Mechanical Engineering (Partnership College route)

Heriot-Watt University

This alternative route to our BEng (Hons)/MEng Mechanical Engineering is delivered in partnership with Forth Valley College and Edinburgh College. You’ll complete a relevant HND at one of these partner colleges, which enables direct entry to Year 3 at Heriot-Watt University.Mechanical Engineering encourages you to think creatively to solve the world's biggest challenges. From energy efficiency to tools for microsurgery, there is a need for mechanical engineers across a huge range of industries. This degree route will equip you with a sound basis in theoretical engineering principles and methods and their application in the context of design and analysis. You’ll apply your subject knowledge and problem-solving skills to develop innovative solutions to the current and emerging problems facing society.During the programme, you’ll gain a broad knowledge of the core components in Mechanical Engineering sciences and practices, studying modules including mechanics, fields and forces, electrical engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, design and manufacture, fluid mechanics, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, and sustainable development. You’ll have the opportunity to choose a handful of specialist engineering units to tailor your studies to your personal subject interests, and career ambitions.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 the fundamental knowledge of mechanical engineering, you’ll develop key transferable skills to set you up for a successful career. 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 in global issues such as product life-cycle sustainability and financial viability. This programme is accredited by IMechE. Students completing an IMechE accredited degree are deemed to have met part or all of the academic requirements for registration as a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer and are in a strong position to move on to achieve professional engineering status after a period of initial professional development in industry.