Program Overview

Robotics Engineering (with Foundation Year), BEng (Hons)

Attendance

Full-time

Campus

Preston Campus

Start

September 2025

Duration

4 years

UCAS Code

B967

Delivery

In-person

Placement option

Robotics Engineering prepares you for a fascinating and rewarding career. In this foundation year course you'll develop the fundamental electronic and mechanical engineering skills you’ll need to become a robotics engineer.

Why study with us

• Gain access to cutting-edge resources through our Advanced Digital Manufacturing Technology (ADMT) facility.
• We work with professional partners and collaborators, including: BAE Systems, CISCO, NASA, the NHS and North West Aerospace Alliance.
• As well as hands-on technical skills you’ll develop the critical decision-making, creative thinking, problem-solving, and study skills you need to succeed in an undergraduate degree.

What you'll do

• You'll gain an understanding of the robotics engineering sector while learning the fundamentals of engineering, mathematics, and the basic academic skills needed to succeed in a degree level course.
• Our Engineering Innovation Centre enables you to work on real-world projects with commercial partners in state-of-the-art facilities.
• You will study analogue and digital electronic systems, mechanics, robotics, mechatronics, microprocessors and microcontrollers, control systems, computer programming.

Modules

Foundation year

• Study Skills and Information Technology
• Fundamental Tools for Engineers
• Design Studies for Engineers
• Analytical Studies for Engineers
• Fundamentals of Engineering Practice
• Foundation Mathematics

Year 1

• Digital and Programmable Systems
• Electrical and Electronic Systems
• Design and Sustainability
• Engineering Analysis
• Engineering Practice
• Fundamentals of Engineering Science (S1)

Year 2

• Robotic Systems
• Project
• Software Development
• Signals and Systems Analysis
• Data Communications and IoT

Year 3

• Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Microcontroller Systems
• Machine Intelligence
• Engineering Project with Sustainability
• Computer-Aided Instrumentation
• Imaging and Vision Systems

Entry requirements

• UCAS: 64 points at A2
• BTEC Extended Diploma: MPP
• BTEC Diploma: MM
• Pass Access Course: 64 points
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 64 points from Higher Level subjects.
• T Level: P (D or E)
• IELTS: grade 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
• GCSEs: 5 at Grade C /4 including Maths and English or equivalent

Fees and funding

• UK: £9,535 for the first year
• International: £17,250 for the first year

Scholarships and bursaries

• Care Leaver Bursary
• Estranged student support
• Dependants Bursary
• Foundation Year Bursary

Learning and assessment

• Delivery is via a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study.
• Assessment is done using formal examinations and coursework.

Industry links

• Our partners and industrial collaborators include BAE Systems, CISCO, NASA, NHS, and the Northwest Aerospace Alliance.

Further information

• An optional 48-week placement with a company is assessed by portfolio and contributes to the course outcomes.
• Our placement tutors have close links with industry and can work with you to ensure that you get the skills and current knowledge desired by employers.