The activities are designed to develop problem solving, reporting and presentation skills, to encourage students to think critically and to learn from each other. We expect students to develop special capabilities in the application of their knowledge and understanding and to learn to appreciate the complementary nature of industrial and academic approaches to knowledge acquisition and use. Most projects have an industrial motivation and input. All are designed to advance our local knowledge and capabilities in some way. A Steering Committee, with members from major units in the U.K. automotive industry, provides guidance on syllabus, style and industrial need.
Graduates occupy positions of influence in competition car, production car and supplier companies.
A comprehensive course manual provides an authoritative account and provides much useful guidance to students. A small group of students testing an automotive structure About 50 hours industrial lectures are also given. These provide overviews of a wide range of aspects of automotive industry practices. Extensive experimental and computational facilities are employed. The individual project is a key component of the learning process, exercising a combination of outcomes from earlier course activities.