Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)

Level 4 (first year of study) helps you to develop the skills and techniques used by all engineers and which are taught right across our entire engineering programme. At Levels 5 and 6, your study will focus on the mechanical design process, materials, mechanical and fluid systems, business and programming. Optional specialist modules may include subjects such as Power Plant and Clean Technology. Level 6 will include your major individual project which may be inspired by your employment. As well as using specialist knowledge, this along with underpinning modules, will provide an opportunity for you to be able to consider the legal, ethical and environmental impact of engineering decisions on society.

Student learning opportunities include classroom-based and e-learning and involve a broad spectrum of activities appropriate to the learning outcomes and the assessment methods. These activities range from entirely self-managed study, timet-abled formal lectures, tutorials, laboratory based work and presentations. Students have opportunities to use and develop theoretical knowledge, computer based models, and to design, implement and test. The transferable skills of presenting, writing, discussing, working with others, and managing one's own time are developed throughout the award.
Practical Laboratory assignments / Log books / Reports / Computer based simulation exercises Learning opportunities are provided by practical work in laboratory based assignments for which students maintain a log book and produce a report. The practical work may take the form of experimental test measurements, building items of technical equipment, undertaking design work or implementing web-based or other computer-based solutions.
Presentations and oral examinations Opportunities are provided in assignments in which presentations, as well as project management techniques, team working, design and written reports, play a part. Students also participate in a `Graduate Exhibition showing their final year project work.
Problem solving exercises Problem solving activities are undertaken by the students at all levels. As a formal component of modules, tutors set problems for students to tackle on which assessment may be based. The level of challenge ranges from fundamental knowledge to those that develop a deeper understanding.
Design tasks Design skills are introduced and developed through tutorials, problem solving exercises, and final year projects. Design requires knowledge and understanding, a requirement and specification, the tools and techniques to design, realise and test, and the project management skills to manage the process.
Individual projects and reports All students undertake a final year project and produce a proposal, and final report. Students are required to review published literature and other relevant published works, and to set their work in the context of other work in the field. The final assessment includes presentation and interview.