BEng (Hons) Advanced Manufacturing (with year in Industry)

Program Overview

The BEng (Hons) Advanced Manufacturing (with year in Industry) degree blends engineering with environmental awareness, management principles, and IT skills. Designed in collaboration with BAE Systems, it meets the Engineering Council's AHEP4 standard and prepares students for careers in manufacturing engineering, design engineering, project management, and more. The program features a year-long paid industrial placement, providing practical experience and industry connections.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The BEng (Hons) Advanced Manufacturing (with year in Industry) degree is a new and modern course that blends the technical focus of engineering with environmental awareness, management principles and leading-edge IT skills. You will learn how to develop engineering solutions to manufacturing problems using new technologies through innovation and creativity. The program was designed in collaboration with BAE Systems to embed all the employability skills and commercial awareness needed for a successful career. It also meets the Engineering Council’s most recent ‘Accreditation of Higher Education’ standard (AHEP4) to ensure the degree is future-proof.

Outline:

Year One (Level 4):

• Engineering Design:
This module introduces you to the tools and techniques of engineering design, visual communication, metrology, and safe use of a manufacturing workshop. You’ll design, manufacture, and test engineering artefacts.
• Integrated Engineering:
This module provides practical experience in delivering engineering design projects through problem-based learning. It covers the broader context of engineering, including social, ethical, and environmental aspects.
• Mathematics and Computing:
This module explores the use of mathematics and computer simulation in describing real-world systems and analyzing problems.
• Principles of Materials and Manufacturing:
This module introduces the fundamental properties of engineering materials, their manufacturing processes, and the interplay between these aspects.
• Mechatronic Principles – Electrical:
This module develops your understanding of electrical principles, signal analysis, circuits, and devices.
• Mechatronic Principles – Mechanical:
This module introduces you to mechanical concepts related to machine construction, design, and use. You'll learn about statics, kinematics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials.

Year Two (Level 5):

• Applied Materials and Manufacturing:
This module builds upon your knowledge of materials properties and demonstrates how material selection influences design and manufacturing processes. You'll learn about the planning of standard manufacturing processes, including computer-controlled machines.
• Applied Mechatronics – Electrical:
This module expands your knowledge of electrical power supply, electrical machines relevant to manufacturing, and the principles of classic and industrial control.
• Applied Mechatronics – Mechanical:
This module builds upon your previous learning in statics, mechanics, and dynamics, applying this knowledge to automated machines in advanced manufacturing. You'll also learn about industrial control for studying more complex real-world systems in Year Three.
• Digital Manufacture:
This module explores current and future practices in manufacturing engineering organizations. You'll learn about organization of engineering business, core technologies of digital manufacturing, potential future trends, and project management.
• Integrated Engineering 2:
This module integrates your learning from Level 5 in a simulated professional environment. You’ll engage in two substantial projects as part of a team to solve real-world manufacturing engineering problems.
• Mathematics and Modelling:
This module develops your ability to apply advanced mathematical techniques to realistic engineering problems. You'll also learn about numerical techniques and their use in modeling and simulating real-world problems.
• Year in Industry (Optional):
This is a year-long, optional period of paid industrial training that allows you to apply your knowledge and gain experience in the working world.

Year Three (Level 6):

• Year in Industry:
This is the year you dedicate to your paid industrial placement.

Year Four (Level 6):

• Advanced Manufacturing Systems:
This module expands your knowledge of contemporary manufacturing technology, including state-of-the-art computing. You'll develop analytical abilities and technical skills to integrate manufacturing software, hardware, and controls into modern systems.
• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing:
This module explores leading-edge technologies involved in manufacturing processes, covering topics like metrology, additive layer manufacturing, and artificial intelligence applications in manufacturing.
• Advanced Instrumentation and Control:
This module provides in-depth knowledge of requirements and challenges related to integrating automated systems and controlling their operations in manufacturing environments. It includes mathematical modelling for representing electro-mechanical systems within the overall manufacturing system.
• Integrated Engineering Project:
This module involves a substantial, independent research project on a topic of your choice. It allows you to integrate your acquired knowledge to solve a real engineering problem and enhance your employability skills.
• Operations Management:
This module builds upon your learning in Digital Manufacturing by exploring theoretical, methodological, and practical approaches to managing manufacturing operations. You'll learn how to apply your knowledge to improving and transforming business operations.

Assessment:

The majority of assessment is done through coursework, including project work, reports, computer tests, and presentations. Some exams are also used. If you opt for the year in industry, passing requires completing 1,200 hours of paid employment, receiving a positive report from your sponsoring company, and completing a portfolio with a poster presentation and written report.

Teaching:

• You'll study in a new, purpose-built 22,500 square foot building in the Barrow Learning Quarter Campus.
• The campus is located next to BAE’s laboratories and test facilities where the Institute conducts research and student projects.
• Research activities at the Barrow Campus enrich and influence curriculum development and provide opportunities for students to co-create new knowledge with tutors.

Careers:

The program is designed to equip students with the skills needed for a successful career in manufacturing engineering. You'll be prepared for roles in various fields, including:

• Manufacturing engineering
• Design engineering
• Project management
• Research and development
• Production management

Other:

The program has strong links to the advanced manufacturing cluster of engineering industries located around Barrow-in-Furness. Students gain practical experience of manufacturing engineering and learn how technical engineering is applied in the real world from day one. The institute pays for field trips and provides any necessary personal protective equipment (PPE).

Tuition Fees 2024 - 2025 £9,250 - UK The figures above don't include accommodation and living costs. Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.