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Study a wide range of engineering topics. Benefit from strong industry links and work with specialist, industry-standard facilities. Graduate and embark on a wide range of careers throughout the engineering and manufacturing sectors.
This course allows you to top-up your existing qualification to a full honours degree in one year.
You'll be introduced to a wide range of engineering systems and concepts. This course has been carefully constructed to prepare you to work effectively in the modern world of engineering and gain a deeper understanding of this fascinating discipline.
Discover more about a selection of analytical and management techniques, and the tools to apply these techniques in accordance with the recognised ethical requirements expected of, and by, professional engineers.
Please contact us to discuss part-time options.
Teaching methods on this course includes lectures, seminars, group work and e-learning. We encourage you to develop independent study skills. You'll also have opportunities to present ideas to other students and develop concepts within groups.
As well as assessments that count towards your degree, there are also ongoing assessments for feedback and consolidating your learning. Assessment methods include exams, multiple-choice tests and projects.
This course can be studied full-time and part-time. If you study the one-year top-up course, full-time, you'll be on campus two to three days a week. If you study across two years, part-time, you'll be on campus one day per week.
Full and part-time Level 2 top-up options are also available which are likely to include teaching over three days a week.
The typical entry requirement is successful completion of one of the following:
We also require GCSE grade C (numerical grade 4) or above in Maths and English Language.
There are a range of qualifications that would satisfy the entry requirements and we will consider each application individually.
If English is not your first language, please see our English language requirements.
The annual, full-time fee for this course is:
*The discounted fee will be reflected in your offer letter. Learn more in our Help and Advice article.
Take a look at the scholarships and bursaries that may be available to you.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
Graduates from this course can go on to jobs in the automotive, materials, food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, among many others. More generally, you will be equipped to take up a wide range of roles throughout the engineering and manufacturing sectors.
Sunderland has a good reputation with employers. Our recent graduates have gone on to work for companies such as McLaren Automotive, General Motors, Jaguar, Perkins Engines and Parametrics Technology. Other graduates conduct research within major automotive manufacturers such as Ford, Vauxhall and Nissan.