Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering BEng

  • UCAS Code HH3V
  • Duration Up to 4 years
  • Delivery type Full Time
  • Study location
  • Edinburgh
  • Number of places
  • 85 across all programmes

Overview

The Course

The programme is designed to equip students to tackle innovative and challenging professional tasks associated with energy provision and utilisation. Students will acquire skills to take responsibility for decision making where energy and the environment are important issues. Building on a sound engineering foundation, students will be introduced to specialised energy topics, management and environmental impact assessment.

Career Prospects

The Energy industry includes multinational oil and electricity companies as well as small and medium sized enterprises developing devices or providing energy solutions. Reflecting the importance given to energy engineering, companies and organisations in the energy field are developing fast and new graduates are highly sought after.

Overview

The Course

The programme is designed to equip students to tackle innovative and challenging professional tasks associated with energy provision and utilisation. Students will acquire skills to take responsibility for decision making where energy and the environment are important issues. Building on a sound engineering foundation, students will be introduced to specialised energy topics, management and environmental impact assessment.

Career Prospects

The Energy industry includes multinational oil and electricity companies as well as small and medium sized enterprises developing devices or providing energy solutions. Reflecting the importance given to energy engineering, companies and organisations in the energy field are developing fast and new graduates are highly sought after.

Programme content

Level 1

The early years are based on the programme in Mechanical Engineering. Specialisation in energy topics begins in the third year.

Level 2

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

Level 3

Subjects 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: Management; Manufacturing and Design assignments and options from Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics; Strength of Materials and Machine Dynamics. MEng students may also select from Computer Aided Design and Computing and Numerical Techniques.

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 BBBBB
  • GCE A Level BBB
  • Int. Baccalaureate 29 points to include Higher Level Mathematics and Physics
  • 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
  • Scottish Baccalaureate Distinction with AB in Adv. Higher Mathematics and Physics
  • Additional information The subjects studied must include Mathematics and either Physics or Technology Studies.

Tuition fees

Status* Scotland / EU** England / Northern Ireland / Wales International
Fee Paid by SAAS £9,000 £14,340

* 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.

Scholarships & bursaries