Programme structure: Mechanical Engineering (MEng) - what's running in 2019/20

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional 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.

MENGM5000 is a must pass unit. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Group Industrial Project	MENGM5000	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Optional Units
Students are required to select 80 credit points of optional units. A minimum of 50 credit points must be chosen from List 1. The remaining 30 credit points can be chosen from List 1 or List 2.
List 1
Power Generation for the 22nd Century	MENGM0002	10	Optional	TB-2
Generic Propulsion	MENGM0014	10	Optional	TB-2
Acoustics - Fundamentals and Applications	MENGM0018	10	Optional	TB-1
Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing	MENGM0019	10	Optional	TB-1
Structural Integrity 1	MENGM0030	10	Optional	TB-2
Multiphase Flow	MENGM0031	10	Optional	TB-2
Manufacturing Systems	MENGM0032	10	Optional	TB-2
Interactions in Rotational and Nonlinear Dynamics	MENGM0033	10	Optional	TB-2
Modern Approaches in Fluids	MENGM0034	10	Optional	TB-1
Systems and Control Engineering 4	MENGM5012	10	Optional	TB-1
Non-Linear Behaviour of Materials	MENGM5022	10	Optional	TB-2
Environmental Thermalhydraulics	MENGM5031	10	Optional	TB-1
Virtual Product Development	MENGM6049	10	Optional	TB-1
Biomechanics	MENGM6051	10	Optional	TB-1
Computer Based Modelling 4	MENGM1411	10	Optional	TB-2
Students who are registered on or have transferred from the MEng Mechanical Engineering with Study in Continental Europe (H301) must take MENGM1411 Computer-Based Modelling from List 1.
List 2
Engineering Design for Wind and Marine Power	AENGM3102	10	Optional	TB-1
Composites Design & Manufacture	AENGM0028	20	Optional	TB-4
Engineering for International Development	CENGM0032	10	Optional	TB-2
Sustainable Systems	CENGM0033	10	Optional	TB-1
Robotic Systems	COMSM4111	10	Optional	TB-1
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise	INOVM0013	10	Optional	TB-1
Mechanical Engineering (MEng)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

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.