to solving real-life engineering problems. Here you will take part in a design-and-build project that you will also test and evaluate – just as you would as a working engineer.

The industrial work placement undertaken by all students is a central element of your development as a professional engineer. We will help you to find a placement within an organization that closely matches your interests and aspirations. The placement year gives you an opportunity to act in a professional capacity inside a real functioning company. You will spend this year using and developing the skills from the first two years of your course within the context of a commercial organisation.

Your development into an industry ready professional engineer will be further enhanced after placement, where you will complete individual industry/research projects as well as group projects. These will involve delivering solutions to real problems for external clients, to whom you will present your findings, and who will help to mark your projects.

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Automotive Engineering (Off Highway)

Price on request