MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

at Manchester Metropolitan University

Year 1

During your first year, you will study the key principles and underlying science and mathematics of engineering. Your studies will cover the fundamentals of mechanics and mechanics of materials and their application in mechanical design, as well as fundamentals of electricity and electrical circuits. You will also practice the key technical and study skills that you will need for your future success. The following list of units is indicative and may be subject to change.

Core units
 

• Applied Mechanical Engineering Principles
• Project Skills
• Design Project
• Engineering Mathematics
• Electronic Engineering Principles
• Electrical Engineering Principles
• Mechanical Engineering Principles

Year 2

The core part of the second year of our mechanical engineering course is a group project, working with students from your own and other courses on challenges set by industry experts, to give you experience of what it is like to work on a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Alongside this, you will develop your practical and analytical expertise via the in-depth study of your degree’s specialist technical topics. We will help you take the first steps towards professional registration as you develop your career plan, and we will encourage and support you to apply for a sandwich placement year to give you an early chance to put your learning into practice The following list of units is indicative and may be subject to change.

Core units
 

• Professional Practice
• Engineering Mechanics
• Modelling And Simulation
• Thermodynamics
• Mechanical Design And Materials
• Group Design Project
• Experimental Mechanics

Year 3

In the third year you will study the latest developments and challenges in global engineering and your chosen specialist area, and you will choose a major individual project. You could be working directly with industrial experts, with your placement employer, or with one of our research groups. The following list of units is indicative and may be subject to change.

Core units
 

• Project Design And Implementation
• Computational Mechanics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Business And Operations Management
• Individual Project
• Structural Analysis
• Engineering Design

Year 4

Your final year will include a major group project, where you will work within a multi-disciplinary team to tackle a complex, current problem in engineering. Taught units allow you to work with our research teams on specialist, novel applications of engineering. The following list of units is indicative and may be subject to change.

Core units
 

• Digital Manufacturing
• Applied Materials For Modernisation
• Engineering Sustainability
• Systems Engineering For Industry
• Management Of Projects Professional Practice
• Group Engineering Project
• Management Of Projects Fundamentals

UK

UCAS Tariff points
112-120

SPECIFIC GCSE REQUIREMENTS
 

• GCSE grade C/4 or above in English Language or Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills
  
  and
   
• GCSE grade C/4 or above in Mathematics or Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills Mathematics.

International

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE POINTS
26 IB Diploma Points including HL in Mathematics and HL 4 or SL 5 in English

IELTS SCORE REQUIRED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
6.0 with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of course start date

UK AND CHANNEL ISLAND STUDENTS
Full-time fee: £9,250 per year. This tuition fee is agreed subject to UK government policy and parliamentary regulation and may increase each academic year in line with inflation or UK government policy for both new and continuing students.

EU AND NON-EU INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Full-time fee: £18,000 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).

Throughout your mechanical engineering degree, you’ll learn to use science and maths to solve real-world problems. The practical and academic skills you can develop will give you a wide range of career destinations to choose from.

Our mechanical engineering graduates occupy a variety of roles in engineering consultancies, manufacturing, aircraft design and manufacture, automotive and railway engineering, steel manufacturing, naval engineering, water companies, and the power and nuclear fuel industries.

Employers outside of engineering sectors also recognise the skills and problem-solving capacity of the engineering graduate, and there may be opportunities in sales, commissioning, finance, teaching and management, as well as roles managing technology to support a range of organisations.