Engineering at Lancater
Why Engineering at Lancater? We re focued That mean: Small group ize Low tudent: taff ratio More contact time A more friendly, peronal experience Practical, hand-on coure We focu on lab baed eion and project work throughout our coure. We let you deign, build and tet olution for yourelf a we believe thi really reinforce learning and let you ee how theory work in real life (and it fun!) A campu-baed Univerity We re et on a beautiful elf-contained 360 acre parkland campu. Lancater i ranked in the top three afet citie in the UK Lancater i conitently ranked highly in all of the UK major univerity league table, including for 2015, The Guardian (10th) and the Complete Univerity Guide (11th). High quality coure, accredited by the relevant profeional engineering intitution Fantatic graduate propect 95% of our graduate go on to work or further tudy within 6 month Common Firt Year tructure Giving our tudent the fundamental engineering kill they ll need throughout their degree and into their career
01/02 Welcome At Lancater our firt priority i to deliver high quality, profeionally accredited coure, but why ele hould you make Engineering at Lancater your firt choice? Firtly, we limit the number of tudent we admit every year, which keep lecture ize mall and tudent : taff ratio low. You ll get to know your lecturer and upport taff peronally and we believe thi friendly, informal and collaborative atmophere help our tudent achieve ucce. In your firt year, you ll benefit from weekly mall group tutorial with an academic tutor, to conolidate your learning and alo provide academic and patoral upport; if you re truggling with a particular concept or problem you can get extra help here. Thi, combined with cloe matching of lecture and lab, mean contact hour are productive and there i till time for peronal tudy and reading. Secondly, we are one of only a handful of general engineering department in the country. We have a common firt year, meaning whichever dicipline you tudy you ll pend your firt year learning the fundamental principle of engineering before pecialiing from your econd year onward. Some change of pecialiation are poible at the end of the firt year a flexibility een in few coure. Added to thi, throughout your degree, you ll undertake timulating and challenging project working in mixed-dicipline team that reflect a genuine work environment. Our approach give our graduate the edge; employer require engineer with a comprehenive knowledge bae who can apply their kill in multidiciplinary team and project. The ucce of thi approach i reflected in our exceptional graduate employment tatitic (95%). Finally, in addition to maintaining a high teaching quality, we focu on the overall quality of our tudent experience. We are a elf-contained, campu-baed univerity, boating multi-award winning accommodation and tate-of-the-art teaching, learning and port facilitie. Lancater i a vibrant, hitorical and cultural city, located on the cup of beautiful coatline and pectacular national park. It alo ha excellent connection, itting on the railway Wet Coat Main Line, next to the M6 and cloe to an international airport. We really do offer the bet of city, coat and countryide! We re ure you ll agree that Engineering at Lancater offer a high quality education in a unique environment and an unrivalled overall experience.
The New Face of Engineering at Lancater We are excited to announce that contruction of our new tate-of-the-art Engineering building i currently under way. Our innovative, purpoe-built building will provide world-cla facilitie for tudent of Engineering at Lancater through the creation of high quality, attractive working environment. The contruction of new lab and reearch facilitie, a well a flexible teaching pace where tudent can work in a variety of way outide of the traditional learning environment will enhance the quality of our tudent experience. The new building will give u the opportunity to trengthen our teaching and reearch in our key pecialim, a well a providing opportunitie for future growth. Thi i the tart of an exciting period for Engineering at Lancater, and we hope that you will be able to join u for it.
