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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
University of Staffordshire (Stoke Campus)
Full Time
Sep 2026
4 Year
Our course has been designed for you to experience different aspects of Mechanical Engineering to enable you to develop your knowledge and skills and prepare you for a career in Engineering. Our Mechanical graduates have gone on to a range of engineering roles including design engineers, project engineers, systems engineers and mechanical engineers. The course can offer you unique opportunities to engage with industry and to get involved in real life projects and this experience will help you develop, grow and have a great future as a modern engineer. You will gain fundamental and advanced theoretical knowledge through a range of engineering topics with continuous opportunities to apply and evaluate this acquired knowledge in various practical situations using our mechanical engineering laboratory equipment. Alongside these subject specific skills, we’ll work with you to develop your employability and transferable skills, so you’ll be able to approach industry with confidence. You will be surrounded by supportive and approachable teaching and technical staff and you will be offered opportunities to develop skills that underpin engineering and the chance to collaborate, communicate and be creative using our wide range of equipment. To maximise your practical experience, you will have opportunities to get hands-on with our cutting-edge facilities including, 3D scanners and 3D printers, rapid prototyping, laser cutters, wind turbine lab facilities and the latest Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
Taster projects based on real-world problems across different specialisms within engineering.
Teamwork, reflection and communication - team forming theories, presentation skills, report writing and group dynamics.
Vector analysis, equations of motion, statics and dynamics, fluid mechanics, circuit analysis and digital electronics.
Applying knowledge to analyse and evaluate problems and create solutions, with software demonstrations and practical exercises.
Numeracy, algebra, trigonometry and calculus to build analytical and problem-solving capability.
Materials and their environmental impact, using software to make informed choices in the design process with sustainability as a driver.
How electrical and electronic circuits, components and devices are applied to support cross-discipline applications.
Design processes from concept through to prototyping - researching, analysing and developing solutions, documenting methodology and project management.
Algebra, trigonometry, complex numbers, matrices, probability theory, and basic and advanced calculus.
Algebra, trigonometry, complex numbers and calculus, at a gentler starting point.
Mechanics concepts across engineering disciplines - theoretical principles, numerical applications, plus verifying bending moment principles in the mechanics lab.
Preparing for a professional engineering career - communication, goal setting, networking, and applying industry-standard software to analyse problems and create solutions.
Thermo-fluid fundamentals and practical work to understand and tackle thermo-fluid concepts for engineering applications.
Principles of feedback control and evaluation techniques, control system performance in real-world applications, plus computational analysis and simulation exercises.
Mathematical tools and techniques for tackling a variety of engineering problems.
Business and customer requirements before R&D, marketing, PESTLE and TOWS analysis, plus project, change and quality management.
Challenges faced by a manufacturing system, quantitative decision-making tools, measuring and improving productivity by eliminating waste, and managing quality to international standard.
Advanced design and assembly, analytical and computational analysis of structures, and materials science principles to optimise performance. Includes a FINAL EXAMINATION.
Team formation strategies applied to a sustainability-themed brief the team chooses - research, plan and develop an alternative solution, documented in a design portfolio.
Large-scale individual project of investigation, experimentation and analysis, integrating skills from across the course. 40 credits - exhibited at the GradEX show.
Technologies and tools used in contemporary businesses from identifying customer needs to delivering the right product, plus new product and process design.
Thermodynamics laws and energy conversion - heat engines, steam and gas turbine cycles burning fossil fuels, hydrogen and biofuels, using Aspen Plus, plus solar, wind and geothermal.
Electric power supply industry concepts - designing and evaluating transmission and distribution system components. APPEARS ON THE FOUNDATION-YEAR ROUTE ONLY - see notes.
Structural analysis techniques applied to real-life problems, software-based modelling and simulation of complex systems, plus laboratory activities to prove the theory.
48 Grades/points required
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