Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

BEng Mechanical Engineering with Management

Gain invaluable and practical skills from the one of the most targeted universities by top graduate employers (THE Graduate Market 2024).

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: H3N1 / Institution code: M20
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  • Scholarships available

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Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

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For information about scholarships and bursaries please see our undergraduate fees pages and check the Department's funding pages .

Course unit details:
Structures 1 (Mech)

Course unit fact file
Unit code CIVL10031
Credit rating 10
Unit level Level 1
Teaching period(s) Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

This unit provides an introduction to the structural analysis, focusing on the topics that are relevant to Mechanical, Civil and Aerospace Engineering applications. Intended learning outcomes are, understanding of the basics of statics and structural analysis, awareness of the mechanical principles that govern forces and displacements in structures and development of analytical skills for simple structural element analysis.

Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce elementary concepts in mechanics of solids, and to establish a practical understanding of how they can be applied to the analysis of engineering structures.

Syllabus

1. Review of basic concepts in mechanics
2. Equations of equilibrium and free body diagram analysis
3. Truss analysis using methods of joints and methods of sections
4. Deformation of axially loaded members
5. Sectional properties
6. Shear and moment diagrams of bending beams
7. Bending beam stress analysis and beam deflection

Projects:  Learning Structural Analysis from Real World. A group project with aim to learn how to analyse beam loading, stress and deformation based on real world examples from daily life or practical engineering products.

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Other 5%
Written exam 50%
Report 15%
Set exercise 30%

Other - Assessed tutorial work

Set exercise - Assessed online tests/quizzes

Feedback methods

On submitted coursework In tutorial sessions

Continuously through the course in lectures

Automatic feedback from online quizzes

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures 24
Project supervision 20
Tutorials 6
Independent study hours
Independent study 50

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Parthasarathi Mandal Unit coordinator

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