Course summary

Why choose this course? The Mechanical Engineering degree provides the opportunity to combine practical aspects of day-to-day engineering and simulation-based projects providing a solid background for a career in the engineering and manufacturing industry sector. The graduates from the degree will:

• be pragmatic, taking a systematic approach and the logical and practical steps necessary for often complex concepts to become reality.

• seek to achieve sustainable solutions to problems and have strategies for being creative, innovative, and overcoming difficulties by employing their skills, knowledge and understanding in a flexible manner.

• be skilled at solving problems by applying their numerical, computational, analytical, and technical skills, using appropriate tools.

• be risk, cost and value-conscious, and aware of their ethical, social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider professional responsibilities.

• be familiar with the nature of business and enterprise in the creation of economic and social value appreciate the global dimensions of engineering, commerce, and communication;

• be able to formulate and operate within appropriate codes of conduct, when faced with an ethical issue.

• be professional in their outlook, be capable of team working, be effective communicators, and be able to exercise responsibility and sound management approaches.

• You will have opportunity to transfer to an integrated-master’s degree course MEng Mechanical Engineering at the end of your year 2 (level 5) study.

• You will be taught by a dedicated teaching team, with extensive industrial experience.

• Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Board (subject to EAB accreditation in 2023.)

• Up-to-date teaching facilities including manufacturing facilities for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, 3D printing/laser scanner and programme specific labs.

• Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre based in Broughton.

• Rapid prototyping facility and specialist manufacturing systems simulation software.

• Access to cutting edge computer-aided design, analysis and simulation software, including ANSYS, Abaqus, MATLAB and Simulink, etc.