Automotive Engineering

Description

Engineering graduates can soon be earning between £20,000 and £30,000 a year. Our engineering and technology courses help you take up these rewarding opportunities. Data from Unistats in 2012 show that, six months after graduating, around two out of three of our graduates with jobs are classed as ‘engineering professionals’.

Teaching at Sunderland is kept fully up-to-date through our strong links with industry, including regional manufacturing giants such as Nissan. Teaching is further enriched by our research into areas such as automotive mechatronics, control engineering materials and structural analysis, manufacturing systems and advanced maintenance.

Sunderland has excellent facilities including laboratories for electronics, robotics and programmable logic controllers. We also have workshops and advanced modelling software that is the latest industry standard.

We encourage all our students to undertake a year-long placement between the second and final years, although it is not compulsory. It’s a great opportunity to get paid to put your learning into practice and to extend your experience.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline 15th January/October Tuition fee

• GBP 8500 Year (EEA)
• GBP 9500 Year (International)

Start date September 2015 15th Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

Modules on this course include: Year 1 (national level 4)

• Electrical Principles (20 Credits)
• Design, Drawing and Practical Skills (20 Credits)
• Applied Mechanics (20 Credits)
• Manufacturing and Materials (20 Credits)
• Electronic Principles (10 Credits)
• Engineering Applications of Information Technology (10 Credits)
• Engineering Mathematics (20 Credits)

Year 2 (national level 5)

• Electronics (20 Credits)
• Electrical Power Systems and Machines (20 Credits)
• Measurement and Instrumentation (10 Credits)
• Simulation (10 Credits)
• Control (10 Credits)
• Microprocessor Systems (10 Credits)
• Industrial Studies (10 Credits)
• Manufacturing Processes (20 Credits)
• Mathematics and Statistics (10 Credits)

Year 3

Work placement (optional)

Final Year (national level 6)

• Electrical Power (20 Credits)
• Electronic Systems Design (20 Credits)
• Manufacturing Systems Design (20 Credits)
• Project Management Planning and Control (10 Credits)
• SCADA and PLCs (10 Credits)
• Final Year Project (40 Credits)

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

take an IELTS test. More About IELTS

Requirements

Our typical offer will be in the region of 260 points from a minimum of two A Levels or equivalent (for example 1 x AVCE double award) which must include Mathematics or Physics.

Please note we do not accept AS/A Level General Studies.

We accept a maximum of 20 points from Level 3 Key Skills qualifications.

We also require three passes at GCSE grade C or above, which must include Mathematics and English Language, or a minimum of Level 2 Key Skills in Communication and Application of Number.

If you have already covered one or more of the topics covered by the course, and would like to apply for accreditation of prior learning (APL), please contact the course leader.

Other acceptable qualifications:

BTEC National: 260 points from a BTEC Certificate or Diploma, which must include Mathematics or Physics.

Access Courses: Ideally you would have been taking an Access course which includes Mathematics, Physics or a relevant subject(s) and have obtained a merit in each subject on the Access course. We would also require a minimum of grade C in GCSE in Mathematics and English Language or the equivalent as part of your course.

Scottish Highers: Our typical offer is for 260 points, which must include Mathematics or Physics.

Irish Leaving Certificate: Our typical offer is for 260 points, which must include Mathematics or Physics.

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 University of Sunderland.

Funding

• Engineering scholarship

£1000 engineering scholarships are available for this course. For more information and to see the eligibility criteria, please see the Student Achievement Reward (StAR) bursaries page of the Faculty of Applied Sciences website

Accreditation

This course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) as partially fulfilling the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. Accreditation is an assurance that our courses meet the standards set by the Engineering Council. This is the highest level attainable for any undergraduate programme. As well as increased employment potential, graduates from an accredited programme are typically able to fast track the process of achieving CEng status.