Automotive Engineering

Description

The UK automotive industry is historically known for highly innovative engineering, with various technical centres of excellence recently set up in the UK by global car manufacturers and suppliers. The main challenge set for these engineering centres is to design, develop and manufacture the next generation of road vehicles capable of providing improved environmental impact whilst maintaining acceptable vehicle performance, reliability and cost. The exciting low carbon vehicle technologies being developed within the UK, coupled with significant recent growth within the industry, makes for a highly challenging and rewarding career for talented UK Automotive Engineering graduates.

Automotive Engineering at Brunel aims to equip graduates with the key technical and managerial skills required to excel within industry. Specifically, the programmes of study have been constructed to give good balance between both the fundamental mechanical engineering subjects (including maths and engineering science) and the applied engineering disciplines (such as vehicle design and performance). The overall aim is to provide our graduates with excellent understanding of the fundamentals which, coupled with in-depth knowledge of the technical workings of current and future automotive systems, will allow them to become future technical or managerial leaders.

"The UK automotive industry is leading economic recovery with increased manufacturing output, growing export volumes and new jobs being created on the back of major international investment in the sector. Our engineering expertise, workforce flexibility and renowned motoring heritage, combined with top level collaboration between industry and government, makes the UK an important location for the global automotive industry". Paul Everitt, Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

About Mechanical Engineering at Brunel

From jet aircraft to air conditioning plant, from tunnelling machines to body-scanners, from technical consultancy to financial services such as insurance, mechanical engineers deal with the design and production of the machines, systems and structures that are taken for granted in the modern world.

The range and diversity of career choice is consequently tremendous. In response to this diversity, we offer a variety of courses.

Interacting with students from different specialisms and with different interests is an important part of the University experience. To help with this, we have introduced a multidisciplinary project for Level 1 students. This is a design-based competition between teams made up of students from a number of subjects.

We also offer the Engineering with an Integrated Foundation Year course.

The range of courses reflects several of our research interests:

• energy and environmental engineering;
• internal combustion engines and their fuels;
• structures and materials;
• fluid mechanics.

Aims

The BEng (Hons) (three years academic study) programme aims to produce graduates equipped to play leading professional roles in the automotive and related industries.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 16000 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

Both programmes (BEng and MEng) cover the same topics in Levels 1 and 2, allowing students to transfer between them at the end of Level 2. The courses cover the fundamentals of mechanical engineering and design, providing an excellent grounding in key subjects common throughout the mechanical engineering disciplines. The first two years also provide exposure to other related engineering subjects, such as electrical and electronic engineering, and commercially important topics, such as management and related law. At the end of Level 2, students registered on the BEng course may switch to the MEng course if they have achieved an average of at least 60% in their Level 2 modules.

Levels 2 to 4 progressively introduce a greater degree of specialisation. Strong emphasis is placed upon achieving a good balance between practical and theoretical engineering skills, making best use of the excellent facilities available. For example, use of our modern and well equipped laboratories and standard industrial computer software plays a major role in the learning process. The practical aspects of automotive engineering are introduced as early as Level 1 in the form of laboratory experiments on existing vehicle sub-systems, which then lead to more advanced laboratories in Level 2. Advanced computer software in design, structural analysis, dynamics and mathematics are used from Levels 2 to 4, with our laboratory facilities also made available for experiments undertaken by students individually.

Typical Modules

Level 1

• Fundamentals of Solid Body Mechanics

• Fundamentals of Thermofluids

• Analytical Methods and Skills

• Engineering Materials, Manufacturing and Electrical Machines

• Introduction to Engineering Design

• Automotive Engineering Laboratories

Level 2

• Automotive Vehicle Design and Performance

• Solid Body Mechanics

• Thermofluids

• Computing, Analytical Methods, Control and Instrumentation

• Professional Engineering Applications and Practice

Work Placement (thick sandwich mode of study)

Level 3

• Major Individual Project

• Automotive Structures, Propulsion and Manufacture

• FEA, CFD and Design of Engineering Systems

• Professional Engineering Practice

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 60(Grade C)

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• GCE A-level AAB, including Maths and Physics (General Studies not accepted for this subject at all).
• Advanced Diploma Progression Diploma Grade A in Engineering, plus the Specialist Unit in Maths for Engineers at grade C along with 1 AS-level (excluding General Studies) at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning.
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma D*D*D, including Distinctions in Further Mathematics for Technicians, and Further Mechanical Principles or equivalent.
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma D*D in a related subject with an A Level Maths or Physics at grade A.
• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D in a related subject with A Levels grade AA in Maths and Physics.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma 35 points, including 5 in Higher Level Maths and 5 in Higher Level Physics.
• Access to Higher EducationDiploma Complete and pass Access to Engineering course with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. All Maths and Physics units must be Distinctions at level 3.

GCSE Mathematics grade C and GCSE English grade C are also required.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Brunel University.