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Automotive Engineering BEng

  • UCAS Code H330
  • Duration Up to 4 years
  • Delivery type Full Time
  • Study location
  • Edinburgh
  • Number of places
  • 85

Overview

The Course

Automotive Engineering continues to be a major employer of professional engineers, owing to the increasing challenge of producing desirable and profitable vehicles. The relevant subjects are the core Mechanical Engineering Sciences together with Electronic Engineering and Materials Engineering, with an increasing emphasis on the design and manufacture processes.

Career Prospects

Graduates are in constant demand. Many engineers make their careers in established areas, perhaps in the infrastructure industries of energy and transportation or the design and manufacture of advanced equipment. Others find rewarding careers meeting the challenges of applying new materials and intelligent systems to products and manufacturing processes.

Programme content

Level 1

Builds upon the foundations of our accredited BEng Mechanical Engineering programme. First year students are offered a thorough grounding across the Mechanical Engineering disciplines and in Electronic Engineering then pursue increasingly specialist options in a selection of these areas, as well as in engineering design.

Level 2

Subjects covered include: Strength of Materials; Machine Dynamics; Applied Thermodynamics; Fluid Dynamics; Materials Engineering; Design and Manufacture; Control Engineering; and Instrumentation.

Level 3

Subjects covered include: Strength of Materials; Machine Dynamics; Applied Thermodynamics; Fluid Dynamics; Materials Engineering; Design and Manufacture; Control Engineering; and Instrumentation.

Level 4

Students choose specialist subjects and carry out an individual project drawn from a range of topics. Taught subjects include Automotive Technologies; Management; Manufacturing and Design assignments; and options from Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics; Strength of Materials; and Machine Dynamics.

Lucy Gardiner Richard Kent

Lucy Gardiner

Degree BEng in Mechanical Engineering with Diploma in Industrial Training
Present Job Mechanical Engineer at BP Grangemouth
Lucy Gardiner

"I secured a 10-week summer placement with BP at Grangemouth at the end of third year. As a result I was keen to work for the Diploma in Industrial Training and so continued my placement with BP for a full year. I was involved in a pump improvement project and in co-ordinating plant maintenance.

"I have since been working with BP as Commissioning Engineer on a GBP180M new polyethylene plant. I enjoyed the responsibility and superb training programmes.

?My degree gave me an excellent technical grounding, team skills and, along with the management courses, a handle on modern day industry.?

Richard Kent

School Teesdale Comprehensive, Durham
Degree BEng in Mechanical Engineering
Present Job Product Development Group Leader at FMC Kongsberg Subsea, Dunfermline
Richard Kent

"I joined FMC after graduating in Mechanical Engineering. The company supplies subsea equipment for the oil industry and, in the Dunfermline design office where I work, 10 of the 30 engineering graduates are from Heriot-Watt.

"I think of designing new products as a creative art-form because the hardware has to be extremely reliable in a difficult environment. Work has taken me to Rio, Singapore, Europe and the USA."

Entry Requirements

The University offers as its normal entry routes:
- entry at Level 1, mainly for students with Scottish Highers (or similar),
- entry at Level 2, mainly for students with A-levels (or similar).

There is nevertheless considerable flexibility, depending on the level of qualifications, for entrants with A-levels to opt to enter at Level 1 and for Scottish students to enter at Level 2. Direct entry into Level 3 is also possible for students who already have certain HE qualifications.

Level 1 entry

  • Scottish Highers AABB or BBBBC
  • GCE A Level BBB
  • Irish Leaving Cert (Higher) BBBBB
  • SQA Higher National Cert C in graded unit. Relevant HNC - please contact the Admissions Tutor to discuss further.
  • Scottish Baccalaureate pass with CC in Adv. Higher Maths and Physics
  • Additional information The subjects studied must include Mathematics and either Physics or Technology Studies. A qualification in Chemistry is also an advantage. Applicants may be admitted with a range of alternative qualifications, including BTEC.

Level 2 entry

  • GCE A Level ABB
  • SQA Advanced Highers BB and BB
  • SQA Higher National Cert A in graded unit.
  • SQA Higher National Dip BBC in graded units. Relevant HND - subject to satisfactory tutor reference and interview. Please contact the Admissions Tutor to discuss.
  • Scottish Baccalaureate pass with BB in Adv. Higher Maths and Physics
  • Additional information The subjects studied must include Mathematics and either Physics or Technology Studies.

Level 3 entry

  • SQA Higher National Dip AAB in graded units. Relevant HND - subject to satisfactory tutor reference and interview. Please contact Admissions Tutor to discuss.

Tuition fees

Status* Scotland / EU** England / Northern Ireland / Wales International
Fee Paid by SAAS £9,000 £13,530

* Your residency "status" is usually defined as the country where you have been ordinarily resident for the 3 years before the start of your programme. Find out more about tuition fees.

** European Union countries, not including England, Northern Ireland or Wales.

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