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Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering - BEng
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 Years
Course summary
This top-up programme seeks to strike an equitable balance between academic technological aspects, practical applications and the transferable skills necessary for a successful career within manufacturing or production engineering. Such knowledge and pool of skills is being demanded by employers and professional bodies for a highly competitive market sector.
KEY FEATURES OF THIS COURSE
ACCREDITATION: The degree is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). On completion, you will have met the full requirements to register as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and have met part of the requirements for Chartered Engineer status
FACILITIES: You'll have access to excellent labs and facilities whilst studying this degree. Spaces include our Additive Manufacturing Lab with various 3D printed technology, Wind tunnel and Thermodynamics area that includes a jet engine and test engine, and our Mechanical Workshop with both traditional lathes and milling machines, alongside more modern CNC equipment
EMPLOYABILITY: You’ll gain key employability skills, such as practical skills, problem solving, awareness of current and developing engineering and strategic issues, together with transferrable skills, such as presentation skills, team work and technical/management writing
EXPERT TEACHING: Learn from our expert team of academic staff who have extensive industrial experience of engineering
SUPPORT: You will have a personal academic tutor to support you during your studies. They will help you to get the most out of your studies and feel confident in working to achieve your goals
WHAT YOU’LL COVER
This course equips you with the broad range of theoretical and practical knowledge that is essential to the modern manufacturing engineer. You’ll cover areas in manufacturing automation and control, advanced manufacturing technology and systems, operations management and industrial engineering.
HOW YOU WILL LEARN
There’s a mixture of lectures, research projects, seminars and workshops as well as industrial visits and guest lectures from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). You’ll be assessed by a range of methods including examinations, coursework, assignments, case studies, oral and graphic presentations and collaborative teamwork projects.
YOUR CAREER
Current roles within the manufacturing industries are extremely technologically challenging with ever-increasing paces of change and development, and many of the larger industries now operate on a global scale. Graduate employees must be able to meet the challenges presented by the constant search for improvement and the relentless pace of development that characterise these industries. The development of management studies throughout the programme plays an important part in your educational process. To further your learning, you could study our MSc Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
Application deadline
29 January
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£ 14,900per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
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You need to have an HND or Foundation degree in a relevant subject.When you apply, please send us a transcript of the modules you have already studied so that we can make sure that the HND or foundation degree is compatible with the top-up programme
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