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Programme code | 4EMAT009U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Chris McMahon
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Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
School/department | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Accrediting types: |
Accredited by the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.theihe.org/) Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.imeche.org/ (http://www.imeche.org/) Accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.aerosociety.com/) Accredited by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer (http://www.ciht.org.uk/) Accredited by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.istructe.org/) Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.ied.org.uk/) Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.theiet.org/) Accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.ice.org.uk/) |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | Engineering (2023) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 5 years (full time) |
The development of the MEng Programme in Engineering design was inspired by Visiting Professors from the Royal Academy of Engineering who explained the need for a degree course that develops the skills needed by leaders of large design projects. The programme aims to form graduates with:
The Engineering Design MEng programme provides Professional Studies and leads to recognition by the Engineering Council and associated institutions.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Assessments will test the learning outcomes. They will be used to give feedback to students as well as providing summary evaluations of performance. |
Methods of Assessment | |
The usual range of assessments, such as technical reports, in-class tests, computer-based tests and unseen examination papers will be used for standard unit assessments. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Assessments will test the learning outcomes. They will be used to give feedback to students as well as providing summary evaluations of performance. |
Methods of Assessment | |
The usual range of assessments, such as technical reports, in-class tests, computer-based tests and unseen examination papers will be used for standard unit assessments. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Assessments will test the learning outcomes. They will be used to give feedback to students as well as providing summary evaluations of performance. |
Methods of Assessment | |
The usual range of assessments, such as technical reports, in-class tests, computer-based tests and unseen examination papers will be used for standard unit assessments. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
This first year is designed to equip students to take part on a wide range of possible studies in later years.Students will have a sound knowledge of the basic concepts of general engineering and engineering mathematics, and will have learned how to take different approaches to solving problems. They will be able to communicate accurately, and will have the qualities needed for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
Students will have developed a sound understanding of the principles of engineering design, and will have learned to apply those principles more widely. Through this, they will have learned to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. Their studies may well have had a vocational orientation, enabling them to perform effectively in their chosen field. They will have the qualities necessary for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
An emphasis is placed, in this programme, on the ability to communicate across disciplines as well as following a series of Professional Studies units that provide the business and social background to engineering design. A core of studies of this type is maintained and students start to take part in significant design projects. At the same time they use their optional units to strengthen their specialisation.Students will have developed an understanding of a complex body of knowledge, some of it at the current boundaries of an academic discipline. Through this, the graduate will have developed analytical techniques and problem-solving skills that can be applied in many types of employment. The graduate will be able to evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions, to reach sound judgements, and to communicate effectively. They should have the qualities needed for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility, and decision-making in complex and unpredictable circumstances. |
Level M/7 - Masters |
Much of the study undertaken at Masters level will have been at, or informed by, the forefront of an academic or professional discipline. Students will have shown originality in the application of knowledge, and they will understand how the boundaries of knowledge are advanced through research. They will be able to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, and they will show originality in tackling and solving problems. They will have the qualities needed for employment in circumstances requiring sound judgement, personal responsibility and initiative, in complex and unpredictable professional environments. |
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
Student workloads in the Engineering Faculty are calculated on the assumption that you will work an average of 40 hours per week over the 30 weeks of the academic year. 10 credits therefore represents about 100 hours of student work. This workload includes all activities related to the delivery and assessment of taught units.
A major component of this load is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes lectures, laboratories, computing classes, tutorials, examples classes and design classes. In the early years of the Engineering programmes this scheduled time typically amounts to 17 -25 hours per week; in the later years this reduces to 7-12 hours as more time is allocated to un-scheduled work on individual or group projects.
Outside classes you are expected to pursue your own independent learning in order to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
The 100 hours per 10 credits includes all the time that you will need to spend on completing coursework assignments to the required standard or preparing for and taking examinations. For units that are assessed by coursework alone, the full 100 hours per 10 credits is expected to be used in completing the coursework and so these units may put a higher demand on your time during the normal teaching year. Most of the exams are held in May/June while coursework deadlines are spread out through the teaching year. You will therefore need to plan carefully to make sure that you can meet your coursework deadlines while still keeping up with your scheduled classes. Your Department will provide you with a coursework schedule each year to allow you to manage your workload efficiently.
