BEng Mechatronic Engineering
The University of Manchester
Key Information
Campus location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 9,250 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* tuition fees for home students. Tuition fees for international students will be £26,000 per annum
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Introduction
Course overview
- Learn to combine mechanical engineering with smart electronics, and incorporate an electronics nervous system into other engineering systems and devices.
- Explore state-of-the-art robotics and autonomous system knowledge.
- Study at one of the largest departments of electrical and electronic engineering in the country, and access an incredible array of equipment and facilities.
- From September 2022, learn in our brand-new, £400m purpose-built engineering and material science building, MECD.
Course description
Switch on your career in mechatronic engineering at Manchester, a university with a prestigious engineering history - and a bright focus on the future. Mechatronics, the marriage of mechanical engineering with smart electronics, is vital to subjects including industrial automation and robotics.
To interact with an object, a mechatronic system must know where the object is, be able to move the object and place it in the required new position. The electronics require information from sensors that can detect position, orientation, and visual or audio signals. The electrical inputs from the sensors have to be interpreted and the appropriate signals sent out to the actuators to perform the required operation.
A good understanding of feedback control is also required to make changes in the system from one steady position to another, without oscillations or unpredictable movements. In this course you will learn the techniques necessary for the design and implementation of such intelligent mechatronic systems.
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Curriculum
Aims
- You will learn robotics, mechatronics, and autonomous system technology and how to incorporate an electronics nervous system into other engineering systems and devices.
- We will provide ample opportunity for practical application and project work. These are strong themes throughout our course.
- You will be taught by academics working on the cutting-edge of research, helping to solve the world's biggest challenges.
Special features
The future of engineering education at Manchester, MECD.
Excellent facilities
We're getting ready to move into a £400million Manchester Engineering Campus Development.
With access to an extensive range of leading facilities, you will get hands-on with industry-standard equipment - improving your knowledge and skills, and preparing you for work post-graduation. Our flagship facilities include the High Voltage Lab and Photon Science Institute.
Regular, close support
During your first year, you will be supported by course unit-specific tutors who will hold weekly small-group sessions to discuss questions related to your course units. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to engage with our award-winning Peer Assisted Study Session scheme which allows you to interact with some of our 2nd Year and 3rd Year students. You will also be assigned an Academic Advisor, who will offer you support in terms of your academic progression and career development.
Options and flexibility
The first three semesters of our undergraduate courses share the same content. This gives you the opportunity to transfer between electrical and electronic, electronic and mechatronic engineering up until halfway through your second year.
Teaching and learning
In your first year of study, there is approximately a 50:50 split between your contact time and independent study; about the same as when studying for A-levels.
In subsequent years this split changes to a greater amount of independent learning, with the split being approximately 30:70 in the third year. This does not mean that less help is available; our staff are here to help.
Contact time could be in a lecture, example class, tutorial, laboratory class and sometimes may be online (email/e-learning/web blog etc). All of these activities enable you to interact with us to ensure you have the best possible learning experience.
The course contains strong practical elements: a year-long practical build project of an electronic device in Year 1, a year-long practical build project of an autonomous embedded system in Year 2, and a year-long practical research project in Year 3.
Coursework and assessment
Assessment of most course units is by examination combined with an element of course work, such as marked laboratory work or marked examples. Substantial projects are assessed by written reports, presentations and demonstrations.
Course unit details
Each course unit is reviewed annually, taking into account feedback from our students and our industrial advisory group, to ensure that we deliver the most appropriate material.
Career Opportunities
Your Mechatronic Engineering degree from The University of Manchester will open a world of opportunity, and the skills you develop will be sought across a wide range of industries.
There is a shortage of electronic and electrical engineers, and our graduates are in demand in this highly employable profession. EEE is a global market today, opportunities truly are global. Our graduates have been prepared for opportunities such as:
- Developing microcontroller-based embedded systems
- Developing robotics
- Integrating renewable energy sources
- Designing associated power conversion systems
- Developing automation and control systems
- Designing automotive electronics
- Designing electrical machines
- Developing guidance and control systems for unmanned intelligent underwater, or ground and aerial vehicles.
Our graduates have secured roles at organisations including:
- Arup
- National Grid
- Scottish Power
- ABB
- Rolls-Royce
- BAE Systems.
You will also acquire skills such as logical thinking, team working, report writing, analytical and presentation skills, and a high level of numeracy, all of which will leave you well equipped for a career either inside or outside the mechatronic engineering discipline.
What's more, graduate with a degree from us and you'll be in demand among the top graduate employers by attending one of the most targeted universities according to The Graduate Market in 2021 - High Fliers Research.
Did you know, this course has an industrial experience option: BEng Mechatronic Engineering with Industrial Experience.
Careers Service
We are committed to helping you get the best start after graduation. That's why The University of Manchester's award-winning Careers Service will continue to support you two years after graduation.
Additionally, each year the Department hosts a careers fair where you can meet with company representatives and discuss work experience options. These companies include Rolls-Royce, Alstom, BP, ABB, Jaguar Land Rover, National Instruments, Network Rail, Shell, and Siemens.