Canterbury Christ Church University - Mechanical Engineering (Advance Manufacture) with Foundation Year

Canterbury Christ Church University

Mechanical Engineering (Advance Manufacture) with Foundation Year

Whether it’s making the clothes on our backs or picking the crops from fields, mechanical engineering and advance manufacturing is all around us.

Our degree will prepare you for this ever-evolving sector. You’ll finish your degree with industry-ready skills, confidence and creativity to overcome the next generation of challenges. Designed and run in collaboration with business, and utilising the pioneering CDIO approach, this degree is rewarding and opens real-world career pathways.

Our foundation year option supports and enhances your knowledge to give you the skills and confidence to join the Mechanical Engineering (Advance Manufacture) course even if you don’t have the formal qualifications or experience to meet the entry requirements. It equips you with the knowledge to move into formal degree study, setting you up for future success.

On completion of the course you'll be on track to become an Incorporated Engineer.

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements are typically 32-112 UCAS points including minimum 5 GCSEs (including maths, English language and science). However, students who have typically:

  • 32-88 UCAS points at Level 3 and studied at least one of the following: A level maths, A level physics, A level applied science, A level engineering, BTEC Engineering Diploma.
  • 88-112 UCAS points at Level 3 and who have not studied: A level maths, A level physics, A level applied science, A level engineering, BTEC Engineering Diploma.
  • 32-112 UCAS points at Level 3 in maths, science or engineering and who have not been in full-time/part-time education for many years.

Further entry requirements

  • 5 GCSEs grade C/4 or above (including maths, English, science)
  • Science can be physics, chemistry, biology or computer science

The course will provide you with further science and maths knowledge and understanding that underpins mechanical engineering. It will help you develop your higher education learning skills in science and maths to support your further pursuit of studying a MEng/BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering (Advanced Manufacture).

This course is also available as a BEng or MEng.

For more information on the IELTS (International English language Testing System) requirements for this course

Course Details

The foundation year will support and give you study skills and foundations of engineering that you need to start Year 1 of the degree. You'll learn about general engineering science, physics, chemistry, computer programming and maths, and you'll develop higher education study skills.

As you progress through the degree, you'll learn about professional practical engineering and you'll study engineering design and engineering science. You'll then go on to explore mechanical engineering in more depth and you'll study modules that are specific to manufacturing engineering, such as manufacturing control, instrumentation and communication, and design and analysis for automated manufacture.

Throughout the course, your hands-on learning both on- and off campus and on-line, will develop your practical problem-solving approach through active learning laboratories, engineering laboratories and the use of engineering workshops and makerspace. You will undertake small group projects, typically sourced from industry. You'll also develop skills enabling you to:

  • work effectively and supportively in diverse and inclusive groups
  • communicate effectively in groups and one to one
  • apply project management to group-work
  • apply principles of commercial management and consideration of wider issues.

Each year you'll undertake a large group project which will be supported by the use of on-line tools and on-line project management approaches akin to industry. These projects, which are typically sourced from industry, will help you build in confidence and develop your learning in engineering business, practice and project management.

In year 1, you'll be supported and have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding and some application. As you progress to year 2, you'll build in confidence and apply your knowledge and understanding to conceive, design, build and operate a solution to a problem. In your third year, you will undertake an individual research and development project that will inform the group project and help you to develop and illustrate the ability to critically analyse the application of your knowledge and understanding to solve an engineering problem.

You'll also have the opportunity to undertake a work placement and gain valuable experience working and developing relationships with industry experts.

Year 1

Professional Practical Engineering (with Mechatronics Project)
Mathematics & Computing for Engineers
Introduction to Engineering Design
Introduction to Electro-Mechanical Systems and Practice
Introduction to Material Engineering Characteristics & Manufacture

Year 2

Engineering Product Lifecycle
Computer Aided Engineering and Design
Dynamics of Solid Mechanics and Materials
Dynamics of Fluid and Thermal Systems
Manufacturing Control, Instrumentation, and Communication

Year 3

Professional Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Project
FEA for Mechanics and Materials
CFD for Thermal and Fluid Dynamic Modelling
Industry 4.0 for Manufacturer
Design and Analysis for Automated Manufacture

Foundation:
Fundamentals of Engineering
General Engineering Science Skills
Mathematics for Engineers
Fundamentals of Physics
Fundamentals of Computer Programming
Fundamentals of Materials
Placement Module

*The information’s are correct at the time of publishing, however it may change if university makes any changes after we have published the information. While we try our best to provide correct information, It is advisable to call us or visit university website for up to date information.

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