03/04 We re inveting in your future It i currently a very exciting time for Engineering at Lancater. Whilt a a univerity we have inveted over 450 million into our campu ince 2002 rendering it one of the premier univerity campue on which to tudy in the UK, we are currently contructing a new building pecifically for the Engineering Department. Thi will radically tranform the way in which we operate and underpin the quality of learning experience our tudent enjoy during their time with u. We have alo recently been able to ignificantly increae the ize of our academic taff bae. Thi development will complement the new engineering facilitie and will enure that learning with u continue to be upported by international leader in their field from acro the Engineering profeion. I hope you will chooe to exploit thee development, viit to find out more and join in with thee exciting time. Profeor Malcolm Joyce Head of Engineering at Lancater
Why Lancater Univerity? Lancater Univerity wa founded in 1964 and ha ince built a reputation both in term of quality of teaching and reearch. It i conitently ranked highly in all the UK major univerity league table, and i in the top 1% of univeritie worldwide. Lancater i one of only a handful of univeritie with a collegiate ytem which ha helped to forge a trong ene of identity and loyalty, and continue to be a ditinctive feature of tudent life at Lancater. Student from one hundred countrie make up a thriving community baed around our nine college, creating a culturally divere campu More than 450m ha been inveted into Lancater Univerity campu ince 2002, creating new academic facilitie, ocial pace and port facilitie and improved teaching pace. Campu play hot to a variety of hop, bank, food and drink outlet, a theatre, cinema and an art gallery. Lancater accommodation retained the award for Bet Univerity Hall for the fourth time in the 2013 National Student Houing Survey. We are one of only five intitution to achieve the International Accommodation Quality Mark, awarded where atifaction among international tudent i 90% or higher. Lancater tudent can revel in the knowledge that they are not only tudying in one of the afet elf-contained campue in the UK, but alo have ome of the country mot unpoilt pot on their doortep - from country village, eaide reort and the luh countryide of the Lake Ditrict and Foret of Bowland to the hitoric and vibrant city of Lancater. Lancater boat boutique hop alongide high treet tore, bijou cafe alongide top quality retaurant, and coy pub alongide upmarket wine bar and nightclub. Lancater population i around 25% tudent, meaning that every night i tudent night and we like to think we re one of the mot friendly and welcoming tudent citie in the UK.
05/06 Graduate Propect In the pat our graduate have gone to work for multinational companie uch a thoe lited below. 95% of at Lancater engineering tudent are employed within 6 month of graduating (Unitat, 2014, www.unitat.direct.gov.uk). Information from the mot recent Higher Education Statitic Agency urvey i replicated oppoite. A you can ee, 40% of the top 15 graduate alarie can be attributed to engineering coure. The average tarting alary for Lancater Univerity graduate in 2013 wa 26,500. Dentitry 30,681 Chemical Engineering 28,992 Medicine 28,871 General Engineering 27,280 Mechanical Engineering 26,197 Economic 26,146 Veterinary Medicine 26,045 Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering 25,061 Material Technology 24,870 Phyic & Atronomy 24,504 Mathematic 24,437 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24,390 Librarianhip & Information Management 24,038 Civil Engineering 23,947 Geology 23,766 Source: thecompleteuniverityguide.co.uk, 2014
Entry Requirement Engineering applie the tool of mathematic to our undertanding in cience uing the creativity of deign, we therefore look for thee academic kill along with any relevant experience when judging candidate for entry. Typical offer level are outlined below. A-level BEng: ABB including Mathematic and a phyical cience i.e. Phyic/ Chemitry MEng: AAA including Mathematic and a phyical cience i.e. Phyic/Chemitry For Chemical Engineering degree the phyical cience mut be Chemitry. BTEC BEng DDM in an appropriate ubject including the Further Math module MEng DDD in an appropriate ubject including the Further Math module GCSE grade B in Mathematic and C in Englih are alo required International Baccalaureate BEng: 32pt overall with 16pt from bet 3 HL ubject to include Mathematic at HL MEng: 36 point overall with 16 point from bet 3 HL ubject to include Mathematic at HL For overea tudent the IELTS requirement i 6.5 We alo allow entry via other national and international qualification including HNC/ HND and foundation year and value any further profeional development. Pleae contact the Undergraduate Admiion Office via ugadmiion@lancater.ac.uk or +44 (0)1524 592028 for information about qualification not lited or direct entry. Our degree are offered a three-year BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) or fouryear MEng (Mater of Engineering) coure, accredited by the relevant profeional engineering intitution. Student who tudy MEng will graduate after four year with full fulfilment of the academic requirement en route to Chartered Engineer (CEng) tatu. Chartered Engineer enjoy excellent propect uch a enhanced employability and higher alarie. At Lancater, BEng tudent that achieve a uitable grade in their econd year can upgrade to MEng in their third year. If you apply for MEng, but do not achieve the required grade we will automatically conider you for the equivalent BEng coure provided you meet BEng requirement.
