Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year MEng (Hons)
University of Sheffield
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Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)

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SEP-25

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5 Years

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Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)

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5 Years

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This is the most flexible of our MEng degrees. It covers fundamental engineering principles, while giving you the freedom to follow individual interests in your third and fourth years.**Passionate about mechanical engineering, and keen to get into the workplace?**If you dont have the usual scientific or mathematical background for an engineering degree, a foundation year is for you. After successfully completing the foundation year, you can start a BEng or MEng degree.Sheffield’s Mechanical ...Read more

This is the most flexible of our MEng degrees. It covers fundamental engineering principles, while giving you the freedom to follow individual interests in your third and fourth years.


Passionate about mechanical engineering, and keen to get into the workplace?

If you don't have the usual scientific or mathematical background for an engineering degree, a foundation year is for you. After successfully completing the foundation year, you can start a BEng or MEng degree.Sheffield’s Mechanical Engineering BEng is an excellent alternative to an MEng course – offering the option to graduate, or continue your engineering education with an MSc or switch to a MEng depending upon performance.In the first two years you'll study the core subjects that you need to be a successful mechanical engineer and we’ll embed that knowledge by applying it to open-ended projects, typical of the engineering industry.In the third year, you will have the opportunity to tailor your degree in a way that supports your career aspirations by choosing from a wide selection of engineering modules.One of the highlights for the third year is the individual research project, chosen from a very wide range of topics and under the supervision of an expert in the chosen field.Throughout the course, you will be given many opportunities to develop and demonstrate the professional skills, such as written and spoken communication, group working and project management, that employers desire.


This course is seeking re-accreditation from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) for 2024-25 entry.


Why study this course?

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Project-based learning

- our system of project-based learning integrates engineering science with practical projects. So, you’ll become comfortable and capable in tackling realistic, open-ended problems – which makes you a better engineer.-


Professional skills focus

- the course includes professional skills learning, which empowers you to take responsibility for your own development and become an independent learner. This includes areas such as developing communications skills, teamwork, and presentation skills, helping to create more employable engineers.-


Personal tutorials

- all our students are assigned a personal tutor from day one, someone who will be your point of contact for both pastoral and academic support throughout your studies. You’ll meet your tutor on a weekly basis throughout the first year to receive both pastoral and academic support. The small group academic tutorial system in your first year strengthens the student-tutor bond and helps you to develop as an independent learner.-


Vibrant student and staff community

- our excellent ‘student voice’ is consistently recognised and rated highly in the National Student Survey (NSS). Students are encouraged to be involved and have a say in their own education and to work together with staff to improve their mechanical engineering programmes.-


Specialist teaching facilities

- 'Learning by doing' is the reason The Diamond was built. Dedicated to engineering, with a focus on developing practical engineering skills, this is where you’ll apply the theory you learn in lectures – consolidating your understanding alongside students from other disciplines, and beyond the bounds of the curriculum.

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CUG Subject Ranking
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7th
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18th
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Agustin
06 Dec 24

The facilities are great, but it feels like they are limited sometimes, especially in lectures that require a more "tutorial" format. The workload is high and a better guidance..Read more

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Alen
29 Jan 24

The facilities and professors are great. It is a great student city with great nightlife and always something to do. It is also very..Read more

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A level

A level:

BBC - BBB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

ABBBB - AABBB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:24,M:21,P:0 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

31 - 32 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H2,H2,H2,H3,H3,H3 - H2,H2,H3,H3,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DD Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDD Grades / Points required

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

B Grades / Points required

BBB (any A Level); BBC including Maths and at least one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology

AABBB (any subjects); ABBBB including Maths and at least one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology

Award of Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 24 at Distinction (to include 12 Maths units), and 21 at Merit + GCSE Maths grade 7/A

32 (any subjects); 31, with Maths and at least one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology at either Higher Level 5 or Standard Level 7

H2 H2 H2 H3 H3 H3 (any subjects); H2 H2 H3 H3 H3 H3 including Maths and at least one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology

in Engineering + A at A Level (no STEM at A Level) + GCSE Science grade 6/B and Maths grade 7/A; DD in Engineering + B in an A Level science subject (Physics, Chemistry or Biology) + GCSE Maths grade 7/A; DD in Engineering + C in A Level Maths + GCSE Science grade 6/B

in Engineering + GCSE Science grade 6/B and Maths grade 7/A

+ BB at A Level (any subjects): B + BC in Maths and either Physics, Chemistry or Biology at A Level

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06 Dec 24
Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc
The facilities are great, but it feels like they are limited sometimes, especially in lectures that require a more "tutorial" format. The workload is high and a better guidance...
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Alen
29 Jan 24
Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)
The facilities and professors are great. It is a great student city with great nightlife and always something to do. It is also very...
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