You will study the same courses in the first three years whether you are on the BEng or MEng degree programme.

Year 1

In your first year you will study applicable mathematics, applied mechanics, materials, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, design and manufacture.

Year 2

In your second year you will study further basic engineering subjects including applicable mathematics, applied mechanics, electrical power engineering, engineering computing, materials, power electronics, thermodynamics and design and manufacture.

Year 3

You will study more advanced engineering subjects in third year:

• engineering design
• dynamics, control and fluid power
• heat transfer
• design and manufacture
• materials and manufacture
• mathematical modelling and simulation
• mechanics of materials and structures.

Years 4 and 5

The main route to becoming a fully chartered engineer is through the MEng degree, which usually takes five years. The BEng degree remains popular and can normally be completed in four years. To become a fully chartered engineer with a BEng degree requires further study after graduation, which can be done part-time from work. Your selection for BEng or MEng depends on your progress record in your first three years.

A significant activity in the fourth year is project work aimed at developing your engineering practice experience. You will undertake an individual design project carried out under the personal supervision of a member of staff as well as a multidisciplinary product design group project.

In addition the fourth year includes engineering science options which provide prerequisites for an in-depth fifth-year curriculum. The specific subjects that you take and the amount of time you spend on project work will depend on whether you opt for the BEng or the MEng programmes.

The fifth year provides additional breadth and depth in engineering design. The MEng programme includes the final design project, which could run for two consecutive years (four and five) in collaboration with industry. It also provides additional design management skills and in-depth aspects of engineering sciences.

Compulsory subjects include applied design systems, and entrepreneurship and new business.

In addition to the above you will take some topics from advanced control systems engineering, laser design and applications, materials engineering, and mechanics of solids and structures.

An extensive design project, including studio work, helps to integrate the various engineering skills and to understand the business and social context within which design takes place.You will also take part in a multidisciplinary integrated system design project. You will work in teams alongside students of other engineering disciplines.

The degree programme has very close links with industry, with industrialists contributing to projects, lectures and case studies, as well as vacation and year-out employment opportunities for students.

You can apply to spend one year of your academic studies abroad at an accredited partner university. This would typically be in third year for BEng, or fourth year for MEng, students. In fifth year MEng students can work on their final-year project at overseas institutions.

There is an excellent track record of employment in industry of our recent graduates.

In your third and fourth years, great benefit can be derived by obtaining industrial experience during the summer vacations. You will know enough by then to contribute usefully to the firm’s activities; it enables both you and the company to sound each other out about the prospect of full-time employment after graduation, and it may provide ideas for your final-year project, which can benefit both yourself and the company.