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Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
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Location
Derby
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP
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Duration
1 Year
Course summary
This is a top-up degree equivalent to the final year of an undergraduate degree. You'll gain a solid background and the appropriate skills to enable you to practice successfully as a professional engineer. It incorporates elements of all relevant technologies and their applications throughout the programme. You’ll complete modules suited to either Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
KEY FEATURES OF THIS COURSEACCREDITATION: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)
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
WHAT YOU’LL COVEROn the Mechanical Engineering route, you’ll cover key topics including engineering design modelling, computational fluid dynamics and materials and applications. On the Manufacturing Engineering route, you’ll cover engineering materials and applications, manufacturing automation and control, and technology and systems.Both routes explore the processes involved with innovating in organisations, as well as the ethical and environmental standards. You’ll also work on a project in an area that interests you.
HOW YOU WILL LEARNThere’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).
YOUR CAREEROn completion of this top up degree, you will have a solid background and appropriate skills that would enable you to practice successfully as a professional engineer. You will be able to analyse, synthesise and evaluate the engineering factors that are required to produce engineering solutions. You’ll also develop management skills which can take you in to many sectors. To further your learning, you could study our MSc Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
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University information
University of Derby
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University League Table
71st
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Campus address
Main Site, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derby, DE22 1GB, United Kingdom
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Subject ranking
24th out of 31 10
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Entry standards
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Graduate prospects
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