Mechanical Engineering

Learn how to improve the manufacturing, design, or materials of products and systems on this combined Bachelors and Masters degree course.

You’ll set the direction for your future career by using manufacturing, 3D printing, thermodynamics, dynamics and structural analysis to analyse, calculate, model and experience your proposed concepts. You’ll also develop valuable commercial skills in areas such as marketing, intellectual property, and engineering project management.

You’ll spend much of your course working with other engineering students, developing your teamwork, management and leadership skills and learning how to analyse and solve problems creatively. Our expert staff are experienced industry professionals and researchers who will guide and advise you throughout your studies.

Why ARU?

Develop the knowledge and skills you need to resolve practical, real-world challenges, and practice the ‘art of precision guesswork’ and problem solving.

Study in our state-of-the-art facilities including 3D printing, CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Manufacturing) laboratories, and CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) machining.

Explore modules in areas including materials, design and modelling, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, as well as project-based learning.

A diverse breadth of expert staff with a wide range of industrial and academic backgrounds make learning more real, hands-on and relevant.

Our engineering courses are in line with the new Engineering Council requirements (AHEP 4.0).

Course Modules

Year 1

• Manufacturing and Materials Project (30 credits)

• Applied Engineering Mathematics (15 credits)

• Introduction to Engineering (15 credits)

• Structural Mechanics (15 credits)

• Engineering Dynamics (15 credits)

• Mechatronic Design Project (30 credits)

• Into ARU

Year 2

• Solid Mechanics and Machine Elements Design Project (30 credits)

• Mechanical Vibrations (15 credits)

• Project Management, Ethics and Quality Engineering (15 credits)

• Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (15 credits)

• Advanced Engineering Mathematics (15 credits)

• Engineering Thermodynamics (15 credits)

• Ruskin Module (15 credits)

Year 3

• Computational Fluid Dynamics and System Engineering Project (30 credits)

• Computer Aided Engineering and Manufacturing Project (30 credits)

• Automation and Control (15 credits)

• Research Methods and Individual Project (30 credits)

• Advanced Structural Analysis and Design (15 credits)

Year 4

• Engineering Major Group Project (30 credits)

• Automation and Robotics (15 credits)

• Advanced Materials and Structural Integrity (15 credits)

• Advanced Computer Aided Engineering (15 credits)

• Sustainable Environmental Design and Engineering Management Systems (15 credits)

• Innovative Product Design and Manufacture (30 credits)

We will use a range of assessment methods to check your academic and practical progress throughout your study. These includes exams, essays and reports, work related to practical classes and demonstrations, log books, presentations, computer models, and posters.

Our focus in assessment is your learning, therefore we thrive to have a clear brief of assessment in all modules. We’ll support you through each semester with formative feedback on your progress and provide a fair assessment procedure.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

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