34 University of Bath Faculty of Engineering & Design Mechanical Engineering


Why study Aerospace, Automotive or Mechanical Engineering at Bath?


Our MEng programmes include Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design and Innovation, and Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management.


All programmes in the Department are MEng degrees. The first two years involve a common core of basic engineering subjects, providing a broad base of engineering, personal and communication skills giving students flexibility to change their original choice of MEng option. In Years 3 and 4 students specialise in their chosen degree, taking a combination of core and optional units, together with a group business and design project and an individual research project.


n A large department with student/staff ratio of approximately 4:1 in Year 1 provides a wide range of options within the fields of engineering and management


n State-of-the-art laboratory and computing facilities n Research led academic staff


n Excellent links with industry ensure teaching and undergraduate project activities are industrially relevant


n Over 50% of students enhance their experience and career prospects by undertaking an industrial placement


Placements


Over 50% of our students elect to spend a period in industry during their degrees. This may be either a full year of paid employment following the second year of study (The ‘five-year sandwich’) or a six-month period during Year 3. There is a member of staff responsible for industrial liaison and, at present, there are plenty of placements available in a wide range of companies including Shell, Ford, Motorola, British Airways, Hewlett Packard, Renault, Bosch, ABB-Alstom, Rolls Royce GmbH, Airbus and Siemens.


Mechanical Engineering degree structure Year 1


Year 2


Core Units


Common to all disciplines Core Units


Common to all disciplines Optional industrial placement


Aerospace Year 3 Core Units Group Project


Automotive Core Units Group Project


Mechanical Core Units Group Project


Mechanical with


Manufacturing & Management


Core Units Group Project


Core/Optional Units


Year 4


Research Project


Core/Optional Units


Research Project


Core/Optional Units


Research Project


Core/Optional Units


Research Project


Mechanical


with Advanced Design &


Innovation Core Units


Group Project


Core/Optional Units


Research Project


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88