Students receive a full salary during their industrial placement. For those who wish to enhance existing language skills, there is the choice of studying Mechanical Engineering with a Year in Europe. On this scheme, the third year is spent at an overseas institution studying engineering in your chosen language. During the Year in Europe, academic and pastoral care is provided by lecturers from the overseas institution. In the third year of the BEng scheme, in addition to the basic elements, a wide range of specialist subjects such as vibrations, tribology, energy studies, machines or further language studies are offered as options.
Students choose modules according to their particular requirements.
At this stage, design remains an important aspect of the course structure. Another important element in this year is the individual project, which is invariably industrially based and selected by each student at the start of the year. Students are allowed six months to research, manage and present a report for assessment on their chosen project. Whilst we encourage students to take ownership of their projects, an academic supervisor is nominated to provide guidance and encouragement. Group design projects and assignments are also undertaken to provide breadth of training in a range of disciplines important to industry, including project management, problem solving and decision making, as well as analytical design at the highest level.