Mechanical and Energy Engineering

Description

This brand new programme focusses on the aspects of mechanical engineering principles that underlie the generation, delivery and utilisation of energy including engineering design, complex fluid flow and heat transfer, operation of energy technologies and systems including renewables and their techno-enviro-economic analyses. Graduates will be equipped with knowledge and skills essential to design modern day conventional (coal, oil and gas) and new/renewable (solar, wind, biomass and non-conventional fossils) energy plants and components enabling them to be informed engineers who can effectively contribute to decision-making.

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.

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

This course aims to prepare engineering graduates with the knowledge base, understanding and skills to play leading professional roles in industry involved in the design and operation of traditional and modern sustainable energy systems. The graduates will acquire expertise in the technological design and analysis and the environmental and economic implications of energy generation, supply and usage.

Detailed Course Facts

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

• English

Course Content

Level 1

• Fundamentals of Solid Body Mechanics

• Fundamentals of Thermofluids

• Analytical Methods and Skills

• Engineering Materials and Design

• Energy and Electrical Power

• Mechanical and Energy Engineering Labs

Level 2

• Solid Body Mechanics

• Thermofluids

• Professional Engineering Applications and Practice

• Computing, Analytical Methods, Control and Instrumentation

• Conventional and Renewable Energy Systems

Level 3

• Major Individual Project

• Power Generation Systems and Sustainability

• FEA, CFD and Design of Engineering Systems (BEng)

• FEA, CFD and Numerical Modelling (MEng)

• Professional Engineering Practice

Level 4 (MEng)

• Major Group Project

• Strategic Management, Innovation and Enterprise

• Management of Energy Engineering Systems and Economics

• Advanced Thermofluids

• Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer

• Solar Thermal and Electricity Systems OR Wind, Tidal, Wave, Hydroelectricity OR Geothermal, Biomass, Waste, Hydrogen

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 AAA, 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 A along with 1 AS-level (excluding General Studies) at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma D*D*D* to include Distinction grade 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 at grade A in Maths or Physics.
• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D* in a related subject with A Levels grade AA in Maths and Physics.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma 37 points, including 6 in Higher level Maths and 6 in Higher level Physics
• Access to Higher EducationDiploma Applicants should apply for the BEng Those who achieve the progression requirement can transfer to the MEng at the end of Level 2

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.