Newcastle University

Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering MEng Honours UCAS Code: HH37 (4 years)Mechanical Engineering MEng Honours Option
School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering

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The ability to develop solutions and products that will not only meet the requirements of customers, but also delight them, is highly sought after.

This degree provides the knowledge and tools, and the practice at implementing them, to ensure that functional, effective, innovative and user-friendly products and solutions are generated and can be manufactured appropriately and profitably.

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• EEE1006  Electrical Engineering I (for MECH)
• ENG1001  Engineering Mathematics
• MEC1002  Materials Science I
• MEC1007  Fundamentals of Thermofluid Dynamics
• MEC1010  Design and Manufacturing
• MEC1011  Mechanics I
• MEC1012  Mechanical Engineering Professional Skills I

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• CME2012  Statistics in Process Industries 1
• EEE2010  Electrical Engineering II
• ENG2001  Introduction to Business Management
• ENG2010  Engineering Mathematics II with Applications
• MEC2001  Materials Science II
• MEC2003  Applications of Thermofluid Dynamics
• MEC2007  Design and Manufacturing II
• MEC2008  Mechanical Engineering Professional Skills II
• MEC2009  Mechanics II

The course structure of all our Mechanical Engineering degrees is similar for the first two years. This means you have the option to transfer between all of our MEng degrees the end of Stage 2, providing you achieve a Stage average of 60 per cent. 

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• CME3097  Materials Degradation and Component Life

• MEC3014  Computational Modelling
• MEC3015  Instrumentation and Drive Systems
• MEC3017  Managing Engineering Operations
• MEC3018  Design for Industry
• MEC3019  Structural Optimisation and Crashworthiness
• MEC3098  Mechanical Engineering Project

Stage 4

Compulsory modules

• CME8056 Manufacturing Materials and Processes
• MEC8025 Mechatronics Design
• MEC8028 Design for Human-Systems Integration
• MEC8029 Design of Mechanical Power Transmissions
• MEC8099 Mechanical Engineering Team  Project
  

The University has specific research strengths in design at both the Faculty and School levels (world-class Engineering Design Centre and Design Unit). These activities provide many opportunities for related final-year projects.

Examples of recent project titles include:

• development of excavator lifting capacity software
• design of improved rail vehicle suspension and of an autocoupler remover
• design of a creep-feed gear grinder

Please note

The modules listed here are those currently being taught in this academic year and may vary for your year of entry.