Mechatronic Engineering BEng(Hons)

University of Huddersfield

United Kingdom, Huddersfield

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University of Huddersfield

United Kingdom , Huddersfield

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines18-Sep-2023

Apply to this program

Go to the official application for the university

Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,000 / year

Next Intake 18-Sep-2023

Mechatronic Engineering BEng(Hons)

About

About the course

Reasons to study

With excellent industry links, you'll be supported in undertaking a one-year work placement, helping to enhance your graduate prospects.
You'll learn through EnABLE (Engineering in an Activity Based Learning Environment), our new initiative that provides you with an opportunity to work in teams with other students to solve real engineering challenges and develop skills relevant to industry.
You'll have the opportunity to take part in national competitions like the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Formula Student, the Railway Challenge and the Unmanned Aerial System Challenge.

Why Mechatronic Engineering?

As a professional Mechatronic Engineer, you bring together mechanical skills, smart electronics, and robotics with control systems to address a range of complexengineering projects. The innovative graduate who enjoys the challenge of combining these varied areas of practice may find a stimulating role in which they could make a real impact.

How You Could Impact The World

As with all engineering professions this specialism offers you a wide range of opportunities to address the many technical and engineering problems that impact our everyday lives. The critical theme of sustainability is key to all engineering disciplines and Mechatronics offers you an opportunity to drive this agenda through the innovative application of this novel skill set. The careers open to you could allow you to make a real difference to the world.

Career Goals and Employability

Opportunities for individuals with this specialised mix of skills are ever increasing. Mechatronic Engineers are involved in the design of functional products ranging from large aircraft to robotic manufacturing lines to everyday domestic appliances. There are numerous career opportunities for highly specialised technical, management or integrating team leadership roles.

The Course

Mechatronic Engineering sets out to ground you in principles and practice of several disciplines including mechanical, electrical, electronic, control and computer systems. These academic disciplines are supplemented with work on creative thinking skills and the practical design solutions which are essential to the professional engineer. Ultimately you will tackle the design and implementation of smart automated systems for a range of possible applications.

In our Mechanical Engineering subject area, all of our degree programmes share the same first year of study, which means you can leave your options open until the start of your second year. During your first and second year you'll take part in our initiative called EnABLE (Engineering in an Activity Based Learning Environment). This will give you the opportunity to work together in small teams solving real Mechatronic Engineering problems and testing your solutions against other groups in a supportive and friendly competitive environment.

In your third year you will have an option to take an industrial placement. We are always supportive and encouraging about having students spend this year in industry. This offers excellent real world engineering experience to help you stand out at graduate interviews. In the fourth year you will work on a selected individual research/design project with the support of your academic supervisor. It is possible to align this with one of the Master's team projects. These involve the design, build and friendly competitive testing of either a road, airborne or rail vehicle, for example, Team HARE, Team Hawk or HudRail.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

For direct entry onto Undergraduate courses a Diploma from community college is required.
For entry onto Undergraduate courses a Certificate of Secondary Education and a Foundation Year is required.
For entry onto Postgraduate courses a Bachelor degree is required.

English Program Requirements

English language requirements

The University’s normal entry criteria apply to all international students. For details of country-specific entry requirements please visit your home country page on our website.

The University has formal requirements for all applicants. These are normally English Language qualifications which we recognise as meeting our entry criteria. Requirements may vary between programmes, and you are advised to check these carefully when going through course listings.

The following table sets out the main qualifications we recognise and the levels that are normally required for admission. It is intended as general guidance only - the offer of a place, if it includes an English Language condition, will specify the level of English that you are required to meet.

The University of Huddersfield is pleased to accept a Pass in all four elements at the Proficiency Level of the Ascentis Anglia ESOL Language qualification as meeting the University’s English Language requirements for students from the EU.

If you don’t yet meet these requirements, don’t worry as we have an extensive Pre-Sessional English Programme(PSP) on campus.

Test	Standard required score	Validity
Cambridge English Advanced	Grade C	No expiry
IELTS (Academic)	6.0 with no lower than 5.5 in any element.	2 years
Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE)	Listening – 51 Reading – 51 Writing – 51 Speaking - 51	2 years
GCSE or GCE ‘O’ level	Grade C	No expiry
International Baccalaureate	Must have completed the Diploma with English at Higher Level	No expiry

Applicants from any of the following Majority English Speaking Countries (MESCs) will normally be considered to have met our English requirements:

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
New Zealand
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America

Please note that we will not normally waive the English Language requirement for speakers of other languages who have completed a programme of study taught in English in their home countries.

Career

Your career

As a graduate of this course, you may consider employment in a wide range of sectors including the automotive, construction, manufacturing, design, medical and electronics industries. You could consider roles such as software engineer, design and test engineer and lead engineer to name a few.

Additionally, you may gain skills that are transferable to other industries and may be able to pursue a career that requires a good honours degree. You could also go on to further study and the University has many options available for postgraduate study which may interest you.

*Percentage of graduates from this course were in work or further study 15 months after graduation (HESA Graduate Outcomes 18/19, UK Domiciled)

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,000 / year

How to Apply

Here is what you need to know about applying for undergraduate study at the University of Huddersfield including our minimum entry requirements, advice on writing a personal statement, and what happens after you apply.

If you have any questions about your application please contact our Student Recruitment Team on +44 (0)1484 472 625 or email [email protected]. If you have any queries about financing your study please visit our undergraduate fees and finance pages.

Deferring your entry

If you wish to start your studies the year after you apply you can do so - most of our courses accept deferred entry applications.

If you are not sure what deferred entry is or want to know for sure if your preferred course supports a deferred start date please call us on +44 (0)1484 472 625 or email us at [email protected].

Contacting UCAS

If you have any queries about your UCAS application or want to track your application online you can do this on the UCAS Hub.

Alternatively you can discuss your application with UCAS by phoning them directly on 0371 468 0468 or from outside the UK on +44 (0)330 3330 2320.

Callers with hearing difficulties calling from the UK should use the Text Relay Service on 18001 0371 468 0468 and from outside the UK call + 00 151 494 1260 (text phone) and ask the operator to dial 0371 468 0468.