Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year) MEng

Master

In Brighton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

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

Year 1 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Electrical Circuits & Devices
  • Engineering Maths 1A
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Programming for Engineers
Spring teaching
  • Electromechanics
  • Engineering Maths 1B
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Global Design Challenge
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

Autumn teaching
  • Design for Manufacture
  • Engineering Fluid Mechanics
  • Engineering Mathematics 2
  • Principles and Applications of Strength of Materials
Spring teaching
  • Computer Aided Design and Modelling
  • Professional and Managerial Skills
  • Systems Analysis and Control
  • Thermal Power Cycles
Placement

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.
You develop your technical, team-working and transferable skills, and apply what you have learnt in your studies to a business environment.

Year 3 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Business and Project Management
  • Dynamics of Machines & Vehicles
Autumn and spring teaching
  • Individual Project
Spring teaching
  • Design of Mechanisms and Machines
  • Heat Transfer
Options

Autumn teaching
  • Engine Technology
  • Fundamental Computational Fluid Dynamics
Spring teaching
  • Electrical Drive Systems
  • Sensor Systems & Applications
  • Vehicle Technology

Year 4 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Advanced Thermofluids
  • Marketing Analysis and Financial Strategic Planning
  • Mechanical Dynamics
Autumn and spring teaching
  • MEng Group Project
Options

Spring teaching
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Heat Transfer Applications
  • Image Processing
  • Strategic Management - Engineering module


Additional information

International students Fee :  £20,750 per year

Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year) MEng

£ 9,250 VAT inc.