Course Overview

You will be assigned a personal tutor on hand throughout your course to offer advice and support on personal matters, provide guidance on course choices and help you appraise your work.

For the course's course's practical aspects, you will work with a partner or as part of a small team in our well-equipped engineering labs. On your third-year project, you will work individually with an academic staff member.

Continuous assessment of your experimentation, computing, design, and project work will contribute about 30-50% of your overall mark, with the rest based on your performance in exams for each module. You will also be expected to give presentations about your work.

Engineers are innovators who bring about change through their ingenuity, experience, and curiosity to improve the quality of life for people worldwide. Their work is central to thriving economies and competitive industries. It is equally important in developing countries where engineers provide appropriate technologies during difficult times of change.

Professional engineers have a high degree of specialist knowledge but increasingly use a broad approach to problem-solving across various engineering disciplines. This is coupled with an awareness of the environmental, social, legal, economic, and regulatory aspects of the problem.

Mechanical systems are at the core of the manufacturing, process, and service industries, including:

Advanced engines, traction,,, and braking systems for vehicles

Aircraft, satellites, and deep space probes

Biomedical technologies such as imagers, ventilators, and prosthetics

Air and water pollution control equipment

Transportation and mass transit systems

Industrial plant for the processing of raw materials and power generation

General Eligibility

• A/AS-levels: ABB including Maths and Physics. Other Physical Science subjects may be considered. Two AS-levels are considered in place of one A-level. General Studies accepted. 

• EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B. A-level subjects to include Maths and Physical Science at grade B.

• GCSEs: Grade C/4 in the English Language.

• BTEC Nationals: DDD in Engineering, including Further Maths at Distinction. If you don't have A-level Maths, you will need to take an additional Maths assessment test - please get in touch with Admissions.

• International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points, grade 5 in Maths and Physics at HL. A minimum of 4 in the English Language is required if grade C/4 is not held at GCSE.

• Access to HE Diploma: Pass Engineering Diploma with 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which are at Distinction. To include all level 3 Maths modules at Distinction. If you don't have A-level Maths, you will need to take an additional Maths assessment test - please get in touch with Admissions.

• T Levels: Distinction in Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing or Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing, and Control (plus Maths test).

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.