Program Overview

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year in Industry (MEng)

Overview

The Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year in Industry (MEng) program is a five-year full-time degree that combines the study of mechanical and electrical engineering with a year of industry experience. The program is designed to produce experts in the areas of manufacturing, mechatronics, computer-aided design, and renewable energy.

Why Study This Course

The program offers a unique opportunity for students to develop vital skills through group projects with engineering students from other disciplines, mirroring the dynamic of a professional engineering team. The course is flexible, allowing students to choose where they want to focus their studies later in the course. Students can also gain valuable experience working in a paid role at an organization in the UK or abroad for one academic year.

Accreditation

The program is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Entry Requirements

• A-levels: AAA-ABB, including grade A in Maths
• International Baccalaureate: 36-32 overall or 666-665 in 3 HL subjects, including grade 6 in HL Maths
• Baccalaureate Wales: Accepted in lieu of one A-Level (at the grades listed above), excluding any specified subjects
• GCSE: English language or Welsh language at GCSE grade C/4 or an equivalent
• English language requirements: IELTS (academic) at least 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each subskill, or equivalent qualifications

Tuition Fees for 2026 Entry

• Home status:
  • Year one: ｣9,535
  • Year two: ｣9,535
  • Year three (sandwich year): ｣1,905
  • Year four: ｣9,535
  • Year five: ｣9,535
• Overseas status:
  • Year one: ｣30,700
  • Year two: ｣30,700
  • Year three (sandwich year): ｣6,140
  • Year four: ｣30,700
  • Year five: ｣30,700

Course Structure

The program is a five-year full-time degree, with largely core modules in Years One and Two. The third year is spent working in industry. Years Four and Five have carefully chosen balances of core and optional modules, allowing students to choose subjects to tailor to their personal interests or chosen career path.

Year One

• Core modules:
  • Engineering Maths and Computation (30 credits)
  • Applied Design and Practice (40 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (50 credits)

Year Two

• Core modules:
  • Control Engineering (10 credits)
  • Microcontroller Applications and Embedded Design (10 credits)
  • Engineering Mathematics 2 (10 credits)
  • Materials and Manufacture (20 credits)
  • Thermofluids (20 credits)
  • Electric Power Systems (20 credits)
  • Programming for Engineering (10 credits)
  • Integrated Product Design (20 credits)

Year Three: Sandwich Year

• Industrial Training (120 credits)

Year Four

• Core modules:
  • Engineering Project Management (10 credits)
  • Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (10 credits)
  • Automatic Control (10 credits)
  • Individual Project (40 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Commercialising Innovation (10 credits)
  • Solid Mechanics (10 credits)
  • Power Electronics (10 credits)
  • Embedded Systems (10 credits)
  • Robotics and Computer Vision (10 credits)
  • Power Systems A (10 credits)
  • Renewable Energy Technologies and Integration (20 credits)
  • Magnetic Materials and Systems (10 credits)

Year Five

• Core modules:
  • Group Project (30 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Advanced Robotics (10 credits)
  • Automotive Design (30 credits)
  • Integrated Building Design (30 credits)
  • Renewable Energy Design (30 credits)
  • Mechatronics Design (30 credits)
  • Electric Vehicle Design (30 credits)
  • Cond Monitoring, Modelling and Forecasting (10 credits)
  • Risk and Hazard Assessment (10 credits)
  • Control (10 credits)
  • Sustainable Transport (10 credits)
  • Alternative Energy Systems (10 credits)
  • Distributed Generation, System Design and Regulation (10 credits)
  • Power System Protection (10 credits)
  • Magnetic Devices: Transducers, Sensors and Actuators (10 credits)
  • Artificial Intelligence (10 credits)
  • High Frequency Device Physics and Design (10 credits)

Learning and Assessment

Teaching is through lectures and tutorials, supplemented by practical laboratory and project-based work. Assessments will be varied to evaluate knowledge, understanding, professional skills, and key skills.

Career Prospects

Graduates hold key positions in leading firms such as National Instruments, Babcock, BAE Systems, RWE npower, Network Rail, Rolls Royce, Ford, Nokia, Bosch, and the National Grid. The program's strong links with industry provide excellent opportunities for students to gain experience and build professional networks.