Manufacturing Engineering for England (HTQ)

This new Level 5 HND programme with Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) status is designed to educate future engineers with greater flexibility and technical capability by exploring the integrated nature of manufacturing and mechanical engineering. It is intended for students who have completed advanced studies , or who have more varied experience who want to pursue a career in engineering and manufacturing. The courses contain significant project-based learning including laboratory investigations, design work, projects, case studies and tutorials.

About the course

The course aims to:

-develop skills in manufacturing and mechanical engineering
-encourage students to develop solutions to problems
-establish employability skills and develop a multi-tasking and multi-skills approach.

Knowledge of manufacturing engineering and systems is developed by:

-understanding the general engineering industry and related work placements
-examining historical, theoretical, and ethical positions in response to engineering design
-considering the relationship between traditional skills and developing technologies
-being aware of the creative process of engineering design
-understanding the behaviour of materials subjected to complex loading systems
-determining the dynamic parameters of power transmission system elements and rotating systems

Year 1/Level 4 core units:

-Engineering Design
-Engineering Maths
-Managing a Professional Engineering Project

Year 1/Level 4 specialist units:

-Computer Aided Design and Manufacture (CAD/CAM)
-Industry 4.0
-Industrial Robots
-Production Engineering for Manufacture
-Quality and Process Improvement

Year 2/Level 5 core units:

-Professional Engineering Management
-Further Mathematics

Year 2/Level 5 specialist units:

-Distributed Control Systems
-Industrial Systems
-Manufacturing Systems Engineering
-Lean Manufacturing
-Advanced Manufacturing Technology
-Sustainability

Assessment

Coursework is continually assessed through a variety of individual and group assignments, such as practical activities, written reports and presentations.

Bursaries

We want our courses to be accessible to students from any background, so we’ve put together a cash support package in the form of non-repayable bursaries to provide financial help where it’s really needed. Details for 2025-26 will be advertised once approved by the university regulator – the Office for Students (OfS). Please check our website - www.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk - for more information.

Your career and progression

The Level 5 HND with HTQ status qualification is widely-recognized in its own right and provides students with the skills required for employment in a broad range of industries with either a managerial or technical bias.

After successfully completing the HND, you could top-up your qualification to the planned BEng (Hons) degree here at Nottingham College, or progress to a degree at a wide range of other higher education providers.

Alternatively, you could pursue a career in research and development, design, technical sales and production.

Core units include:
engineering science
managing professional engineering project
engineering maths
production engineering for manufacture
engineering design
quality and process improvement
advanced manufacturing technologies
research project
professional engineering management
manufacturing system engineering
lean manufacturing

Assessed through a variety of individual assignments

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS