BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Composites
Bachelor's degree
In Plymouth
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Plymouth
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
October
Are you interested in a career in the composites industry? Increasingly, the first choice for high performance aircraft, cars and boats, are advanced lightweight and corrosion-resistant composites. Be at the forefront with a course unique in the UK, which provides you with a grounding in mechanical engineering, and design and manufacturing skills in advanced composites materials. You’ll join a course with excellent employment prospects,90 per cent of our graduates go into work or further study.
You will develop a strong foundation in mechanical engineering principles and materials science. You’ll experience modern laboratory facilities for your core practical work. You’ll benefit from working on industrially relevant problems within composite materials and design of composite structures. You’ll also benefit from an optional 48 week paid work placement.
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UCAS tariff
112 - 120
A level: typical offer will be 120 points including minimum grade C in mathematics and minimum grade C in second science/technology/relevant subject (excluding general studies). Applicants with UCAS points lower than the typical offer will be considered on individual case.
BTEC National Diploma/QCF Extended Diploma: DDD in a relevant science or Engineering subject. Must include mathematics units.
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Subjects
- Quality
- Mechanical Engineering
- Design
- Mathematics
- Mechanics
- Materials
- Project
- Engineering
- Quality management
- Quality Training
- GCSE Mathematics
- Electrical Principles
- Design and Engineering
Course programme
In Year 1, you’ll acquire a sound foundation in design, mechanics, materials, electrical principles, thermo-fluids, mathematics and business, learning by actively engaging with real engineering problems. You‘ll undertake a popular hands-on module in manufacturing methods. Modules are shared with the MEng and BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, the MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Composites and the MEng and BEng (Hons) Marine Technology.
Core modules
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A5MFT1 Mech BEng 1 MFT Session
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BPIE115 Stage 1 Mechanical Placement Preparation
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MATH189 Engineering Mathematics
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MATS122 Manufacturing and Materials
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MECH117 Mechanics
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MECH118 Basic Electrical Principles
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MECH120 Skills for Design and Engineering (Mechanical)
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MECH121 Team Engineering (Engineering Design in Action)
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THER104 Introduction to Thermal Principles
In Year 2, you’ll build your knowledge of composite materials in preparation for specialist modules in the final year. The central role of design is used to integrate the learning from other modules on this course, such as structures and materials. You'll also study modules on thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, business dynamics, mathematics and control and quality management.
Core modules
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BPIE215 Stage 2 Mechanical Placement Preparation
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CONT221 Engineering Mathematics and Control
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HYFM230 Fluid Mechanics 1
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MATS234 Materials
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MECH232 Engineering Design
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MFRG208 Quality Management l
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STO208 Business for Engineers
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STRC203 Engineering Structures
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THER207 Applied Thermodynamics
In Year 3, you are strongly encouraged to do a year’s work placement to gain valuable paid professional experience. We will support you to find a placement that is right for you. Our students have worked for a variety of companies from BMW Mini, Bentley, Babcock Marine to NASA. A successful placement could lead to sponsorship in your final year, an industrially relevant final year project, and opportunities for future employment.
Optional modules
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BPIE335 Mechanical Engineering Related Placement
In your final year, you’ll specialise in composites design, engineering and manufacture. You’ll undertake an integrating group design project. Additional modules of study include statistics and quality management. You'll also develop your knowledge and skills through an in-depth project on a topic of your choice.
Core modules
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HYFM322 Computational Fluid Dynamics
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MATS347 Composites Design and Manufacture
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MATS348 Composites Engineering
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MECH340 Engineering Design
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MFRG311 Quality Management II
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PRME307 Honours Project
Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.
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BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Composites