Nottingham Trent University
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
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The HNC Mechanical Engineering course offers a comprehensive education designed to enhance technical, communication, and management skills for aspiring engineers. This course is ideal for those already working in the engineering sector who want to advance their careers, as well as for individuals looking to enter the field. With a focus on real-world applications, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle contemporary engineering challenges.
Delivered both full-time and part-time, the course combines theoretical learning with practical experience, ensuring you can apply engineering concepts to real-life scenarios. The curriculum covers a broad range of topics, from engineering design and fluid mechanics to thermodynamics and production engineering, preparing you for a variety of roles in the engineering industry.
NTU in Mansfield is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including an Engineering Lab and CAD suite, to support your learning. With expert tutors and a strong focus on employability, the course provides a clear pathway to career progression in roles such as design engineer, engineering technician, and project manager. The course also offers opportunities for further study, such as progression to an HND in Mechanical Engineering.
Why study HNC Mechanical Engineering for England at NTU Mansfield?
** You'll have access to a state-of-the-art Engineering Lab, equipped with the tools and technology you need to prepare for a career in Engineering.**
** The course is delivered both full-time and part-time - enabling you to fit learning around your work and other commitments.**
** This course prepares you to progress to a range of roles in the engineering industry and the opportunity to continue your studies with the HND.**
** Our small classes provide a friendly, flexible, more personalised learning experience.**

This Higher Technical Qualification is approved against occupational standards decided by employers.
Learn more about Higher Technical QualificationsYou'll study the underpinning engineering theory and get to apply it through practical sessions in our engineering facilities. To develop your engineering skills you'll be applying your skills to real-world situations and problems, making you think and work like a professional engineer. Modules include Engineering Design (15 Credit Points), Engineering Maths (15 Credit Points), Managing a Professional Engineering Project (15 Credit Points), Mechanical Principles (15 Credit Points), Fluid Mechanics (15 Credit Points), Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines (15 Credit Points), Production Engineering for Manufacture (15 Credit Points) and Quality and Process Improvement (15 Credit Points).
The course is predominantly coursework-based with some practical assessments and class tests.
The following entry points are available for this course:
We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.
NTU makes contextual offers for this course to give everyone a fair chance to access their chosen degree.
Contextual offers are lower than our standard entry criteria or may be an unconditional offer for courses that require a portfolio. We also take individual circumstances into account when we receive results and may accept grades lower than our published criteria.
We use a range of data from UCAS to make our offers and more information on our approach is available at the link below.
This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Tuition fees for 2026 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2025 are £9535 .The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
Visit our website Visit our course page
Phone:+44(0)115 848 4200
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