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Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: £4,770 per year
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How long will I study?
2 Years
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Where will I study?
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When do I start?
September 2025
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Course summary
- Become a professional mechanical engineer from day one.
- Apply your skills by completing industry-linked projects and placements.
- Develop the techniques to design, analyse, simulate and test mechanical systems.
- Create engineering solutions for the optimal performance of mechanical systems.
- Enhance your versatility with multidisciplinary insights into mechanical engineering.
This course prepares you for diverse engineering roles – with a practice-based approach to mechanical science, design, systems, engineering practice, materials, and manufacture. You’ll emerge as a highly-skilled graduate – ready to provide optimal and sustainable solutions to future problems across the industry.
The course enables students to convert their existing qualifications into a BEng Mechanical Engineering honours degree.
This top-up award is suitable if you have a foundation degree or HND and are aiming to develop your qualification to degree level.
Accredited by
For students who progress onto this course through an Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) accredited route, for example a foundation degree accredited by the IMechE, this course is accredited by the IMechE as fully meeting the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng).
Modules
Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Module Aim:
This module aims to develop subject expertise and critical thinking skills in the domain of advanced thermodynamics, structural analysis and numerical simulations, such as applied computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA), relevant to real world engineering problems.
You will study topics such as:
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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
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Thermal & Fluid Machines/Devices
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Structural mechanics
The module explores fundamental principles of engineering design. You will develop understanding of the principles of design of components and assemblies and also be aware of sustainability and ethics within the design process.
You will study topics such as:
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Design approaches
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Conceptual design tools
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Detailed design tools
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Prototyping, evaluation and optimisation tools
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Sustainability, ethic and economic factors
Final year
Compulsory modules
Your individual final year project is the apex of your academic journey, offering a platform to apply the wealth of knowledge and skills gathered throughout your degree to real-world linked problems. This module requires your creativity, problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to navigate new material independently in whichever field you choose to specialise in.
This module allows you to:
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Undertake in-depth research in a topic of your choosing
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The opportunity to work alongside cutting-edge researchers
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Create a body of work that can support you into further study, or work in a field that interests you
Develop solid foundations for undertaking a self-managed academic research project. On this module you will develop the skills and understanding you will need to complete your dissertation project to the highest level. Through lectures, guided reading and one-to-one discussions with your project supervisor you will design a path through to successful completion of an extensive research project including developing the project management skills you will need to achieve this.
You’ll study topics such as
- The life cycle of a project
- Reviewing academic literature
- Quality management
- Project management techniques and tools
- Research ethics
- Intellectual property rights
Future careers
This course prepares you for a career in:
- Mechanical design
- Mechanical system/structural analysis
- Energy/power
- Renewable energy systems
- Manufacturing and production
- Automotive industry
- Aerospace industry
Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:
- AgustaWestland
- Airbus UK
- Bentley Motors
- Bosch
- JCB
- Lockheed Martin
- Pirelli Tyres Ltd Carlisle
- Rolls-Royce
Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
City Campus
City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.
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Equipment and facilities
You’ll have access to a wide range of hardware and equipment, including Computer-aided design (CAD) software such as SolidWorks to create accurate prototypes of product designs – plus analysis software such as Fluent, Abaqus, Ansys and Matlab.
You’ll study and develop your skills in 11,500 square feet of cutting-edge teaching space, laboratories and workshops, with facilities including:
- Industry-standard software and tools
- Finite Element Analysis software
- Computational Fluid Dynamics software
- Engineering laboratories and state-of-the-art equipment
- Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
- Wind tunnels
- Laser scanning
- A flight simulator
- Rapid prototyping equipment
- A robotics and automation laboratory
- An automotive workshop for engine testing
- A structural integrity laboratory
- A materials testing laboratory
- Manufacturing workshops
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Entry requirements
All students
Candidates must possess
FdEng Integrated Engineering (Mechanical pathway)
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A qualification which is deemed to be equivalent to the above.
You will be expected to demonstrate an acceptable level of literacy; this may take the form of a GCSE grade C in English or its equivalent.
International Applicants must be competent to the level of TOEFL 550 (paper based tests) or 213+ (computer based tests) or IELTS at least 6.0
You will be expected to demonstrate an acceptable level of numeracy. This may take the form of a GCSE grade C Maths or its equivalent
Candidates who have other, non-standard qualifications will be considered on their individual merits by the Course Leader and Admissions Tutor. The primary criteria will be that the candidate will have the ability and commitment to progress satisfactorily on the Programme.
Students who successfully complete the Foundation Engineering Programme in Integrated Engineering (Mechanical pathway) can be accepted onto the BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Top-up) course to complete their degree. They can continue to study on a day release part-time basis, completing Level 6 over 2 years of study.
Additional information for EU/International students
This course is not open to international students who require a student visa to study in the UK. If you are an international applicant but do not require a student visa, email our Admissions Team to find out whether you’re eligible to apply.
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting part-time study in 2025/26 is £4,770 per year (based on studying 60 credits per year). These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years.If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
Financial support for home/EU students
How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.
Additional course costs
The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
General course additional costs
Additional costs for School of Engineering and Built Environment (PDF, 142.7KB)Legal information
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