Mechanical Engineering

Delivered at our Chippenham campus and awarded by Pearson, our Higher Technical Qualifications provide a wide-ranging study of Engineering and are designed for students who wish to pursue or advance their career in this exciting sector. The department's facilities will enable you to learn using a wide range of industry equipment. A large, dedicated workshop houses a range of state-of-the-art resources. In our engineering labs you'll build experience with CAD equipment and software, programmable logic controllers, pneumatic and hydraulic rigs and a range of electronic, robotic and mechatronic facilities.

The course includes modules in the following subjects:
Year 1:
Unit 4001: Engineering Design
Unit 4002: Engineering Maths
Unit 4017: Quality and Process Improvement
Unit 4014: Production Engineering for Manufacture
Unit 4011: Fluid Mechanics
Unit 4004: Managing a Professional Engineering Project
Unit 4008: Mechanical Principles
Unit 4013: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines

Year 2:
Unit 5003: Advanced Mechanical Principles
Unit 5005: Further Thermodynamics
Unit 5016: Lean Manufacturing
Unit 5015: Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Unit 5002: Professional Engineering Management
Unit 5006: Further Mathematics
Unit 5004: Virtual Engineering
Unit 5023: Thermofluids

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS