Manufacturing Engineering with foundation year,BEng

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Our current collaboration with the Unipart Manufacturing Group aims to ensure this course is highly vocational in nature, designed to produce ‘industry-ready’ graduates, who, upon successful completion of this course, are prepared for any role they obtain in industry.

Upon successful completion of the BEng (Hons) course, you will have gained knowledge of:

• the function, materials, manufacturing processes, technologies and assembly of a range of engineering products
• the principles of engineering science and mathematics and their application to design, production, use and service of a range of manufactured products
• design principles for products and systems that meet technological and business market requirements and constraints
• operations management, product planning/control methods and quality techniques at different levels of factory and supply chain hierarchy
• sustainable engineering, business and knowledge management practices within a global context
• engineering management of people, processes and projects (at tactical and strategic levels).

You should be able to:

• model and analyse innovative engineering systems using appropriate engineering science and mathematical modelling techniques, including computer-based techniques
• synthesise solutions to iterative and innovative engineering design problems
• independently research topics, evaluating findings to determine new or novel information that contributes effectively to solving engineering problems
• justify engineering and commercial decisions for product or operational choices within complex engineering systems across the product lifecycle
• operate effectively and safely a range of manufacturing related technologies or projects within an industrial context
• use commercial software in the evaluation of problems and in the determination and optimisation of solutions
• work effectively and constructively within project teams
• research and investigate problems individually, generating and justifying approach, analysis, solution and final recommendation to a practical engineering problem.

In addition to the learning outcomes detailed above, upon successful completion of the MEng course, you should be able to:

• apply leading-edge techniques, methods, materials and manufacturing processes to create innovative solutions and to challenging and unfamiliar problems
• devise, validate and critically appraise detailed engineering models, systems and processes around manufacturing problems, through appropriate use of computer-based technology
• adapt and apply theories and approaches to new and open problems where greater technical and commercial uncertainty exist
• integrate a detailed and rational manufacturing and technological perspective into a cross-functional system
• validate solutions generated through computer-based models and simulations, based on underpinning knowledge and justified selection of appropriate approaches
• work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams, taking a leadership role when the requirement arises for delivering the project outcomes successfully.

We aim for you to graduate with comprehensive knowledge of a range of manufacturing principles, having the opportunity to learn the skills needed to apply new technologies to the solution of manufacturing problems in an industry environment.

Coventry University is committed to preparing you for your future career and giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market. The university’s Talent Team provide a wide range of support services to help you plan and prepare for your career.