This multi-disciplinary degree programme (H150) aims to educate and train students for future leadership roles in industry. Leaders in engineering design need good communication skills and a wide understanding of the engineering and business environment in which projects are created and delivered. The programme was inspired by a team of visiting design specialists in a variety of different industrial sectors and thus includes provision for a full placement year. The Royal Academy of Engineering and 12 major industrial companies form a partnership to support the programme's development. It is aimed at able students who have broad engineering interests and who will want to work on, and eventually lead, large-scale and challenging projects that have a significant impact on society and the environment. They therefore need to learn about a broad range of issues, e.g. economic and legal mechanisms of bringing about change, as well as the direct effects of engineering systems on the environment. Graduates are confidently expected to be highly valued in the employment market.
It is hoped too that graduates on the H151 MEng degree programmes will possess almost all of the academic depth and breadth background of those on the original H150 programme will be of considerable value to employers. Without the full year of placement experience they might be expected to undergo the graduate training commonly expected of engineering graduates. This programme is expected to meet accreditation requirements for DABCE. The H155 & H156 BEng degree programmes serve as exit pathway programmes to students who fully met the rigorous admissions criteria of the H150 programme.
Graduates on these programmes will have experienced a sound and broad-based formation in multi-disciplinary engineering, which will be highly attractive to employers. In the case of H155 with their year of placement they will have undergone much of the initial graduate training programme that so many companies invest in and require.
Professor Stuart Burgess (Director of Studies)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bristol,
Queens Building,
University Walk,
Bristol BS8 1TR
Tel: ++44 (0) 331 5954 ,
Fax: ++44 (0) 117 925 1154,
Email: s.c.burgess@bristol.ac.uk
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study in industry, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Engineering Mathematics 1 | EMAT10100 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Fluids 1 | AENG11101 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Thermodynamics I | MENG11202 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Materials 1 | MENG11100 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Dynamics of Rigid Bodies | MENG10201 | 10 | Mandatory | AYEAR |
Application of Electronics | EENG16200 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Electrical Systems Engineering | EENG17300 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Computer-based Modelling 1 | MENG11511 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Design & Manufacturing Principles | MENG11600 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Product Design & Visualisation | MENG26003 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study in industry, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Modelling 2 (EDES) | MENG20003 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Professional Studies A - The Commercial, Economic and Management Context of Engineering Processes | CENG20004 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Engineering Mathematics 2 | EMAT20200 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Design Project 2 | MENG20002 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Plus one of the following Streams: | ||||
Stream A (Aerospace): | ||||
Aerodynamics | AENG21100 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Structures and Materials 2 | AENG21200 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Space Systems | AENG22300 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Flight Dynamics & Control 2 | AENG20001 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Stream B (Mechanical): | ||||
Materials Engineering 2 | MENG21100 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Dynamics and Control 2 | MENG22200 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Thermofluids 2 | MENG20600 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Stream C (Civil): | ||||
Structures and Materials 2 | CENG25100 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Hydraulics 2 | CENG21300 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Introduction to Soil Mechanics and Geology | CENG10002 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Civil Engineering Design 2 | CENG26000 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study in industry, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Industrial Placement Unit | MENG30002 | 120 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
120 |
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study in industry, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Research and Communications 4 | MENGM0011 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Design Project 4 | MENGM0010 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
40 credits of optional units as allowed by the home department (Aero, Civil, Mechanical) | ||||
10 credits of a Design/Systems unit from a list approved by EDES. | ||||
20 credits of open units or additional optional units as allowed by the home department. | ||||
In Year 4, the term "open" refers to either genuinely "open" units offered across the University or design/systems engineering focused units run within the Faculty of Engineering that are particularly suited to Engineering Design students and are not necessarily offered by the home department. | ||||
120 |
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study in industry, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Design Project 5 | CENGM0059 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
60 credits of optional units as allowed by the home department | ||||
20 credits of open units or additional optional units as allowed by the home department. | ||||
In Year 5, the term "open" refers to either genuinely "open" units offered across the University or design/systems engineering focused units run within the Faculty of Engineering that are particularly suited to Engineering Design students and are not necessarily offered by the home department. No Level C units are allowed. | ||||
Engineering Design with Study in Industry (MEng) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
30 credits of open units are available to students taking 50 credit points in their stream the previous year. Students taking other streams have 20 credit of open units.
Students who have not undertaken a placement may graduate with an MEng (Hons) Engineering Design (480 credit points)
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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