Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year Wrexham University - Wrexham Campus, UK

The Mechanical Engineering degree provides the opportunity to combine practical aspects of day-to-day engineering and simulation-based projects providing a solid background for a career in the engineering and manufacturing industry sector.

The graduates from the degree will:

• be pragmatic, taking a systematic approach and the logical and practical steps necessary for often complex concepts to become reality.
• seek to achieve sustainable solutions to problems and have strategies for being creative, innovative, and overcoming difficulties by employing their skills, knowledge and understanding in a flexible manner.
• be skilled at solving problems by applying their numerical, computational, analytical, and technical skills, using appropriate tools.
• be risk, cost and value-conscious, and aware of their ethical, social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider professional responsibilities.
• be familiar with the nature of business and enterprise in the creation of economic and social value appreciate the global dimensions of engineering, commerce, and communication;
• be able to formulate and operate within appropriate codes of conduct, when faced with an ethical issue.
• be professional in their outlook, be capable of team working, be effective communicators, and be able to exercise responsibility and sound management approaches.

Key course features

• Includes a foundation year to prepare you for university-level study.
• You will be taught by a dedicated teaching team, with extensive industrial experience.
• Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Board (subject to EAB accreditation in 2023.)
• Up-to-date teaching facilities including manufacturing facilities for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, 3D printing/laser scanner and programme specific labs.
• Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre based in Broughton.
• Rapid prototyping facility and specialist manufacturing systems simulation software.
• Access to cutting edge computer-aided design, analysis and simulation software, including ANSYS, Abaqus, MATLAB and Simulink, etc.