James Watt School of Engineering

Engineering Offer Holder Open Day Tuesday 31st March

Below are the details for the Engineering disciplines offer holder day. Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to attend subject talks, take part in laboratory tours, and meet representatives from Engineering student societies.

Lab tour groups will be allocated during the discipline talks. If you are unable to attend a talk, please visit the discipline stand in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub (Level 6, Room 639), where staff will allocate you to a lab tour.

Aerospace Engineering

The information below provides details of the Aerospace Engineering stand, talk and lab tours.

ActivityTimeLocation
Aerospace Engineering Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639
Aerospace Engineering Talk 10:15 - 11:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 641
Lab Tours

Tour group assigned at the end of the talk

Group A: 11:30 - 12:30

Group B: 13:00 - 14:00

Meeting point: James Watt South Building Foyer

Additional Activities (Not specific to Aerospace Engineering)

Engineering Careers Talk 14:00 - 14:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Engineering Admissions Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

A light lunch will be provided for visitors attending the lab tours in the James Watt South Building.

Priority for specific lab tour groups will be given to offer holders who hold offers in more than one Engineering discipline. If this applies to you, please make yourself known to a member of staff when you arrive at the talk. 

If you are unable to attend the discipline talk but would still like to take part in a lab tour, please visit the Aerospace Engineering stand in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub (Level 6, Room 639) from 11:15 onwards.

 

Biomedical Engineering

The information below provides details of the Biomedical Engineering stand, talk and lab tours.

ActivityTimeLocation
Biomedical Engineering Stand 09:00 - 11:00

James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

Biomedical Engineering Talk 11:00 - 12:00 Boyd Orr Building, Level 5, Room 513
Lunch 12:00 - 13:00 James Watt South Building, Ground Floor Common Room 371
Lab Tours 13:00 - 15:00 Meeting point: James Watt South Building, Ground Floor Common Room 371
Additional Activities (Not specific to Biomedical Engineering)
Engineering Careers Talk 14:00 - 14:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Engineering Admissions Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

Current Biomedical Engineering students will be present throughout the day to guide you between activities. They will also speak during the programme talk, be available during lunch to answer questions, and assist with the lab tours.

Civil Engineering

The information below provides details of the Civil Engineering stand, talk and lab tours.

ActivityTimeLocation
Civil Engineering Stand 10:00 - 12:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639
Civil Engineering Talk 12:00 - 12:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Lab Tours 12:45 - 14:30 Meeting point: Boyd Orr Room 611 (directly after talk)
Additional Activities
Engineering Careers Talk 14:00 - 14:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Engineering Admissions Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

The information below provides details of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering stand, talk and lab tours.

ActivityTimeLocation
Electronics and Electrical Engineering Stand 10:00 - 11:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639
Electronics and Electrical Engineering Talk 11:00 - 11:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Lunch 11:45 - 15:00 Rankine Building, Level 6, Room 629 Drawing Office
Lab Tours 11:45 - 14:30 Meeting Point: Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611 (directly after talk)
Additional Activities (Not specific to Electronics and Electrical Engineering)
Engineering Careers Talk 14:00 - 14:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Engineering Admissions Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

Mechanical Engineering

The information below provides details of the Mechanical Engineering stand, talk and lab tours.

ActivityTimeLocation
Mechanical Engineering Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639
Mechanical Engineering Talk 11:15 - 12:00 James McCune Smith Learning hub, Level 6, Room 641
Lab Tours

Tour group assigned at end of talk

Group A: 12:30 - 13:30

Group B: 14:00 - 15:00

Meeting Point: James Watt South Building Foyer
Additional Activities (Not specific to Mechanical Engineering)
Engineering Careers Talk 14:00 - 14:45 Boyd Orr Building, Level 6, Room 611
Engineering Admissions Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

A light lunch will be provided for visitors attending the lab tours in the James Watt South Building.

Priority for specific lab tour groups will be given to offer holders who hold offers in more than one Engineering discipline. If this applies to you, please make yourself known to a member of staff when you arrive at the talk. 

If you are unable to attend the discipline talk but would still like to take part in a lab tour, please visit the Mechanical Engineering stand in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub (Level 6, Room 639) from 12:15 onwards.

Product Design Engineering

The information below provides details of the Product Design Engineering stand, talk and lab tours.

ActivityTimeLocation
Glasgow School of Art Talk, Tour and Q&A 10:00 - 11:30 Reid Building Foyer, 64 Renfrew Street Glasgow, Glasgow School of Art
Product Design Engineering Talk 13:00 - 13:30 Boyd Orr Building, Level 5, Room 513, University of Glasgow campus
Lab Tours 14:00 - 15:00 Meeting Point: James Watt South Building Foyer, Univerity of Glasgow Campus
Additional Activities (Not specific to Product Design Engineering)
Engineering Admissions Stand 09:00 - 15:00 James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Level 6, Room 639

Please note that the first activity will take place on the campus of the Glasgow School of Art, located on Renfrew Street in Glasgow city centre, rather than on the campus of the University of Glasgow.

Please go directly to the Reid Building for your first activity.