In their fourth year MEng students undertake industrial case studies and a group design project, which accounts for half of the year and is normally sponsored by industry. Students who choose to spend time at a European institution normally undertake their project work there. Projects can be related to externally-funded research projects of academic staff and are frequently linked to the needs of regional industry. Year 2 Compulsory modules cover professional studies, microprocessor systems and instrumentation, mathematical modelling, structures and dynamics, thermal engineering, geotechnical design, structures and fluid dynamics, construction methods and materials, and management and management science. Year 3 Compulsory modules cover the role of the engineer in society, company finance, structural engineering, engineering geology, civil engineering hydraulics, a geotechnical field course, and civil engineering design studies.
Students can choose from water resources and pollution control, or a foreign language.
Year 2 Compulsory modules cover professional studies, microprocessor systems and instrumentation, mathematical modelling of engineering systems, analogue electronic design, software engineering, control engineering, communication systems, electronic engineering design, and management and management science. Option modules include real time programming, operations and maintenance, or a foreign language. Year 2 Compulsory modules cover professional studies, microprocessor systems and instrumentation, mathematical modelling, life cycle engineering, software engineering or structures and dynamics, control engineering, manufacturing systems, mechanical engineering design or electronic engineering design, and management and management science. Year 3 Compulsory modules cover the role of the engineer in society, company finance, human resource management and total quality management, and mechanical reliability. An option module is chosen from manufacturing, operations and maintenance, or a foreign language.