Designed to produce high quality and highly skilled graduates in Mechanical Engineering, through work experience, who are ready for employment or further study upon graduation.
Become a professional mechanical engineer from day one.
Apply your skills by completing industry-linked projects and placements.
Develop the techniques to design, analyse, simulate and test mechanical systems.
Create engineering solutions for the optimal performance of mechanical systems.
Enhance your versatility with multidisciplinary insights into mechanical engineering.

This course prepares you for diverse engineering roles – with a practice-based approach to mechanical science, design, systems, engineering practice, materials, and manufacture. You’ll emerge as a highly-skilled graduate – ready to provide optimal and sustainable solutions to future problems across the industry.

BEng Mechanical Engineering and MEng Mechanical Engineering are taught together for the first 3 years.

Work placements

During your studies, you’ll be encouraged to take advantage of our placement opportunities. We can help you arrange a year-long work placement between your second and third years – giving you tangible on-site experience and preparing you for your future engineering career. Previous students have been placed at reputable companies, such as Vodafone, GE Aviation, Reds10 Manufacturing and Worcester Bosch.

Live projects

As part of your course, you’ll undertake a large individual project, giving you the chance to align your studies with your own personal aspirations. Often students returning from placements continue their working relationships with a work-based project, helping them take the next steps towards their chosen vocation.

In your final year, you’ll complete a major group project. This incorporates a wide range of technical skills and an important managerial aspect – a defining feature of engineering masters study. You can use these projects to work with industry, helping to solve current engineering challenges.

Networking opportunities

We have a number of student engineering societies you can get involved in. We also encourage you to become a member of a professional body, such as the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. They’ll help you with career planning, further your engineering know-how, provide resources and support you with scholarships and award applications.

Competitions

As part of the course, you could have the opportunity to take part in inspirational competitions such as the Engineering for People Design Challenge. Hosted by Engineers Without Borders, the project gives you a chance to work on real-world issues like water supply, energy, and transport. By doing so you’ll embed global responsibility into your education and learn to place people at the heart of your designs. 

Other industry-backed competitions that you could be involved in include the IMechE Formula Student and the IMechE Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge. Previously, both have seen students compete against teams from all over the world.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

With online resources, high-quality laboratories and exceptional learning environments, you’ll be supported at every step. Our structured programme provides you with all the knowledge and skills you’ll need to carry out increasingly complex projects. As you progress, you’ll demonstrate your learning through regular assessment exercises. 

You’ll learn through

• group work
• an individual project
• activity-based learning
• presentations
• posters
• technical reports
• in-class assessments
• multiple choice questions
• exams

We deliver graduate and placement careers fairs with employers who provide opportunities for placements and final year students. Employers also deliver skills-based sessions to support you in improving your employability.

This course prepares you for a career in

• aerospace
• automotive
• transport
• building services
• medical engineering
• sport equipment design
• power generation
• alternative energy
• product testing
• project management

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• QinetiQ
• Ministry of Defence (MOD)
• European Space Agency
• Oil & Gas (Pipeline and Subsea Engineering)
• Offshore Renewable Energy (Offshore Wind Energy, Wave and Tidal Power)

 

UCAS points

• 128

This must include at least 64 points from two A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications (to include mathematics and least one other science subject such as physics or chemistry) but excludes general studies. For example:

• ABB at A Level including relevant subjects.
• DDM in BTEC Extended Diploma in a relevant subject.
• A combination of qualifications which must include relevant subjects and may include AS levels and EPQ

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

GCSE

• English Language at grade C or 4
• Maths at grade C or 4

• Foundation - pass from the Extended Degree Programme Engineering and Mathematics, dependent on academic performance

• Access - an Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2. At least 18 level 3 credits must be at merit grade or above, from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate.

If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

You can take an optional placement in year 4.

 

Year 1 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Mechanical Engineering Design And C.A.D.	20	Practical
Mechanical Engineering Practice	20	Coursework
Principles Of Dynamics And Thermodynamics, Manufacturing Processes And Mathematics	40	Coursework
Principles Of Mechanics Of Solids And Fluids, Engineering Materials And Mathematics	40	Coursework Exam

 

Year 2 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Application Of Engineering Analysis	40	Coursework Practical
Applied Dynamics And Thermodynamics	20	Exam
Applied Solid And Fluid Mechanics, And Control Systems	40	Coursework Exam
Machine Elements Design	20	Practical

 

 

Year 3 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Further Engineering Science And Numerical Analysis	40	Coursework Exam
Project: Implementation	20	Coursework
Project: Management And Scoping	20	Coursework

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Artificial Intelligence And The Internet Of Things	40	Coursework
Computer Aided Design And Computer Aided Manufacture	40	Coursework
Engineering Management And Entrepreneurship	20	Coursework

 

Year 4 Optional modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Placement Year

 

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Digital Engineering & Prototyping	20	Coursework
Industrial Group Project	40	Coursework
Interdisciplinary Engineering Systems And Emerging Technology	40	Coursework Practical

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Advanced Computational Methods In Engineering	20	Coursework
Artificial Intelligence Concepts And Applications	20	Coursework
Process Improvement Methodologies	20	Coursework
Robotics And Autonomous Systems	20	Coursework