Mechatronic and Robotic 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

The second year will include a substantial mechatronics group project encompassing electromagnetics, data acquisition, control and embedded computing, which unifies your learning across course modules. 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
• Integrated Design Project 2 - 20 credits
• Mechanics 2 - 20 credits

In the later years of the degree, you will take specialist courses which define your expertise. You will also carry out an individual mechatronics research project, which will be defined in consultation with a subject expert.

• Mechatronic Design - 20 credits
• Integrated Design Project 3 - 20 credits
• Electronic Engineering - 20 credits
• Power Electronics and Power Systems - 20 credits
• Telerobotics, Telepresence and Augmented Reality - 20 credits
• Engineering Mathematics 3 - 20 credits

• Individual Research Project - 40 credits
• Sensing and Control for Autonomous Systems - 20 credits
• Advanced Mechatronic Design Project - 20 credits
• Data Mining and Machine Learning - 20 credits

Example optional modules may include:

• Computer and Communication Networks - 20 credits
• Small Embedded Systems - 20 credits
• Virtual and Mixed Reality Design and Technologies - 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.