Bachelor of Engineering / Masters of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

Course Overview

Design is a key integrating element in all years of the programme. You will learn real-world engineering, the importance of communication, team working skills, entrepreneurship initiatives, an emphasis for environmental sustainability, a mind-set for lifelong learning, appropriate management principles and business acumen. Engineering science and design are core disciplines in this programme whilst other important areas are control, electronics, IT, manufacturing technology, and mathematics. Projectwork will form a significant part of your final year. In year three, MEng students undertake a major group project. Up to four students will work as a multidisciplinary team to design, manufacture, and test their prototype, as well as develop a business plan to market their product. All students will undertake an individual project in their final year. The project is commonly experimental, computational or analytical in nature; and it will provide a link relating academic understanding, research methods, and professional ethics. You will be able to choose your individual project topic, most of which are based upon real industrial problems.

Curriculum

Year one

Typical core modules

• Engineering Design and Design Project
• Materials and Manufacturing
• Mathematics for Engineers
• Programming, Professional and Laboratory Skills
• Statics and Dynamics
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics 1

Year two

Typical core modules

• Design and Manufacture 2
• Dynamics and Control
• Electromechanical Devices
• Management and Professional Studies
• Materials in Design
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mechanics of Solids
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics 2

Year three (BEng and MEng)*

Typical core modules

• Computer Modelling Techniques
• Group Design and Make (MEng only)
• Individual Project (BEng only)
• Management and Professional Practice

Typical optional modules

• Advanced Dynamics
• Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers
• Aerospace
• Air Pollution
• Automotive
• Control and Robotics
• Design
• Elements of Noise Investigation
• Fibre Reinforced Composites
• International Business Strategy 1
• Making Metals Perform
• Manufacturing
• Multiphase Systems
• Strategic Management 1 and 2
• Stress Analysis
• Sustainability
• Technology and Organisation Development
• Thermofluids

Year 4 (MEng only)*

Typical core modules

• Advance Technology and Systems
• Individual Project

Typical optional modules

• Advanced Dynamics
• Computational
• Entrepreneurship and Business
• Management Studies 3
• Risks and Reliability
• Technology and Organisation
• Thermofluids

* From session 2019-20, modules in Years 3 and 4 (BEng andMEng) will be restructured into broad knowledge themesprovided in the list of typical modules above. Details will be confirmed in due course.

Entry Requirements

We strongly encourage all interested students to apply. Our students come to us with a diverse range of qualifications and we also consider applicants' personal statement, references and interview performance (if you have one) when making a decision. The only way for us to fully determine eligibility is through the submission of a completed application.

Career Prospects

We aim to prepare you for an exciting career, and when you graduate you will be an independent professional highly sought after by employers. As a graduate of one of the best mechanical engineering departments in the world, your Nottingham qualification will give you the freedom to choose from a range of exciting opportunities.

Graduates of both of our courses become mechanical, sales, design or maintenance engineers in a range of sectors. These include power generation, civil structure, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, chemical, computers, marine, bioengineering and paper. Those choosing the MEng route can also become project managers.