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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hons)
High Wycombe Campus
Full Time
Oct 2026
4 Year
Created by industry-experts and shaped by regional engineering employers, this BEng (Hons) Engineering Design programme will equipped you with the knowledge and skillset you’ll need to be able to identify solutions and solve complex and interesting engineering challenges.
Why study BEng (Hons) Engineering Design at BNU?Industry involvementOn this BEng (Hons) Engineering Design degree, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with industry-professionals and practitioners, as well as our working alumni. You’ll benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses and workshop sessions, live briefs, site visits and where possible, a contribution to the assessment of your work. This course has been developed to mirror today’s Engineering Design industry and continues to work closely with its own Industry Advisory Board to ensure the curriculum and teaching is relevant. Working with professionals allows us to ensure the course will help you to develop the skills and knowledge the industry is looking for. You’ll engage in real-world, practical activities that will prepare you for a successful career.
FacilitiesDuring your time with us you’ll have access to our state-of-the-art facilities, including:
Mechanical/Structural Labto include different Structural Test kits that will measure Deflection of Beams & Cantilevers, Bending Stress and Bending Moments etc.
Materials and Manufacturing Labto include 3D Metal Printer, Hardness Tester, Universal Tensile Testing, Impact Tester, Milling and Drill machines
Fluids and Hydraulics Labto include Digital Hydraulic Bench, Axial Flow Pump, Recirculating Flume, Hydro-electric Turbine and Surface Tension Balance.
Process and Energy Labto include HVAC unit, Air Conditioning Trainer, Process Trainer and Photovoltaic Cells
Concrete & Geotechnical Testing Labto include Slump Test, Concrete Density, Porosity, Flexural and Compression Testing, Soil Shear, Grading and Moisture Tests.
Electrical and Electronics Labto include Power and Energy Electronics, Modern Electrical Machine Systems, Three Phase Power Systems
Automation Labto include Dobot Smart Industry 4.0 Workstation, pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, PLC systems
Immersive Virtual RealityCAD LabStudy Options
This programme runs as a full-time course, structured across three years. We also offer the full-time course with an additional placement year in your third year. This four-year option allows you to get hands-on within the industry, before you complete your studies. You can also study this option with an additional Foundation Year.
What will I learn?Whether you want to explore transportation industries: such as rail, aeronautical and automotive, & infrastructure engineering services, or clean energy oil and gas industries, as an engineer you’ll play a crucial role in the shaping of our future world. This practical and hands-on engineering design course incorporates innovation and creativity at every stage of learning. During your time with us you’ll gain an extensive knowledge and critical understanding of professional ethics, social and cultural values in engineering. With a focus on sustainability, you’ll learn skills to help you identify and solve engineering problems, whilst meeting the needs of the industry and the forward-thinking sector.Our specialist modules cover a broad range of areas to ensure you gain a holistic overview of the industry, from emerging and sustainable technologies, computer aided design and simulation and thermofluids, to electromechanical systems, robotics, automation and sustainable materials. At all levels of the course, employability skills have been built into the programme to prepare you for work experience opportunities and to help you secure employment upon graduating. Throughout the course you’ll have the opportunity to work on live briefs set by engineering employers, all of which can later be added to your portfolio.
The aim of this module is to develop your skills in the mathematical principles and theories that underpin the engineering curriculum. You’ll be introduced to mathematical methods and statistical techniques in order to analyse and solve problems within an engineering context.
This module aims to develop an appreciation of the characteristics, properties, behaviour, and application of materials commonly used in design-based disciplines. You’ll be introduced to the relationship between the selection of materials for various projects and the properties impacting construction and performance in use.
This module aims to develop a structured approach to the analysis of basic electrical circuits and systems, electromagnetism, electrical machines, transformer, semiconductor devices and the basic digital circuits with a wide range of power sources.
This module introduces you to all the stages of the Computer Aided Design (CAD) process and to the process of modelling components using CAD (e.g.: ECAD and MCAD) software specifically suitable for transferring to ECAD/MCAD software.
This module aims to provide the knowledge and understanding of the various types of electrical, mechanical, fluid, and thermal systems and their analogies, integrations, and applications. This module also aims to derive mathematical model of electromechanical systems and analyse their static and dynamic behaviour using Simulation Software.
The aim of this module is to introduce the techniques and best practices required to successfully create and manage an engineering project designed to identify a solution to an engineering need. While carrying out this project you’ll consider the role and function of engineering in our society.
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the methodical steps that engineers use for product transition into production to create functional products; from a design brief to the work, and the stages involved in identifying and justifying a solution to a given engineering need.
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the essential mechanical principles, strength of materials and mechanics associated with engineering applications. In addition, you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of undertaking experiments in a systematic manner.
This module aims to provide hands-on skills on design and fabrication to prepare you for contemporary industry and advanced engineering design and fabrication module at level 6 if you choose this option.
The aim of this module is to continue covering the topics discussed in “Strength of Materials and Mechanics.” It will provide you with advanced knowledge of the mechanical theories associated with engineering applications.
This module introduces you to the application of relevant Computer Aided Design (CAD), CFD, FEA and analysis engineering tools in contemporary engineering. You’ll learn about standards, regulations and legal compliance within the context of engineering.
The aim of this Module is to provide a rational understanding of functional thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in common industrial applications. The Module promotes a problem-based approach to solving realistic work-related quandaries such as steam plant efficiency and fluid flow capacities.
This module offers you the chance to undertake a structured industry placement for a specified duration, depending on the programme requirements. During the placement, you will work within an engineering organization under the supervision of experienced professionals. The placement may be in various sectors of engineering, including but not limited to mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering, allowing you to gain exposure to diverse industry practices.
This module aims to develop your understanding of the philosophies, strategies, techniques and significance of team leadership and management in engineering operations within your workplace. This module will enhance your responsibility, autonomy and accountability of your own work through case studies.
This module aims to develop your ability to assess a range of emerging and sustainable technologies to meet the net zero transitions across the energy, transport, water and waste. This module also aims to develop understanding of the three disciplines of sustainability: environmental, social and economic.
This module will develop your understanding of the way in which design must be structured, analysed, controlled and assessed in order that functions can be achieved by manufacturing, assembling and maintaining in an efficient and economical way.
The project will typically be of an investigative nature, exploring and extending your knowledge of the chosen subject within the context of the engineering industry. You’re expected to conduct a deep investigation of the engineering issues and to show a systematic and critical approach to the work, demonstrating an understanding of fundamental principles and appropriate methodologies, and an ability to communicate the findings.
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