MEng Engineering with a Year in Industry
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Key Details
- Award
- Degree of Master of Engineering
- UCAS Course Code
- H10N
- Typical Offer
- AAB (specific subject requirements apply)
- Contextual Offer
- BBB (specific subject requirements apply)
- Course Length
- 5 years
- Course Start Date
- September 2024
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Why you should choose us
Accredited
by The Energy Institute (EI)95%
Of graduates go on to work and/or study within 15 months after the course
Graduate Outcome Survey 2022Course Overview
This course combines four years of engineering studies with a year of hands-on industry experience, aiming to produce the future leaders of the engineering sector. A historic lack of skills in the sector means that engineers are in high demand, particularly those with the skills to take us through the digital age. In the School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics at UEA, we’re dedicated to developing this new breed of engineers. That's why Productivity East, the home of Engineering at UEA, was established—to support the development of the engineers of the future.
Our integrated Master’s degree in Engineering will help you grasp the technological and digital developments that are shaping key industries like the energy sector. From the outset, you’ll be able to integrate your learning in a real industrial context, supporting the development of your soft and hard engineering knowledge and skills. In the third year of your engineering studies, you’ll consolidate your learning even further on a year-long industrial placement.
This course offers the first steps to your development as a Chartered Engineer, presenting all the learning experiences and opportunities for industrial connection that will support your aspirations. Our engineering courses follow an integrated programme structure for the first year. This broadens your insight into the wealth of opportunities that are available to you as a student of engineering, as you forge your future career pathway.
This MEng Engineering with a Year in Industry course delivers the learning outcomes and skills required of a graduate engineer seeking Chartered Engineer status. You’ll also be able to tailor your engineering studies to your interests, selecting from our catalogue of optional modules. Our general engineering course presents an opportunity to access resources and experience from across UEA Schools such as Environmental Sciences and Computing Sciences, so your learning can match your personal and career ambitions.
For your first two years, you’ll follow the same programme as our BEng Engineering course. You’ll then spend your third year on an industrial placement, getting professional experience first-hand and consolidating the skills you’ve built in your engineering studies so far. Following your year in industry, you’ll return to UEA with a focus on individual and group project work. The final-year multidisciplinary design project will mark the culmination of your study, encouraging you to explore the breadth of your learning in partnership with industry. You’ll work from a real-world industrial brief, and you’ll be encouraged to undertake site visits so that you can develop proposals, designs, and operations supported by financial considerations. You’ll consider the project planning, implementation, and delivery in association with risk, all themes fundamental to engineering businesses. You’ll then present your proposals to professional engineers.
We produce pioneering graduates with the intellectual flexibility to support a changing industry. Our Master’s degree in engineering with a year in industry establishes a new breed of highly versatile engineers who can span the boundaries of the engineering disciplines, adapt to change, and find solutions to society’s biggest challenges.
Placement Year and Study Abroad
We offer an active programme of events supporting you in your pursuit of obtaining a placement position. Select is our flagship employability initiative, connecting students from the School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics, with local and national employers. While the onus is on you to participate and be pro-active in pursuit of an opportunity, support from us is always at hand. Our careers service works closely with our academic team, ensuring that you are well prepared to gain a placement and excel throughout it. While seeking an industrial placement, you’ll receive support and guidance to present the best of yourself, in order to attract the best of our industrial partners.
Accreditations
This course is professionally accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). It fully meets the academic requirements for the award of Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, which may be achieved following a period of experiential learning in employment (also known as initial professional development or IPD) as established by the Engineering Council.
Completing an accredited course enables you to demonstrate to employers your knowledge, abilities, skills, and competencies as specified in the Engineering Council's UK-SPEC.
Professionally recognised engineers can benefit from improved career prospects and higher earning potential. This accreditation is an international recognition and can also pave the way to further career opportunities abroad.
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Employability
After the Course
As a UEA Engineering graduate, you’ll have excellent career prospects across a breadth of industries. Your contact with our industrial partners throughout your engineering degree will support your personal development and give you the confidence to reach your graduate career goals. Our international, national, and local industrial partners understand the potential that UEA students bring to their organisations and are ready to support your development across the five years of your MEng Engineering with a Year in Industry course.
You will also be well positioned to take your studies even further with a PhD degree and UEA has supported students in pursuing academic careers.
