Course summary

The Applied Mechanical Engineering top-up degree is designed to enhance your existing engineering skills and qualifications and in turn, your career.

Successful completion of this honour’s degree could open a wide range of careers in many engineering disciplines and prepare you to apply for further postgraduate study. The course is aimed at those who have chosen a more vocational route and have a Foundation Degree, DipHE, HND or equivalent in engineering.

We aim to help you build upon and ‘top up’ your previous qualification and experience with activity-led, hands-on learning, giving you the opportunity to further develop your engineering and mathematical knowledge, understanding, management and analysis skills in a professional manner to problem solve engineering problems.

You will have the chance to practice your learning through defining, analysing and solving case studies and a research inspired individual project.

Upon successful completion, you will top-up your existing qualifications to an honour’s degree level through a course that has been specially developed to consider the mechanical and mathematical science and experience you have already gained through your existing qualifications.

Key Benefits The BSc Applied Mechanical Engineering top-up degree aims to provide you with a practical, industrially relevant, hands-on experience which is based on the understanding and development of traditional and research inspired engineering and mathematical science and technology. The degree provides a rigorous balance of academic knowledge and development. Upon successful completion, the course should provide you with the skills needed to solve engineering problems through analysis and critical evaluation, using professional engineering, design and management tools. We will support you to learn and adopt working practices that are professional and innovative in a manner where there is an awareness of fundamental theoretical and analytical approaches to problem-solving. Successful completion of this degree should also give you a good grounding to develop the highly scientific, numerical, analytical, practical and problem-solving skills that are sought within the engineering sector and other diverse fields such as managerial and finance and beyond. You will have the opportunity to access and benefit from a wide range of teaching and research facilities*. We currently have strong links with major international and national potential employers and our current teaching staff are experienced professionals that are industry and/or research-active in their fields. *please see website for details

Modules

The course is designed for you to learn and develop a comprehensive understanding of the mechanical, materials and mathematical (analytical) sciences; approaches to design and product lifecycle; and managerial procedures that provide a basis for working professionally and effectively. The top-up degree is composed of several linked modules that are delivered over the academic year. A major component of the degree is the individual project, which is bespoke in design and allows you to put into practice and further develop the skills that they have learnt in the modules. The individual project is practical in nature and based on a research inspired engineering problem with a professional approach. Modules Individual Project Introduction – 10 credits Manufacturing Process Improvement – 20 credits New Product Development Strategies – 20 credits Individual project – 20 credits Applied Mechanical Science – 20 credits Analytical Materials and Manufacturing Methods – 20 credits Add+vantage Module – 10 credits We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content. For full module details please check the course page on the Coventry University website. *For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

Course does not award QTS

How to apply

31Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:: H301

Institution code:: C85

Campus name:: Main Site

Campus code:: -

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

GCSE/National 4/National 5

You will need to have, or expected to achieve, a FHEA Level 5/SCQF Level 8 Foundation Degree (FD), DipHE, or HND in Engineering. Alternatively, you will need to have a recognised equivalent where there is a substantial component of mechanical engineering/science or a closely related discipline. We recognise a breadth of qualifications; speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you.

Student Outcomes

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England	£9250*	Year 1
Northern Ireland	£9250*	Year 1
Scotland	£9250*	Year 1
Wales	£9250*	Year 1
Channel Islands	£9250*	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	£9250*	Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

Degree level: Undergraduate

Applied Mechanical Engineering (Top-Up)

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