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- Mechanical Engineering (Year in Industry) MEng (Hons)
Course options
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Qualification
Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)
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Location
Main Site - Cardiff
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Study mode
Sandwich / Placement
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Start date
26-SEP-22
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Duration
5 Years
Course summary
Mechanical engineers are essential to the workings of the modern world, combining imagination and technology to offer innovative solutions across society and industry. They work across all industrial sectors, developing and manufacturing well-designed products through efficient manufacturing processes.This four-year MEng Mechanical Engineering programme offers you a quicker, more direct route to Chartered Engineer status than the three-year BEng. It allows you to use the last two years of the course to expand and strengthen your knowledge in mechanical engineering.You will benefit from advanced learning in design and management and an appreciation of the techniques needed to manage and organise a multidisciplinary engineering design project.This course includes the opportunity to take a year of industrial placement between your second and third years of academic study. With this option we will support you in finding a placement that will allow you to experience at first- hand, a professional working environment. If you are successful in securing a placement you will be paid a salary and will enhance your employability skills through direct experience of working in business, industry or the public sector.Other Cardiff University Mechanical Engineering courses include:A thorough grounding in the fundamentals of mechanical engineering if you choose a BEng courseThe opportunity to study abroad at a partner institution for one semester if you choose the relevant MEng (International) degree optionThe opportunity to study a language if you choose the relevant MEng degree option with a sandwich year at a university in France, Germany or SpainDistinctive featuresThe distinctive features of the course include:Fast-track route to Chartered Engineer statusThe opportunity to learn in a research-led teaching institution served by staff rated highly in the last Research Excellence FrameworkThe facilities that come with a successful research unitThe opportunity to learn from leaders in their fields, through direct access to academic staff, many of whom are Chartered Engineers or have worked in industryAccreditation from the Institution of Mechanical EngineersThe opportunity to participate in the design, development, construction, testing and competition of a proven Formula Student racing carAn open and engaging culture between students and staffThe opportunity to follow a sandwich year in industry
Application deadline
26 January
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Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
Entry requirements
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QUALIFICATION TYPE
A level : AAB - AAA
Including grade A in Maths. You will need to pass the science practical element of the A-level if this is part of your programme of study.
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