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FdEng Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate

In Sheffield ()

£ 6,000 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

Course description
We designed this course for people in full-time employment in mechanical engineering who want to work towards registration as a professional engineer.
In addition to the industry you currently work in you learn about the role of mechanical engineers in industries including • transport • communications • raw materials • energy • aerospace • brewing • mechanical equipment • pollution control.
With this broader view of mechanical engineering, your career could take you into areas such as product design, development and testing or working as part of a team of design engineers. You might also find yourself working as a production engineer. Production engineers are organisers and planners, usually working with state-of-the-art, flexible manufacturing and computer-controlled facilities.
This course allows you to study part-time at the University and do one work-based learning module in your workplace each year. Your employer must agree to give you the time and technical support you need to do this work during your working week.
You study modules including
• engineering mechanics
• thermodynamics
• fluid flow
• manufacturing processes employed in industry
• relevant control and instrumentation
You also learn to use computer-aided design techniques and other computer applications of relevance to a mechanical engineer.
The work-based learning modules cover
• engineering practice and personal skills development
• investigation into a technical and commercial aspects of a product or process route at your company
• a major project
After successfully completing this foundation degree, you can apply for two more years of part-time study to gain a BEng (Honours) Mechanical Engineering.
Professional recognition
Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partially meeting the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as an...

About this course

If you are already working full time as an engineer but would like to work towards registration as an engineer then this course is suited to you. The course fits around your work with part-time and work-based modules. You learn about core aspects of mechanical engineering such as thermodynamics and computer-aided design techniques.

Entry requirements
2017 entry requirements
Normally GCSEs grade C or above in four subjects including mathematics and English language, plus one of the following
• an EdExcel/BTEC/SCOTVEC National Certificate or Diploma in a science or technology-based subject, including passes in mathematics and two other science or technology-based modules at NIII level
• at least two GCE A levels, to include mathematics or other acceptable mathematics-based subject, plus at least one other from physics, physical science, engineering science, computer science, technology, chemistry or other...

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Subjects

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Design
  • Materials
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Engineering
  • Part Time
  • Production

Course programme

Course structure

Typically part-time for three years

Typical modules may include

Year one modules

• engineering principles • mechanical engineering 1 • engineering mathematics • engineering practice (work-based module)

Year two modules

• mechanical engineering 2a • engineering materials and manufacturing processes • engineering control and instrumentation • computing for engineers • product/process design and management (work-based module)

Year three modules

• mathematics for mechanical engineering • mechanical engineering 2b • computer aided design • engineering design and manufacture • project (work-based module)

FdEng Mechanical Engineering

£ 6,000 + VAT