Mechatronic Engineering with Placement Year BEng Hons

Program Overview

This multidisciplinary mechatronics engineering program equips students with a specialized understanding of integrated systems, combining mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering concepts. The degree is professionally accredited and prepares graduates for a wide range of careers in sectors where innovation and technological advancement converge.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This multidisciplinary, professionally accredited programme will allow you to benefit from hands-on experience and gain specialist knowledge in product design and integrated systems. Mechatronic engineering is the study of systems that require a combination of mechanical, electronic and computer engineering, such as robotics, digitally controlled engines and self-driving cars. Your degree will begin with a common first year, where you will be taught a series of modules that are taken by all first-year engineering students. Following the first year, the mechatronics programme never loses the interdisciplinary focus that modern engineering has become. You will continue with specialist modules in the areas of mechanical and electronic engineering, as well as subjects such as control. You will also have the freedom to pick modules most appropriate to your areas of interest. During year two, you will gain experience in project management and complete a team project to design, build and test a small mobile robot, aimed at following a guided pathway while completing a set task. Previous examples have included transporting hazardous liquid waste, and dribbling a ball and scoring a goal. On this programme, you will undertake a year in industry, gaining valuable experience and enhancing your employability. We have extensive links built through our leadership in research and have students undergoing placements with multinational corporate companies through to smaller specialist SMEs. Typically, this is undertaken during your third year, after you have gained a reasonable amount of engineering knowledge. The degree is also professionally accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Teaching is delivered by world-class academics and shaped by their outstanding research output. MEng Mechatronics We also offer a MEng Mechatronics (Placement Year) programme, which is accredited as meeting complete fulfilment of the educational requirements to become a Chartered Engineer. This programme provides further skills, knowledge, and experience, with a focus on leadership and management. Students wanting to transfer to this programme must achieve a minimum threshold at the end of year two.

• Fundamentals of Engineering Science
• Numerical and Analytical Methods in Engineering
• Business Development Project
• Electromagnetics & RF Engineering
• Engineering Analysis
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Projects
• Instrumentation and Control
• Power Engineering

Year 2

• Digital Electronics
• Materials & Design

Year 3

• Placement Year Work-Based Learning

Year 4

• Digital Signal Processing
• Engineering Management
• Individual BEng Project
• Machine Elements
• Mechatronic Systems
• Power Electronics and Applications

Teaching:

Teaching is delivered by world-class academics and shaped by their outstanding research output. Your multidisciplinary skill set allows you to see the bigger picture of design and build projects, and your knowledge of engineering combined with technology makes you a highly desirable employee across many sectors. Our graduates have found careers in a range of industries, from automotive and aerospace, to robotics and energy – and some have even gone on to lead in their specialist field as academics. The ability to think creatively to solve problems, alongside experience gained managing projects and applying your practical and technical knowledge will make you a desirable employee for careers even beyond the scope of engineering.

Other:

• The program is professionally accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
• Students have the opportunity to undertake a year-long placement in industry.
• Graduates have found careers in a range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, robotics, and energy.