BEng (Hons) Engineering Design with Mechanical Engineering

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Why study this subject?

Are you passionate about bringing your creative ideas to life while making a tangible impact on the world? Studying engineering design with mechanical engineering is your gateway to a future where you'll learn to innovate, design, and build advanced machines and systems that power our modern world.

Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?

With a rich tradition of delivering exemplary craft and design education for over 130 years, coupled with more than 25 years of expertise in offering engineering degrees, Buckinghamshire New University stands as the ideal starting point for your creative career.

Our committed teaching team, brimming with industry experience, is your gateway to invaluable insider insights and a vast professional network. Industry practitioners and successful alumni also actively participate in your education by delivering guest lectures, conducting masterclasses and workshops, arranging site visits, and even contributing to the assessment of your work.

During your time here, you'll gain hands-on practical skills that will set you apart in the eyes of potential employers. Our state-of-the-art CAD/CAM labs grant you access to industry-standard equipment, ensuring that you graduate fully equipped for your first job.

Delivered through lectures, tutorials, and studio-based work, each of the modules you study will help to build your identity and specialist knowledge as an Engineering Designer. You will also work closely with other students across a range of disciplines allowing you to experience the professional structures you will be a part of in the workplace.

Located just a short train ride away from London, you'll have the opportunity to explore galleries, museums, construction project sites, and places of historical and contemporary significance. This not only broadens your horizons but also introduces you to potential clients, contacts, and future project sites.

Opportunity modules are a key part of the BNU curriculum. You’ll choose modules in your first year from a broad selection in areas such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, creativity, digital skills, personal growth, civic engagement, health & wellbeing and employment. Opportunity modules are designed to enable you to develop outside the traditional boundaries of your discipline and help you to further stand out from the crowd to future employers.

What facilities can I use? 

We have a range of state-of-the-art-facilities for you to get hands-on with, here you’ll have access to Digital technologies and industry standard software including ECAD and MCAD software, MATLAB Simulink and SolidWorks.

You’ll develop essential skills within our Engineering IT Studio, using programmes such as AutoCAD, 3d Studio Max, Rhino and Photoshop through structured lessons in IT/CAD/CAM suites and studios. You’ll also get hands-on with 3D printing and augmented reality (AR) technology.

As well as this you’ll also will also have access to Digital technologies and industry standard software including ECAD and MCAD software, MATLAB Simulink and SolidWorks.

What will I study?

On the Mechanical Engineering specialism, you’ll explore a variety of topics in depth, including mathematics, engineering science, technology and statics and dynamics.

Our programme will equip you with the skills to navigate critical aspects essential for your professional development in the field. These include mastering topics like the strength of materials, solid mechanics, materials engineering, thermodynamics, lean manufacturing principles, and computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM).

You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in industry-based projects, trips to project sites and workshops. 

How will I be taught and assessed?

Throughout the course, a diverse array of active teaching methods and authentic assessment strategies will be employed, with an emphasis on both practical and traditional teaching approaches. Laboratory sessions and various hands-on activities will serve to reinforce the knowledge gained from lectures and tutorials.

Traditional forms of assessment include:

• Written assignments
• Report 
• Portfolio and digital models
• In-class assignments  
• Computer-based test 
• Set Presentations (for example, poster and oral)  
• Proposal 
• Dissertation 

Within your close-knit tutor group, everyone’s input is recognised and valued. Not only will you make friends for life, but you’ll also make important connections that will last through your career, and you’ll form a network, just like you’d find in the working-world.