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Firt Year Structure All our undergraduate coure begin with a common firt year, meaning no matter which dicipline you chooe you ll tudy the ame combination of engineering and engineering mathematic module. Thi i deigned to give you a broad undertanding of the fundamental principle of modern engineering, which you ll need throughout your degree and going forward into your career. Indutry welcome thi broad knowledge bae, requiring engineer that can integrate into multidiciplinary team and varying project. At the end of the firt year tudent make an informed choice of their elected pecialiation. Number on cheme are not capped allowing flexibility to change degree cheme from your original UCAS application. Engineering Deign, Innovation and 3-D Thinking Electrical and Electronic Fundamental Electronic Information Sytem Deign Energy, Technology and Sutainability Sening and Signal Computer and Control Strength and Material Fundamental of Digital Electronic The World of Manufacture Tranport Technology Chemitry for engineer Proce engineering fundamental Engineering Mathematic Introductory Engineering Mathematic: Determinant, Vector and Complex Number Calculu Differential equation Further Engineering Mathematic: Further Calculu and Numerical Technique
09/10 What will my workload be like? You will tudy a total of 15 module in your firt year (11 engineering and 4 math). Your weekly workload will typically conit of 10 hour of lecture, and 6 hour of lab/project work, plu mall group tutorial and workhop. Although help i readily available if you need it there i till time for peronal tudy and reading. After your firt year you will move to your choen pecialiation, a lited overleaf. It i alo poible to witch to a different pecialiation at thi tage if what you have tudied during your firt year ha changed your mind. If you re completely unure of which area of pecialiation you d like to go into you can alo begin on BEng Engineering (UCAS code H100) and chooe at the end of the firt year. MON TUE WED THU FRI 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 Mechanical Engineering Lecture 10.00 Electronic Engineering Lecture 10.00 Engineering Mathematic Lecture 11.00 11.00 Electronic Engineering Lecture 12.00 Chemical Engineering Lecture 13.00 Engineering Mathematic Lecture 12.00 Mechanical Engineering Lecture 14.00 14.00-17.00 Engineering Lab Seion Project Work 15.00 Chemical Engineering Lecture 10.00 Mechanical Engineering Lecture 11.00 Electronic Engineering Lecture Wedneday afternoon i reerved for recreation and extracurricular activitie 10.00 Engineering Tutorial 11.00 Engineering Mathematic Lecture 12.00 Chemical Engineering Lecture 13.00 13.00 13.00 14.00-17.00 Practical Project Work Electronic Engineering Lecture 11.00-13.00 Workhop 14.00-17.00 Engineering Lab Seion Project Work 16.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 Timetable for Computer Sytem Engineering differ lightly
Chemical Engineering BEng: H800, MEng: H811 Why tudy Chemical Engineering? Chemical engineer play a crucial role in everyday life and are employed acro a huge variety of ector from chemical and allied product through to water, energy, and oil and ga. Chemical engineer have technical knowledge of chemitry, biochemitry, engineering, material cience and information technology with additional kill in management, afety and the environment. Chemical engineer enjoy excellent career propect remaining one of the bet-paying profeion in the UK. Survey how that chemical engineer earn more, on average, than other type of engineer and more than pure cientit. Why Lancater? Thee two new undergraduate programme aim to equip graduate with a ound foundation in the eential of engineering cience, together with a deeper undertanding to integrate their chemical engineering pecialim, o that they acquire the characteritic of future leader of the engineering profeion. At Lancater worldrenowned reearch in the field of nuclear, chemical and energy indutrie contribute toward teaching, enhancing the curriculum and providing inight to cutting edge technology and technique. Chemical engineer have many career opportunitie. A graduate might perform groundbreaking cientific reearch, work a a field engineer, or occupy a enior management poition. Graduate employed by multinational companie often have opportunity to travel all over the world. A it i