MENG (HONS) / BENG (HONS) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

The Mechanical Engineering degree offered by the University of Wolverhampton is designed to prepare students for a wide range of career choices in the field of Mechanical Engineering. It is also intended for students whose career objectives require greater flexibility. Consequently, the educational aims of the mechanical engineering programme are laid out to prepare students for professional practice in an era of rapidly evolving technological advances. The programme combine a strong base in theoretical background (mechanics, materials, fluid, thermal, systems and control) along with project based laboratory, design, build and simulation experiences as recognisable by the professional mechanical engineering community as an accredited degree. The educational aims for mechanical engineering collectively strive to develop independence, creative talent, and leadership, as well as the capability for continuing professional growth and self-learning. This ensures that graduates are equipped with the appropriate knowledge and enterprising capabilities to practise engineering professionally, ethically and sustainably. Thus, the programme will:

• Provide the mechanical engineering industry, profession and public services with graduates who can play leading roles by combining theory with practice and employing relevant managerial and communication skills enabling the analysis and synthesis of products and systems across mechanical engineering and related disciplines.
• Enable students to pursue professional careers in mechanical or related engineering disciplines at a level which requires the exercise of sound judgement, initiative, and the ability to make informed decisions in complex and unpredictable circumstances that reflect a responsible, ethical, social and sustainable outlook.
• Provide students with up-to-date knowledge and skills enabling them to create and develop ‘innovative and economically’ viable products, processes and systems to meet a predefined criteria.
• Encourage a systems approach encompassing both holistic and modular views to the analysis, synthesis and realisation of mechanical engineering products and systems.
• Allow a broadly based education in mechanical engineering, combined with an appreciation of mechatronics, control and design, thereby providing access to a wide range of career paths within the engineering profession or to pursue further studies if desired.
• Require team working through the participation of engineering group projects where the project team members are drawn from a range of cognate engineering disciplines.
• Furnish the ability to research and develop knowledge, process or products relating to mechanical engineering, thereby enhancing the creative aspects and knowledge creation allowing for continuous improvement and innovation.