Program Overview

Programme Overview

The BEng Industrial Engineering ENGAGE programme is an extended degree programme with a five-year curriculum. It is designed to enable students who show academic potential but who do not meet the normal entry requirements for the four-year degree programme, to obtain an Engineering degree.

Programme Information

• The programme is offered by the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology.
• The minimum duration of study is 5 years.
• The total credits required for the programme is 666.
• The NQF level for the programme is 08.

Admission Requirements

• Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required National Senior Certificate (NSC) with university endorsement.
• Candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution.
• Candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• Grade 11 results are used for the conditional admission of prospective students.
• A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required.
• Minimum subject and achievement requirements:
  • English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 5 (NSC) or C (AS Level)
  • Mathematics: 5 (NSC) or C (AS Level)
  • Physical Sciences: 5 (NSC) or C (AS Level)
  • APS: 30

Promotion to Next Study Year

• Promotion to the second semester of the first year and to the second year of study:
  1. A new first-year student who has failed in all the prescribed modules of the programme at the end of the first semester, is excluded from studies in the School of Engineering.
  2. A student who complies with all the requirements of the first year of study, is promoted to the second year of study.
• Promotion to the third year of study of the Four-year Programme, as well as to the third and the fourth years of study of the ENGAGE Programme:
  1. A student who complies with all the requirements of the second year of study, is promoted to the third year of study.
  2. A student must pass all the prescribed modules at first year level (level 100) before he or she is admitted to any module at third year level (level 300).
• Promotion to the fourth year of study of the Four-year Programme, as well as to the fifth year of study of the ENGAGE Programme:
  1. A student who complies with all the requirements of the third year of study is promoted to the fourth year of study.
  2. A student must pass all the prescribed modules of the second year of study, before he or she is admitted to any module of the fourth year of study.

Core Modules

The programme consists of various core modules, including:

• First-year modules:
  • CHM 172: General chemistry
  • FSK 116: Physics
  • HAS 110: Humanities and social sciences
  • HAS 120: Humanities and social sciences
  • JPO 110: Professional orientation
  • JPO 116: Additional mathematics
  • JPO 120: Professional orientation
  • JPO 126: Additional mathematics
  • JPO 152: Additional physics
  • JPO 161: Additional chemistry
  • UPO 112: Academic orientation
  • WTW 158: Calculus
  • WTW 164: Mathematics
  • WWP 121: Workshop practice
• Second-year modules:
  • EBN 111: Electricity and electronics
  • JCP 203: Community-based project
  • JPO 112: Additional electricity and electronics
  • JPO 113: Additional graphical communication
  • JPO 123: Additional materials science
  • JPO 125: Additional mechanics
  • MGC 110: Graphical communication
  • NMC 123: Materials science
  • SWK 122: Statics
  • WTW 258: Calculus
  • WTW 263: Numerical methods
• Third-year modules:
  • BES 220: Engineering statistics
  • BJJ 210: Professional and technical communication
  • BPZ 220: Productivity
  • MOW 217: Manufacturing and design
  • MPR 213: Programming and information technology
  • MSD 210: Dynamics
  • MTX 221: Thermodynamics
  • WTW 238: Mathematics
  • WTW 256: Differential equations
• Fourth-year modules:
  • BAN 313: Industrial analysis
  • BFB 320: Facilities planning
  • BID 320: Information systems design
  • BLK 320: Industrial logistics
  • BOB 310: Operational management
  • BOZ 312: Operational research
  • BPY 310: Practical training
  • BPZ 321: Business engineering
  • BSS 310: Engineering management
  • BUY 321: Simulation modelling
  • FBS 110: Financial management
  • MIA 320: Engineering activity and group work
  • MVS 311: Manufacturing systems
• Fifth-year modules:
  • ABV 320: Labour relations
  • BER 310: Business law
  • BGC 410: Quality assurance
  • BIE 420: Engineering economics
  • BON 410: Operational research
  • BPJ 410: Project
  • BPJ 420: Project
  • BPY 410: Practical training
  • BSR 410: Management accounting
  • BSS 410: Systems engineering
  • IPI 410: Engineering professionalism

Learning Outcomes

A graduate in engineering should be able to apply the following skills on an advanced level:

1. Engineering problem solving.
2. Application of specialist and fundamental knowledge, with specific reference to mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences.
3. Engineering design and synthesis.
4. Investigation, experimentation and data analysis.
5. Engineering methods, skills, tools and information technology.
6. Professional and general communication.
7. Awareness and knowledge of the impact of engineering activity on society and the physical environment.
8. Work in teams and in multidisciplinary environments.
9. An awareness and ability for lifelong learning.
10. An awareness and knowledge of principles of professional ethics and practice.
11. Awareness and knowledge of engineering management principles and economic decision-making.

Pass with Distinction

A student graduates with distinction if:

1. no module of the third or fourth year of study of the four year programme or of the fourth or fifth year of the ENGAGE programme was repeated and a weighted average of at least 75% was obtained in one year in all the modules of the final year of study; and
2. the degree programme was completed within the prescribed four years for the four year programme and within the prescribed five years of the ENGAGE programme.