MEng Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Industry

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MEng Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Industry

  • Objectives This course is the same as our standard four-year MEng course with an additional year working in a mechanical engineering company. This industrial experience will put your academic studies into context and improve your skills and employability, preparing you for career as a graduate engineer. After the year in industry, you will return to the University to complete the final year of your course. During the first two and a half years you will follow a core syllabus aimed at developing the essential skills and knowledge in the fundamentals of mechanical engineering, mathematics and management required of a professional mechanical engineer. These are integrated through laboratory sessions, design projects, group work and tutorials. A special feature of the course is that during the third and fifth years you can choose from a wide range of advanced modules. This enables you to follow the areas of your interest and to prepare for your initial career. In year three there is a group design project. Year four is spent on the industrial replacement. During year five you will undertake a major individual project. There is a degree of flexibility to change between our courses by the end of the first year, by agreement with the Department. This five year course is fully accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and meets the latest requirements for entry to the profession as a Chartered Engineer (CEng). Full Chartered Engineer status will require appropriate experience working as a graduate engineer.
  • Entry requirements Entry requirements An individual tailored offer may be made dependent on achievement, potential and motivation evident in UCAS application and interview. GCE/VCE A Levels - 340 points from 3 A Levels, or 2 A Levels and 2 AS Levels Scottish Highers - 340 points from 3 AH or 2 AH & 2 H, incl. AH Maths and laboratory-based science Irish Leaving Cert. - 340 points from 5 Highers incl. 77 in Maths and laboratory-based science HL BTEC Level N - 320 points from 18 units including distinction in Further Maths International Baccalaureate - 32 points incl. 6 HL in Maths and Physics Core Requirements - GCE A Level Mathematics, plus GCE A Level in Design and Technology, or a laboratory-based science, or a grade B in GCE AS Level Physics
  • Academic title MEng Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Industry
  • Course description Our students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.

    Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.

    Important notice :
    This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.

    This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.

    Typical First Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Design Skills  10
     
    Design and Manufacturing  10
     
    Engineering Mechanics  10
     
    Fundamental Engineering Mechanics  10
     
    Manufacturing Technology  10
     
    Materials Under Stress  10
     
    Mathematical Skills for the Engineer A  10
     
    Mechanical Engineering Techniques  10
     
    Solids, Liquids and Gases  10
     
    Thermofluids  10
     
    Mathematical Techniques  20
     
    Enterprise and Technology  10
     
    Essential Mathematical Techniques A  10
     
    Typical Second Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Business Skills for the Engineer  10
     
    Computational and Numerical Methods  10
     
    Design of Engineering Components  10
     
    Design of Structures, Machines and Systems  10
     
    Dynamics of Structures and Machines  10
     
    Electric Circuits  10
     
    Fluids Engineering  10
     
    Manufacturing Systems  10
     
    Materials Processing  10
     
    Mathematics for Engineering Modelling  10
     
    Mechanics of Deformable Solids  10
     
    Thermodynamic Cycles and Heat Transfer  10
     
    Typical Third Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Group Design Project  20
     
    Engineering Management  10
     
    Experiments and Modelling  10
     
    Flow and Power  10
     
    Integrity of Materials and Components  10
     
    Manufacturing Systems  10
     
    Mechatronics  10
     
    The Professional Responsibility of Engineers  10
     
    Advanced Fluid Mechanics  10
     
    Advanced Mechanics of Solids  10
     
    Applied Noise and Vibration  10
     
    Energy: Properties and Optimisation  10
     
    Finite Element Techniques  10
     
    Innovation Management  10
     
    Mathematics (Computational Methods)  10
     
    Renewable Energy  10
     
    Robot Technology  10
     
    Typical Fourth Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Individual Project  40
     
    Aero Propulsion  10
     
    Aerodynamic Design  10
     
    Aerospace Systems and Structures  10
     
    Composites, Nanocomposites and Mulitphase Materials  10
     
    Computational Fluid Dynamics  10
     
    Computer Modelling and Validation  10
     
    Condition Monitoring  10
     
    Control of Structural Vibrations  10
     
    Design for a Sustainable Environment  10
     
    Engineering Composite Materials  10
     
    Environmental Protection  10
     
    Experimental Stress Analysis  10
     
    Fundamental Biomechanics  10
     
    High Temperature Deformation and Fracture  10
     
    Marketing Management  10
     
    Nuclear Reactor Engineering  10
     
    Oil and Gas Utilisation  10
     
    Reciprocating Engines  10
     
    Renewable Energy  10
     
    Signal Processing and Instrumentation  10
     
    Sports Engineering  10
     
    Structural Vibration: Analysis and Practice  10
     
    Technology Strategy and Business Planning  10
     
    Theory and Application of Turbulence  10
     
    Thermal Waste and Biomass Treatment Technologies  10
     
    Tribology of Machine Elements  10
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