a relatively new cheme of tudy at Lancater, we will eek coure accreditation from the Intitution of Chemical Engineer when appropriate to do o. Student Profile I choe Lancater a it jut eemed a friendlier place. It wa very eay to ettle in and everyone wa very friendly, plu the College make the uni a great place to be a your feel you re part of omething, epecially during Freher week. The Engineering Department feel like a econd home! Practical lab eion allow you to get to know your lecturer and you re not at in a lecture theatre preented with lide upon lide! You can bring up iue with lecturer and ee how what you re learning in lecture can be ued in a practical ene. Engineering taff are upportive and technician are alway happy to help. If you do need extra help, you can alway count on your tutor both inide and outide of the weekly tutorial. The amount of contact time at Lancater i higher than other univeritie I looked at. Zoe Minnett 2nd Year BEng Chemical Engineering
11/12 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year: Engineering Analyi Intrumentation and Control Buine Development Project Fluid Mechanic and Thermodynamic Kinetic, Phae Tranfer and Reaction Engineering Proce Tranfer of Ma and Heat Particle Technology and Separation Procee Engineering Deign Project Fourth Year: Leaderhip in Technology Renewable Energy Nuclear Engineering Sytem Groundwater Reource and Protection or Smart Sytem Chemical Rik Aement Electrochemical Engineering Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year: Engineering Management Electrical & Fluid Drive and Actuator Energy Converion Advanced Proce Tranfer Computer Application to Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Deign and Proce Safety Individual Project BEng in Chemical Engineering MEng in Chemical Engineering
Computer Sytem Engineering BEng: HH66, MEng: HHP6 Why tudy Computer Sytem Engineering? A large part of the technological advancement and innovation that underpin life in modern ociety can be traced to the digital revolution that tarted in the late 1970 and early 80. Every major ector that we count on a eential to our wellbeing uch a medical, tranport, and conumer ector ha been tranformed by the availability of very cheap but very powerful proceor. Hence their deign and ue i a critical kill that will be in demand regardle of periodic fluctuation in the national and world economie. Why Lancater? Studying Computer Sytem Engineering at Lancater will train you in both hardware and oftware apect, relating to deigning and architecting the proceor, a well a engineering oftware olution for different application domain. Thu you have the freedom to pecialie in a wide variety of field. The hardware element i delivered by the Engineering Department, pecialiing in electronic ytem and emiconductor electronic, whilt the oftware element i taught by taff from the School of Computing and Communication pecialiing in oftware deign and engineering. The academic on thi coure have worldleading experience and are profeional who practice their art, and have a key role in the future development of technology and product. Studying at Lancater will therefore enure that you gain the mot up-to-date and modern expoure to the dicipline, with many example of indutrial practice and expoure to potential employer. Student Profile I ve alway been intereted in computer ince I wa mall, o I alway knew what I wanted to tudy when I went to Univerity. When I looked at Lancater, the Computer Sytem Engineering coure really tood out to me a it combined my paion for computer cience and oftware deign with engineering kill, which I believe will be really valuable in my future career. I wa particularly attracted by the graduate propect and alary that a degree in an engineering ubject can command. Peronally, thi univerity tood out from other univeritie for it reputation and location. I thought it excellence in technology would be attractive to employer. The opportunitie I ve had here at Lancater have been excellent, and I ve particularly enjoyed the project work. I have loved every minute at Lancater! Chri North 3rd Year BEng Computer Sytem Engineering
