Automotive Engineering (top-up degree) BSc(Hons)
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Overview
This one-year course offers students the chance to top up their engineering foundation degree or HND with an honours degree qualification and to broaden their range of skills and improve their career prospects.
Throughout this practical engineering course, you will develop the range of specialist skills, knowledge and understanding needed to become an Incorporated Engineer.
As well as gaining the systematic understanding required for honours-level study, you will emerge as a graduate with practical experience of modern automotive engineering systems.
Course duration
Full-time: 1 year
Part-time: 2 years
UCAS code H336
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Course content
Course structure
The course is mostly delivered through lectures with specific laboratory and coursework activities built in to give practical insights into the theory. In addition to the time spent at university, 20 hours per week independent study is expected.
Areas of study
The course combines a study of design, drivetrain, vehicle body and engineering systems together with complementary studies in modelling and simulation, business and management studies. This course is firmly focused on the application of practical knowledge appropriate to the automotive industries.
The practical element of the course is support by laboratory facilities including engine test cells and a variety of wind tunnels. The specialist engine test cells of the Sir Harry Ricardo Laboratories, including optical engines equipped for LDA and PDA and firing engines with advanced control systems and emissions monitoring are also used in support of the course.
You will study modelling and simulation, advanced powertrain, vehicle body design, computer-aided engineering, and product innovation and management.
Syllabus
Powertrain
Simulation
Advanced Powertrain
Vehicle Body Design
Computer-aided Engineering
Product Innovation and Management
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Entry requirements
Typical entry requirements
individual offers may varyFoundation degree/HND
/HNC in a relevant subject.For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing. -
Location
Location
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Career opportunities
Graduates are well equipped for employment in the automotive industry, but will also have the skills to do well in the aeronautical, medical, consultancy, construction, manufacturing, and building services industries.
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Fees and costs
The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study.
The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Different rules apply to research degrees - please contact the Doctoral College for advice.
To help you plan for your time here we will be providing further information about what is included in your tuition fee, and any optional costs you may need to budget for, later in the autumn.
Our website wwww.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.
BSc Hons Automotive Engineering (top-up) [P1EG035] UK/EU (Full Time) 9,000 GBP Island Students (Full Time) 9,000 GBP International (Full Time) 12,900 GBP
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