Program Overview

Manufacturing Engineering MEng/BEng (Hons)

Course Overview

This course aims to equip students with the versatility and depth of understanding to tackle new and unusual challenges in the field of manufacturing engineering. The program is designed to provide essential underpinning science and technology necessary for today's engineers.

What You'll Study

The main study themes are:

• Science and Technology: the course aims to provide essential underpinning science and technology necessary for today’s engineer.
• Design and Manufacture: the innovative resolution of design and manufacture problems focused on commercially viable solutions.
• Manufacturing Analysis: upon successful completion, you should have learnt to use industry-standard software to model, analyse and validate process and systems.
• Sustainability: the course aims to give an understanding of the need for ethical approaches in manufacturing industries and protecting the environment with respect to manufacturing engineering processes and management.
• Practical: opportunities to investigate and analyse using laboratory, workshop and computer-based techniques.

Modules

Year One

• Engineering Materials and Manufacturing Technology – 20 credits
• Mechanical Science and Mathematics – 20 credits
• Engineering Design – 20 credits
• Quality and Metrology – 20 credits
• Manufacturing Electrical Science – 20 credits
• Lean and Quality Manufacturing - Assembly Project – 20 credits

Year Two

• Engineering Materials and Manufacturing Technology – 20 credits
• Automation and Robotics – 20 credits
• Automated Manufacturing Project – 20 credits
• Digital Twins Integration for Cyber-physical Manufacturing – 20 credits
• Sustainability and the Product Lifecycle – 20 credits
• Design Principles for Manufacturing – 20 credits

Placement Year

• UK work placement – 0 credits
• International study/work placement – 0 credits

Final Year

• Lean Systems and Production Control – 20 credits
• Emerging Manufacturing Technologies – 20 credits
• Individual Manufacturing Engineering Project Proposal and Professional Engineering – 20 credits
• Strategic Analysis and Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing – 20 credits
• New Product Development Project – 20 credits
• Individual Manufacturing Engineering Project – 20 credits

Additional Year (MEng)

• Industrial Group Project Initiation – 20 credits
• Industrial Group Project – 20 credits
• Advanced Manufacturing Simulation – 20 credits
• Business Innovation and Sustainability – 20 credits
• Future and Advanced Materials and Technologies (MEng) – 20 credits
• Vision Systems and Sensors in Industry – 20 credits

Entry Requirements

• UK: 112 UCAS points (BEng), 120 UCAS points (MEng)
• International: IELTS 6.0 overall (with at least 5.5 in each component area)
• A-level: BBC to include Mathematics (BEng), BBB to include Mathematics (MEng)
• GCSE: maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2
• BTEC: DMM BTEC in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or similar (BEng), DDD BTec in Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or similar (MEng)

Fees and Funding

• UK: £9,535 per year (BEng), £9,535 per year with EU Support Bursary (MEng)
• International: £19,850 per year
• Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services.

Facilities

• Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME)
• High Performance Engineering Centre (HPEC)
• Metals Workshop

Careers and Opportunities

• Our current collaboration with the Unipart Manufacturing Group aims to ensure this course is highly vocational in nature, designed to produce ‘industry-ready’ graduates.
• Successful graduates have gone on to work for Lotus Cars, Mercedes F1, Aston Martin, BAE, Meggit, Arrrowsmith, Rolls Royce Aero, Quest and Unipart Group.