Electrical and Railway Engineering MEng

Year 1

Our first year has been designed to provide a contemporary and flexible educational model that builds upon essential engineering fundamentals to develop your broader understanding of behaviour, policy, entrepreneurship, and global perspectives and kindles the passion necessary to address the societal challenge agenda.

The first year is shared across the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering.

• Computing for Engineers
• Electrical Engineering 1
• Engineering Materials
• Engineering Mathematics 1
• Fluid Mechanics and Energy Transfer
• Mechanics 1

You’ll extend your technical understanding and learn how to apply your knowledge and creativity to solving electrical and railway engineering problems. You’ll focus on designing real control systems and embedded systems. You will come to understand power transmission, railway infrastructure and traction systems. All modules compulsory.

• Digital Electronics and Electrical Machines - 20 credits
• Engineering Mathematics 2 - 20 credits
• Electronic Circuits and Devices and Electromagnetics - 20 credits
• Microprocessors and Control Systems - 20 credits
• Railway Traction - 20 credits
• Railway Infrastructure Engineering - 20 credits

During your third year you will solve real-world problems through a challenging individual design project in the railway sector. You will study railway operations and management and train control. All modules compulsory.

• Electronic Engineering - 20 credits
• Engineering Mathematics 3 - 20 credits
• Railway Design Project - 20 credits
• Railway Management and Control - 20 credits
• Power Electronics and Power systems - 20 credits
• Mechatronic Design - 20 credits

The highlight of the fourth year is a challenging individual research project. You will, in addition, study a range of advanced railway engineering topics, with significant input from practicing railway engineers.

• Individual Project - 40 credits
• Advanced Topics in Railway Engineering - 20 credits
• Sensing and Control for Autonomous Systems - 20 credits
• Railway Synoptic Project - 20 credits

Choose 20 credits. Example optional modules may include:

• Power System Economics - 20 credits
• Power Systems Operation and Control - 20 credits
• Renewable Energy Systems Integration - 20 credits
• Power Systems Stability Control and Protection - 20 credits

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to core modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.