Applied Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons) top-up

Course overview

Successful completion of this honour’s degree could open a wide range of careers in many engineering disciplines and prepare you to apply for further postgraduate study. The course is aimed at those who have chosen a more vocational route and have a Foundation Degree, DipHE, HND or equivalent in engineering.

• We aim to help you build upon and ‘top up’ your previous qualification and experience with activity-led, hands-on learning, giving you the opportunity to further develop your engineering and mathematical knowledge, understanding, management and analysis skills, in a professional manner to problem-solve engineering problems.
• You will have the chance to practice your learning through defining, analysing and solving case studies and a research-inspired individual project.
• Upon successful completion, you will top-up your existing qualifications to an honour’s degree level through a course that has been specially developed to consider the mechanical and mathematical science and experience you have already gained, through your existing qualifications.

Why you should study this course

The Applied Mechanical Engineering BEng top-up degree aims to provide you with a practical, industrially relevant, hands-on experience which is based on the understanding and development of traditional and research-inspired engineering, and mathematical science and technology.

• The degree provides a rigorous balance of academic knowledge and development.
• Upon successful completion, the course should provide you with the skills needed to solve engineering problems through analysis and critical evaluation, using professional engineering, design and management tools⁴.
• We will support you to learn and adopt working practices that are professional and innovative, in a manner where there is an awareness of fundamental theoretical and analytical approaches to problem-solving.
• Successful completion of this degree should also give you a good grounding to develop the highly scientific, numerical, analytical, practical and problem-solving skills that are sought within the engineering sector and other diverse fields, such as managerial and finance and beyond.
• You will have the opportunity to access and benefit from a wide range of teaching and research facilities⁴.
• We aim to maintain our strong links with major international and national potential employers and our current teaching staff are experienced professionals that are industry and/or research-active in their fields (staff are subject to change).

Careers and opportunities

Successful completion of this course will top-up your existing qualifications to BEng (Hons) degree level. You should also gain the engineering and mathematical, managerial, academic and practical skills that are relevant to current engineering sectors.

We aim to help you develop a rigorous problem-solving approach to engineering challenges, influenced by a rich mix of academic and industrial experience.

Upon successful completion of the course, you should be able to deal with complex issues that require a high degree of innovation through the development of transferable skills. You will also have opportunities to gain vital professional technical and managerial skills that could enable you to work both individually and as a team effectively and responsibly.

This degree should provide you with the skills to work within a broad range of engineering and associated sectors.