New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE)
UCAS Code: H300 | Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)
Entry requirements
A level
112 UCAS Tariff Points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE Mathematics and English grade 5 or above
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
112 UCAS Tariff Points
T Level
UCAS Tariff
About this course
Get to grips with this specialist and sought-after subject area through NMITE's unique and hands-on approach to education.
Mechanical engineering is an innovative subject area that looks at the design, analysis, and manufacturing of systems that keep our world moving forward. With our Mechanical Engineering degree, you'll develop hands-on, practical skills, learning from experienced academics and local and national employers. You'll benefit from significant involvement with commercial partners, clearly differentiating NMITE's approach from other engineering degrees within the UK.
**Why?** So that you're work-ready, capable of inciting real industry change, and become a specialist in your field by the time you graduate.
Our MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering course will see you get hands-on with NMITE's integrated approach to tackle real world mechanical engineering problems. You'll apply systems thinking methods and utilise your learned knowledge of different mechanical engineering disciplines enabling preparing you for future success as a mechanical engineer.
- You'll learn alongside local and national engineering professionals within industry and get to grips with real-world challenges.
- Develop your knowledge on mechanical engineering practices enabling you to help tackle some of the most pressing engineering challenges of the 21st Century.
- Thrive through NMITE's unique model of learning. Learn to operate in small teams reflecting the real workplace. Instead of traditional exams and lectures, you'll be continually assessed throughout your studies.
- Receive support whenever you need it – you'll have access to 1:1 support through your allocated Personal Tutor, high academic contact time throughout your studies, the Academic Skills and Knowhow Centre, and Student Services.
Modules
**Level 4**
**The 21st-Century Engineer** - Start your study by building a physical and digital artefact. You'll be introduced to the different disciplines of engineering, the influential role of the engineer in society, and the responsibilities we carry as professional engineers.
**Thermodynamics & Fluids** - You will analyse and improve a fluid flow system. You'll combine observation, an awareness of how energy is converted and a knowledge of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.
**Statics and Dynamics of Simple Mechanisms** - You will design and validate a single-element mechanism under a straightforward load case.
**Fundamentals of Analogue and Digital Circuits** - You will specify and build an open loop control system that meets the needs of a given application.
**Level 5**
**Creating Social Value through Engineering** - You will work on a community-based project. You'll develop key mindsets relating to stakeholders, equity, inclusive design, prototyping and new product development/
**Energy Engineering** - You will propose and specify an energy solution for a specific application. You'll develop and apply your knowledge of thermodynamics including energy/power cycles, heat transfer, and the engineering components and systems that deliver energy.
**Statics and Dynamics of Complex Mechanisms** - You'll design and model a complex structure under differing load cases, including selection of appropriate material(s) from a wider, more specialist range.
**Control and Instrumentation** - You will monitor and model a predictable (LTI) closed-loop control system. To achieve this you'll develop and apply an understanding of open- and closed-loop systems, feedback system design, control system performance and analysis and modelling approaches.
**Level 6**
**Integrated Design, Materials and Processes** - Students will gain comprehensive and integrated understanding of materials, and manufacturing processes, in the context of developing and managing mechanical engineering projects.
**Mechanics of Materials** - This module draws on knowledge to extend the understanding of stress and strain responses of engineered products or structures subjected to different types of loadings. Students will also learn applications of hydro- and aero-elasticity and failure theories.
**Manufacturing as Integrated Engineering** - This synoptic module provides an opportunity for students to draw on their learning across all the programme’s engineering domains as well as the skillsets they have gained in practical engineering, project management, and value creation.
**Bachelor's Project** - This module builds students capability to develop and deliver a self-managed innovative project that has a mechanical engineering component. It also allows students to specialise in a mechanical engineering topic of their choice. Students will work individually on a mechanical engineering based project.
**Level 7**
**Research and Modelling** - You will apply computational engineering modelling tools in a research context, typically CFD (computational fluid dynamics) or FEA (finite element analysis) to predict the performance of an engineered system involving complex phenomena such as fluid dynamics or structural integrity.
**Lifetime Performance of Engineering Assets** - Your skillset and integrated approach is applied to a durable engineering application, providing an opportunity to explore the management of physical assets with a firm eye on their lifecycle performance.
**Master's Project** - You'll work individually on a demanding engineering challenge for an extended period, typically with an industrial or community partner on a research-based or self-defined challenge.
Assessment methods
We believe that your assessment should be as reflective of a real workplace as possible and that means no traditional exams. Instead, our assessments take the form of in-studio quizzes, presentations and debates, display of artefacts you’ve developed and built, industrial reports, development of specifications, test reports and project plans, creative media presentation and general question and answer sessions where your participation and knowledge can be assessed.
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Extra funding
We know that going to any University or Higher Education Institution is a financial commitment. That is why we are dedicated to easing the financial burden for our students through our bursaries and scholarships. We have several financial awards available for future and existing students. Please see our website at https://nmite.ac.uk/scholarships-and-bursaries
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