Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year) MEng
Master
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
4 Years
Our Mechanical Engineering MEng provides you with the training to lead multidisciplinary teams in the development of complex systems. These include such sustainable power generation, power-trains for automotive vehicles, and jet engines for aircraft propulsion.
You’ll study in our £12-million Future Technologies Labs, dedicated to teaching and research in computing, robotics, electronics and mechatronics.
You also have the opportunity to apply for a year working in industry.
The Masters-level study of your fourth year provides a faster route to achieving full Chartered Engineer status.
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About this course
Recent Engineering graduates have gone on to jobs as:
graduate mechanical engineer, Southern Water
aviation analyst, International Bureau of Aviation
mechanical design engineer, Robinson Associates.
You should have a broad range of GCSEs grade 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
Start your career ahead of the competition with our respected industry accreditation.
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Subjects
- Mechanical Engineering
- Design
- Team Training
- Engineering
- Engineering Maths
- Manufacturing Processes
- Electromechanics
- Global Design
- Design for Manufacture
- Fluid Mechanics
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- Electrical Circuits & Devices
- Engineering Maths 1A
- Materials and Manufacturing Processes
- Programming for Engineers
- Electromechanics
- Engineering Maths 1B
- Engineering Mechanics
- Engineering Thermodynamics
- Global Design Challenge
You join all first-year students in the School of Engineering and Informatics in a team-based, week-long activity, the Global Design Challenge. Each team designs a solution to a problem faced by a community in the developing world. You develop transferable skills, benefiting both your studies and your future employability.
Year 2 at sussex
- Design for Manufacture
- Engineering Fluid Mechanics
- Engineering Mathematics 2
- Principles and Applications of Strength of Materials
- Computer Aided Design and Modelling
- Professional and Managerial Skills
- Systems Analysis and Control
- Thermal Power Cycles
An industrial placement gives you the chance to spend a year working with an organisation, in an area relevant to your course, while being paid. It’s a proven way to fast-track your career. Recent students have gone on placements at:
- EDF Energy
- GE Aviation
- YASA Motors.
Year 3 at sussex
Autumn teaching
- Business and Project Management
- Dynamics of Machines & Vehicles
- Individual Project
- Design of Mechanisms and Machines
- Heat Transfer
Autumn teaching
- Engine Technology
- Fundamental Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Electrical Drive Systems
- Sensor Systems & Applications
- Vehicle Technology
Year 4 at sussex
Autumn teaching
- Advanced Thermofluids
- Marketing Analysis and Financial Strategic Planning
- Mechanical Dynamics
- MEng Group Project
Spring teaching
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Finite Element Analysis
- Heat Transfer Applications
- Image Processing
- Strategic Management - Engineering module
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Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year) MEng