- UCAS course code
- HHH6
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Engineering (MEng)
MEng Mechatronic Engineering
*This course is now closed for applications for 2025 entry.
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Course description
Switch on your career in mechatronic engineering at The University of 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.
In the final year you will also complete a team project directly funded by industry or inspired by industrial needs. Past projects have included developing an instrumented training wheelchair for para-athletes, creating a haptic glove for remote handling, developing a cyber-secure electricity management system in smart cities, and many more .
Aims
- You will learn robotics, mechatronics, and autonomous system technology and how to incorporate an electronics nervous system into other engineering systems and devices.
- You will be provided with 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.
- In the final year you will undertake a team project either directly funded by industry or based on industrial needs.
Special features
Excellent Facilities
With an extensive range of leading facilities , you'll 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 .
Industry-inspired team project
Final year studentswill undertake a team project that is either directly funded by industry or inspired by industrial needs - providing the experience and skills you need before taking your next career step.
Regular, close support
During the1st year, you'll be supported by unit-specific tutors, who hold weekly small-group sessions to discuss technical questions related to your course. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to engage with our award-winning Peer Assisted Study Session scheme which allows you to interact with 2nd and 3rdYear students.You'll alsobe assignedan 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 mechatronic engineering, and electrical and electronic 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, which is 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 3rd Year and 20:80 in the 4th 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: in the 1st Year you will be introduced to both hardware design and implementation as well as software development, in the 2nd Year you will engage in a year-long practical build project of an autonomous embedded system, in the 3rd Year you will be involved with a year-long practical research project and in the 4th Year you will have an opportunity to work on an industrially related year-long engineering team project.
Coursework and assessment
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.
Course content for year 1
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Principles of Electrical and Electronic Engineering | EEEN11101 | 20 | Mandatory |
Digital Electronics | EEEN11102 | 20 | Mandatory |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Practice | EEEN11201 | 20 | Mandatory |
Programming and Software Engineering | EEEN11202 | 20 | Mandatory |
Electronic Materials and Devices | EEEN11302 | 10 | Mandatory |
Mathematics for EEE 1E1 | MATH19611 | 20 | Mandatory |
Mathematics 1E2 | MATH19622 | 10 | Mandatory |
Course content for year 2
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Microcontroller Engineering II | EEEN20011 | 10 | Mandatory |
Engineering Management | EEEN20051 | 10 | Mandatory |
Digital Systems Design II | EEEN20121 | 10 | Mandatory |
Signals and Systems | EEEN20131 | 10 | Mandatory |
Machines, Drives & Power Electronics | EEEN20212 | 10 | Mandatory |
Electronic Circuit Design II | EEEN20222 | 10 | Mandatory |
Control Systems I | EEEN20252 | 10 | Mandatory |
Applied Mechanics & Industrial Robotics | EEEN20282 | 20 | Mandatory |
Embedded Systems Project | EEEN21000 | 20 | Mandatory |
Mathematics 2E1 | MATH29681 | 10 | Mandatory |
Course content for year 3
Course units for year 3
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Mobile Robots and Autonomous Systems | EEEN30072 | 10 | Mandatory |
Power Electronics | EEEN30121 | 10 | Mandatory |
Mechatronic Analysis & Design | EEEN30151 | 10 | Mandatory |
Control Systems II | EEEN30231 | 10 | Mandatory |
Sensors & Instrumentation | EEEN30242 | 10 | Mandatory |
Individual Project | EEEN30330 | 30 | Mandatory |
Commercial Technology Development | MCEL30102 | 10 | Mandatory |
Numerical Analysis | EEEN30101 | 10 | Optional |
Data Networking | EEEN30111 | 10 | Optional |
Concurrent Systems | EEEN30141 | 10 | Optional |
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Course content for year 4
Course units for year 4
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Team Project | EEEN40330 | 60 | Mandatory |
Advanced Technology Enterprise for EEE | MCEL40011 | 15 | Mandatory |
Antennas and RF Systems | EEEN40121 | 15 | Optional |
Applied Optimal Control and Estimation | EEEN40122 | 15 | Optional |
Machine Learning & Optimisation Techniques | EEEN40151 | 15 | Optional |
Digital Image Processing | EEEN40161 | 15 | Optional |
Microwave Circuit Principles and Design | EEEN40171 | 15 | Optional |
Linear Systems Theory | EEEN40221 | 15 | Optional |
System Identification and Artificial Intelligence | EEEN40231 | 15 | Optional |
Digital Control and Model Predictive Control | EEEN40241 | 15 | Optional |
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Scholarships and bursaries
For information about scholarships and bursaries please visit our undergraduate student finance pages and our Department funding pages .
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What's more, our strong, ever-growing links with industry not only help to inform our courses, but also boost our excellent teaching and research facilities. These include:
- High Voltage Lab
- Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre
- National Graphene Institute
- Dalton Nuclear Institute
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