Graduates will be equipped to enter careers in the areas of design, research and development, technical sales, consultancy and engineering management. Part 2, the industrial placement and final years of the programme, develop studentsU knowledge in the subject areas of solid mechanics, dynamics and control, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Design is a theme in both parts of the programme and students undertake a substantial project in the final year. Interwoven in the programme is the concept of engineering applications, which represents the vocational and practical thrust of a BEng degree. MEng, an enhanced first degree programme containing an extra year of study enabling the most able students to realise their full potential and widen and enhance their career opportunities.
Students taking the programme in sandwich mode spend the third year in an industrial placement.
This provides a valuable development period supervised by visiting tutors. Students are encouraged to develop the final year individual project from the placement experience with support from the sponsoring company. Students are assessed by continuous assessment and end of module examinations.