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Robotics and Cybertronics MEng

  • UCAS Code HG67
  • Duration Up to 5 years
  • Delivery type Full Time
  • Study location
  • Edinburgh
  • Number of places
  • 85 across all programmes

Overview

The Course

The programme aims to equip students to play leading roles in design, control and commissioning of a wide range of intelligent and mechatronic products. The field is developing rapidly across a diversity of environments, such as manufacturing and healthcare, and represents the ultimate integration of electrical, mechanical and software skills in a single professional engineer. The programme is supported by extensive project work throughout.

Career Prospects

Graduates are in constant demand. Robotics engineers make their careers in established areas, such as robotics and automation, manufacturing, packaging, space and aerospace, as well as emerging areas, such as renewable energy, assisted living, gaming and special film effects.

Engineers of the Future

Engineers of the Future is a bespoke five-year company sponsored programme aimed at talented students interested in a career in Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It offers the unique opportunity to combine vocational training and an MEng degree with hands on industrial experience.

Programme content

Level 1

Focuses on the fundamental subjects needed by a robotics engineer. Topics include Praxis Electronic Design; Digital Design; Engineering Graphics; Mathematics and Engineering Science.

Level 2

Subjects include Strength of Materials; Machine Dynamics; Design and Manufacture; Signals and Systems; Circuits and Analysis; Further Mathematics.

Level 3

Subjects include 3D Motion Simulation; Design and Manufacture; Digital Design and Programming; Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems; Control and Artificial Intelligence.

Level 4

Subjects include Embedded Systems; Simulation of Mechatronic System and other specialist courses chosen by students. A major Robotics and Cybertronics project enables students to integrate and develop the knowledge and skills obtained during the programme.

Fifth Year

Entry is offered to those whose performance at the end of the third year places them in the upper part of the class. Students study multi-disciplinary topics and undertake a group project. Specialist topics are also offered in a diverse set of engineering fields to deepen and widen their knowledge.

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) AACCC
  • SQA Higher National Cert C in graded unit. Relevant HNC - please contact the Admissions Tutor to discuss further.
  • Scottish Baccalaureate pass with BC 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 distinction with AB 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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