BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering

The BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering encourages you to think creatively to solve modern challenges with new and advanced technical solutions. By studying this four-year degree, you’ll build upon a sound engineering foundation and be introduced to specialist energy topics, and environmental impact assessment and management. You’ll gain the skills to tackle challenging professional tasks associated with energy provision and utilisation and learn to take responsibility for decision-making in areas related to energy and the environment.  

The undergraduate degree will equip you with a sound basis in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering to progress society towards a more sustainable future with solutions for cleaner energy sources and improved efficiency.  You’ll explore thermodynamics and fluid mechanisms to understand how turbines generate electricity from geothermal or nuclear sources and analyse heat pumps as a more efficient alternative to gas boilers to heat homes across the UK. You’ll apply your subject knowledge and problem-solving skills to develop innovate solutions to increase the efficiency and performance of aircraft and transport and improve medical engineering and nanotechnology.   

During the programme, you’ll have the opportunity to build and develop your professional network through industrial visits, and an optional industrial placement which, upon completion, will result in you being awarded a Diploma in Industrial Training (DIT). Throughout the programme, you will engage in hands on and practical work, and apply your learned theory. This will ensure you gain the practical skills demanded by industry, making you highly employable upon graduating.  

As a mechanical engineer, you’ll deal with the design, development, optimisation, and operation of mechanical parts and systems. You’ll gain a broad knowledge of the core components in Mechanical Engineering Sciences and practices, studying modules including but not limited to mechanics, fields and forces, electrical engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, design and manufacture, fluid mechanics, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, sustainable development and engineering management, energy studies, and renewable energy technologies.   

In response to current industry changes and emerging trends, your learning will be built around the core concept of sustainability. You’ll learn how to engineer solutions that are environmentally, financially, and socially sustainable. Some examples include: 

• designing turbines to generate electricity from geothermal or nuclear sources, 

• creating heat pumps to replace gas boilers for a more efficient alternative, 

• increasing the efficiency and performance of aircraft and transport,

• and improving medical engineering and nanotechnology. 

Beyond gaining the fundamental knowledge of mechanical engineering, you’ll develop key transferable skills to set you up for a successful career in industry. By working both independently and across multidisciplinary teams on projects and assignments, you’ll gain key team working, professional presentation, and technical writing skills. You’ll explore key topics in business to develop insight global issues such as product life-cycle sustainability and financial viability. 

You’ll have the opportunity to study an additional year, and progress onto MEng Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering. This is the standard route toward a Chartered Engineering professional qualification.