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Programme code | 4MECH012U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Jude Bramton
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Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
School/department | School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Accrediting types: |
Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.imeche.org/ (http://www.imeche.org/) |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | Engineering (2023) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 4 years (full time) |
This section sets out why studying this programme is important, both in terms of inspiring you as an individual and in considering the challenges we face. It describes how this degree programme contributes to:
This programme aims to:
1.Provide a demanding mechanical engineering education for future professional Chartered Engineers which has been informed by the forefront of academic research and industrial practice.
2. Provide comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of engineering science and the underpinning mathematics, with further emphasis on selected areas of advanced technical mechanical engineering subjects.
3. Provide students with the capabilities necessary to analyse unfamiliar engineering systems and to formulate and solve complex engineering problems in both systematic and creative ways.
4. Enable students to research, plan, design and realise innovative engineered products, systems and services, and to provide an understanding of the related operational and management practices.
5. Provide opportunities to conduct individual and team-based projects in both research and industrial contexts in a stimulating educational environment, and to develop the skills necessary for effective dissemination of the outputs.
6. Ensure that students understand the social, ethical and environmental context within which they have to work, and appreciate the related commercial and business practices, and are aware the importance of professional engineering in industry and society.
7. Develop graduate mechanical engineers who are able to understand and implement the latest engineering practices, possess key transferable skills, take ownership of their own life-long learning and professional development and ultimately provide leadership in a wide range of challenging engineering professions.
8 Give students the experience of living and working abroad by enabling them to study for a year at a higher education institute though the EU Erasmus+ program (within an EU member state or an associated partner).
The learning outcome statements shown below for your programme have been developed with reference to relevant national subject benchmarks (where they exist), national qualification descriptors (see the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) and professional body requirements.
Teaching, learning and assessment strategies are listed to show how you will be able to achieve and demonstrate the learning outcomes.
This programme provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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1 is acquired through a combination of lectures and problems classes. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Knowledge and understanding are tested through unseen written examinations (1, 4-7, 9), assessed laboratory work (4-7), course work (8, 9), and assessed design work (2,3). Many units in Years 1 have progress tests, which enable student performance to be checked. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Intellectual skills are developed through the teaching and learning programme outlined. Analysis and problem solving skills are further developed through examples sheets. Experimental, research and design skills are further developed through coursework activities, laboratory experiments, and design projects. Intellectual skills and abilities are further developed and synthesised through participation in a major research project. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Analysis and problem solving skills are assessed through unseen written examinations. Experimental, research and design skills are assessed through laboratory experiment write-ups, coursework reports and project reports, presentations, and interviews. Open-ended project work is assessed through written reports, presentations and interviews. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Skills are developed through the teaching and learning programme outlined. Specific strategies are specific projects for the acquisition of 3, experimental investigations for 2, 5, 7, project work for 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, tutorial work and course work for 10, group design exercises for 12, specific courses for 8, 13, 14. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
The assessment of skills 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 are implicit in the assessment of project work. Formative assessment is used for 10, course work for 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, experimental investigation for 5,7 . The assessment of skills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 are implicit in the assessment used for all parts of the programme. |
This section describes what is expected from you at each level of your programme. This illustrates increasing intellectual standards as you progress through the programme. These levels are mapped against the national level descriptors published by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Students will have a sound knowledge of the basic concepts of a subject, and will have learned how to take different approaches to solving problems. They will be able to communicate accurately, and will have the qualities needed for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
Students will have developed a sound understanding of the principles in their field of study, and will have learned to apply those principles more widely. Through this, they will have learned to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. They will have the qualities necessary for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. The students will have sufficient fluency in the relevant foreign language to be able to study abroad effectively. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
Students will have developed an understanding of a complex body of knowledge, some of it at the current boundaries of mechanical engineering. Through this, the graduate will have developed analytical techniques and problem-solving skills that can be applied in many types of employment. The graduate will be able to evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions, to reach sound judgements, and to communicate effectively. The student will also have shown the ability to follow an extended programme of work. They should have the qualities needed for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility, and decision-making in complex and unpredictable circumstances. |
Level M/7 - Masters |
Much of the study undertaken at Masters level will have been at, or informed by, the forefront of both the academic and professional aspects of mechanical engineering. |
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
Study in Continental Europe is with partner institutions within the EU sponsored programme for
exchanges between higher education institutions. This programme, unlikely many involving study
abroad, is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as fulfilling the educational requirements for Chartered Engineers.
The people indicated on the Mechanical Engineering departmental website
(http://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/departments/mecheng/).
This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type III: Professional or Practice Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
In order to progress to the 2nd year of this programme of study the students must:
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Engineering Mathematics 1 | EMAT10100 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering Science | MENG10004 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering by Investigation | MENG10005 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering by Design | CENG10012 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Principles of Mechanical Engineering | MENG10006 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Students may take one of the following language units on a formative basis, not for credit: | ||||
Post-Beginners French | UWLP10002 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Post-Beginners German | UWLP10005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Post-Beginners Italian | UWLP10015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Post-Beginners Spanish | UWLP10010 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Intermediate French | UWLP10003 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Intermediate German | UWLP10006 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Post-Beginners Spanish | UWLP10010 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type III: Professional or Practice Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Engineering Practice (Study in Continental Europe) | MENG20006 | 30 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Thermofluids | MENG20009 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Materials Engineering | MENG20005 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Dynamics and Control | MENG20004 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Engineering Mathematics 2 | EMAT20200 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
20 credit points from: | ||||
Advanced French | UWLP20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Advanced German | UWLP20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Advanced Spanish | UWLP20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Follow-on Spanish | UWLP20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Follow-on French | UWLP20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Follow-on German | UWLP20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Follow-on Italian | UWLP20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 130 |
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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