Program Overview

Electro-Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)

Course Overview

The Electro-Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons) course focuses on the demands of the modern engineering workplace, encompassing the main engineering disciplines and reflecting contemporary practices, emphasizing practical skills and student employability.

What You'll Study

This degree focuses on the demands of the modern engineering workplace, encompassing the main engineering disciplines and reflecting contemporary practices, emphasizing practical skills and student employability.

Year One

• Mathematical Principles for Engineers - 30 credits
• Engineering Design Principles - 30 credits
• Mechanical Engineering Principles - 30 credits
• Electrical and Electronic Principles - 30 credits

Year Two

• Control of Mechatronics Systems - 30 credits
• Mechanical Engineering Systems - 30 credits
• Renewable and Sustainable Engineering - 30 credits
• Smart Manufacturing Technology - 30 credits

Placement Year

• UK Work Placement - 0 credits
• International Study/Work Placement - 0 credits

Final Year

• Embedded Systems Engineering - 30 credits
• Systems Operation and Control Project - 30 credits
• Project Management - 30 credits
• Engineering Project - 30 credits

How You'll Learn

Our teaching methods are varied, offering a number of teaching styles to suit the needs of all our students, so in addition to lectures, we also utilize a blended learning approach, including online tutorial support, workshops, and group work.

Entry Requirements

• HNC: 64 UCAS tariff points. GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards. Minimum two A2 levels or BTEC equivalent qualification.
• HND: 80 UCAS tariff points. GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards. Minimum two A2 levels or BTEC equivalent qualification.
• Degree: 104 UCAS tariff points. GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards. Minimum two A2 levels or BTEC equivalent qualification.

Tuition Fees

• UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, or Isle of Man: £7,950 per year
• EU: £7,950 per year with EU Support Bursary, £18,300 per year without EU Support Bursary
• International: £18,300 per year

Facilities

We've spent £14 million on our campus building: it includes a library, IT suites, mock law court, engineering and science labs, café, and numerous individual and group study spaces.

Careers and Opportunities

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Critically appraise an engineering scenario with a view to apply innovative technologies to improve efficiency or effectiveness
• Explain engineering principles, solve simple, practical problems in an engineering context, show practical skills in a laboratory/workshop environment, and have the educational preparation for a career as an engineering technician
• Use an enquiring, critical, and reflective approach to engineering studies
• Develop practical skills to solve complex workshop-based problems
• Appraise an engineering problem and debate alternative, sustainable solutions

Successful graduates will be knowledgeable across a range of engineering disciplines and could go on to work in a vast range of engineering sectors such as software, nuclear, textile, or civil engineering.