Description

Type

Bachelor's degree
Location

Bristol

Start date

Different dates available

Why BEng(Hons) Automotive Engineering?
The automotive industry is set for global growth over the next decade. Environmental challenges mean new vehicles must be cleaner and more efficient, and urbanisation is driving a need for better transport solutions. This will lead to increasing demand for professionals with the right knowledge and skills in automotive design and manufacture.
Why study our course?
On this course you will develop a strong grounding in mathematics, design, manufacturing and mechanical engineering. As you progress, you will study automotive manufacturing, engine systems, vehicle dynamics, materials, structures and safety. Throughout the course, you will get hands-on experience testing designs for automotive projects using our facilities.
Real world experience
To give you the inside track on the industry, our teaching is informed by industry experts, we arrange factory visits and professional briefings from leading automotive organisations. With work placements ranging from product development, vehicle dynamics and design to manufacturing, you can gain experience and decide where to specialise on graduation. You can compete with UWE Racing, our multi-disciplinary student team, which achieves regular success at the annual Formula Student competition.
Where it can take you
On graduation, careers range from automotive design to manufacture and maintenance. There are opportunities to go into pioneering research on the next wave of green and sustainable transport technologies.
Depending on your second year results, you may have the opportunity to transfer to the four-year MEng Automotive Engineering course, which fully meets the academic requirements to become a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Facilities

Bristol (Avon)

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Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY

Start date

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About this course

Course objectives

Professional accreditation
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has awarded accreditation to this course. 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 accreditation underlines the strong emphasis that UWE Bristol places on employability.
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Students who do a work placement are more likely...

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Automotive
Engineering
Design
Automotive Engineering
Industry
Teaching
Learning Teaching
Materials
GCSE Mathematics
Mathematics

Course programme

Content

Year 0 (Foundation Year)

You will study the following modules:

Engineering Experimentation
Foundation Group Project
Foundation Mechanics
Foundation Maths, Algebra and Calculus
Introduction to Mechatronics

You will study the Foundation Year alongside students from our other Engineering and Maths courses, and so you may be able to transfer to a course in one of these areas at the end of the Foundation Year.

The normal expectation is that you must pass all Year 0 modules before progressing to Year 1.

Year 1

You will study the following compulsory modules:

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

Year 2

You will study the following compulsory modules:

Automotive Technology
Design and Electromechanical Systems
Engineering Mathematics 2
Stress Analysis
Dynamics
Project Management

Option to switch to the MEng Automotive Engineering subject to satisfactory marks at the end of the second year.

Placement Year

We recommend that students take this opportunity to do a year-long placement in industry or research. However, this is not necessary and students can enter the third year immediately after Year 2.

Year 3

You will study the following compulsory modules:

Dynamics and Structures
Computational Methods

You will choose from one of the following optional modules:

Business Environment
Industrial Placement

Plus one of the following optional modules:

Automotive Manufacturing
Motorsport Performance

Plus one of the following modules:

Individual Project BEng - if you wish to exit with a BEng
Individual Project MEng A - if you wish to continue with an MEng

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 connected programme of lectures and tutorials, you will undertake experimental laboratory work, engineering fabrication, drawing and design, computing and application based mini-projects.

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

Assessment

You will be assessed through a combination of examinations and assignments. Formal presentations form part of the assessment for some modules.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.

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