Careers
A degree at UEA will prepare you for a wide variety of careers. We've been ranked 1st for Job Prospects by StudentCrowd in 2022.
Examples of careers that you could enter include:
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Public or private sector engineering
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Mechanical engineering
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Electrical engineering
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Electronic engineering
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Energy and manufacturing
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Business and Finance
Discover more on our Careers webpages.
Entry Requirements
- A Levels
- AAB including A in Mathematics and A in one of the following subjects: Physics, Further Mathematics, Design Technology, Computing Science, Electronics, Chemistry, Geology or Biology. A-Level General Studies and Critical Thinking are not accepted. Where applicable Science A Levels awarded by an English Exam board require a pass in the practical element. If you are taking an EPQ and three A-levels, we may offer you a one grade reduction on our advertised typical offer alongside an A in the EPQ.
- T Levels
- Obtain an overall Pass including an A in the core of the T Level and a Distinction in the Occupational Specialism. Subjects accepted: Maintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control and Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing.
- BTEC
- Extended Diploma: DDD. Modules to include either Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems and Further Mathematics OR Maths for Engineering Technicians and Further Maths for Engineering Technicians. A Distinction will be required in both modules. See below for accepted subjects and combinations.
- Contextual Offer
BBB including Mathematics and one of the following subjects: Physics, Further Mathematics, Design Technology, Computing Science, Electronics, Chemistry, Geology or Biology. A-Level General Studies and Critical Thinking are not accepted. Where applicable Science A Levels awarded by an English Exam board require a pass in the practical element.
Extended Diploma: DDM. Modules to include either Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems and Further Mathematics OR Maths for Engineering Technicians and Further Maths for Engineering Technicians. A Distinction will be required in both modules.
UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes.
- Scottish Highers
- AAAAA. Only accepted in combination with Scottish Highers Advanced Grade BB in Maths and Further Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Design Technology or Computing Science.
- Scottish Advanced Highers
- BBC including Grade B in Maths and Grade B in Further Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Design Technology or Computing Science. A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable .
- Irish Leaving Certificate
- 4 subjects at H2 including Maths and Further Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Design Technology or Computing Science, plus 2 subjects at H3
- Access to HE Diploma
- Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 36 credits at Level 3 and Merit in 9 credits at Level 3, including 12 credits in Mathematics and 12 credits in one other Science from Physics, Further Mathematics, Design Technology, Computing Science, Electronics, Chemistry, Geology or Biology.
- International Baccalaureate
- 33 points including HL6 in Mathematics and HL6 in Further Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Design Technology or Computing Science
- GCSE
You are required to have English Language at a minimum of Grade C or Grade 4 or above and Mathematics at a minimum of Grade B or Grade 5 or above at GCSE.
- English Foreign Language
Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):
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IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)
We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:
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- Interviews
Most applicants will not be called for an interview and a decision will be made via UCAS Hub. However, for some applicants an interview will be requested. Where an interview is required, the Admissions Service will contact you directly to arrange a time.
- Deferred Entry
We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.
- Intakes
This course is open to UK and International applicants. The annual intake is in September each year.
Additional Information or Requirements
Extended Diploma: DDD. Modules to include either Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems and Further Mathematics OR Maths for Engineering Technicians and Further Maths for Engineering Technicians. A Distinction will be required in both modules.
Diploma: DD plus A at A-Level Mathematics.
Extended Certificate: D plus AA at A-Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Design Technology or Computing Science.
If you do not meet the academic requirements for direct entry, you may be interested in one of our Foundation Year programmes such as - BEng Engineering with a Foundation Year
UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes.
We welcome and value a wide range of alternative qualifications. If you have a qualification which is not listed here, or are taking a combination of qualifications, please contact us via Admissions Enquiries.
International Requirements
We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. View our International Students pages for specific information about your country.
INTO University of East Anglia
If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, INTO UEA offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree:
International Foundation in Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences
International Foundation in Physical Sciences and Engineering
Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.
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Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
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Scholarships and Bursaries
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Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
How to Apply
Apply for this course through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), using UCAS Hub.
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Your application does not have to be completed all at once. Register or sign in to UCAS to get started.
Once you submit your completed application, UCAS will process it and send it to your chosen universities and colleges.
The Institution code for the University of East Anglia is E14.
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