13/14 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year: Electromagnetic and RF Engineering Digital Electronic Electrical Circuit and Power Sytem Engineering Analyi Software Deign Networking Operating Sytem Computer Science Group Project Fourth Year: Deign and Modelling of Sytem Indutrial Project Intelligent Control Smart Sytem Embedded Sytem Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year: Engineering Management Leaderhip in Technology (MEng Only) Ditributed Sytem Integrated Circuit Engineering Programmable Sytem Optoelectronic Artificial Intelligence Individual Project BEng in Computer Sytem Engineering MEng in Computer Sytem Engineering
Electronic & Electrical Engineering BEng: H607, MEng: H606 Why Study Electronic & Electrical Engineering? No dicipline ha had a greater impact on indutrial development and everyday life than Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Every year ee the production of thouand of complex communication and control network, hundred of thouand of piece of lifeaving equipment, million of home appliance, and hundred of million of martphone and tablet. Sytem in field a divere a healthcare, tranportation, entertainment, pace exploration, ecurity and communication need electrical and electronic engineer to be a reality. Electronic and Electrical Engineering i till developing rapidly o i a field that i only likely to have more and more influence a time goe on. If you would like to be pecialie in one of the mot exciting and fat changing technology field then you hould conider thi. Why Lancater? Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Lancater offer one of the higher taff : tudent ratio among the UK Electronic and Electrical Engineering coure and offer a clear learning path from the fundamental to the mot advanced topic. Profeor and lecturer with international reputation in a range of cutting edge technologie, ranging from integrated circuit to radiofrequency and nanotechnologie, create an exciting tudy environment. You will receive the benefit of their guidance, indutry-orientated practical experience and a wide range of exciting project in the later tage of the coure. There i trong demand for electronic and electrical engineer acro all ector and all continent and you will finally graduate with the kill required to take advantage of that. Student Profile I choe Electronic and Electrical Engineering becaue the coure, particularly the integrated Mater and exchange programme, uited my interet. The yllabu i broad but alo allow for a good level of pecialiation and the content continue to facinate me. Reource at Lancater are good, and cla ize are often quite mall. The proximity to the Lake Ditrict and Morecambe Bay place thi rural campu in a beautiful etting and the city i very tudent-friendly, and we account for over 25% of the population. My deciion to come to Lancater wa deeply connected to my deciion that an exchange programme wa a good idea; tudy abroad i excellent, and I d encourage everyone to do it! Work placement in 3rd year and ummer internhip are a great opportunity for getting experience. I have pent my pat 3 ummer working in California, Switzerland, and Taiwan! Peter Burkimher 4th Year MEng Electronic & Electrical Engineering
15/16 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year: Electromagnetic and RF Engineering Digital Electronic Electrical Circuit and Power Sytem Engineering Analyi Control and Intrumentation Power and Heat Engineering Project Buine Development Project Fourth Year: Deign and Modelling of Sytem Indutrial Project Intelligent Control Smart Sytem Embedded Sytem Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year: Engineering Management Leaderhip in Technology (MEng Only) Electrical and Fluid Drive and Actuator Integrated Circuit Engineering Programmable Sytem Analogue Electronic Optoelectronic Individual Project BEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering MEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering BEng: H300, MEng: H303 Why Study Mechanical Engineering? Mechanical Engineering form the bai of jut about anything that ha movable part including area like tranport, renewable energy, medicine and manufacturing. The kill of the modern mechanical engineer i to deign product economically and without damage to the environment Thee area will continue to be important to the UK economy, and to all developed countrie worldwide, meaning that Mechanical Engineer are highly veratile and will be in great demand acro a wide range of indutrie for year to come. Why Lancater? At Lancater, our Mechanical Engineering coure i focued on providing you with the both the theoretical kill required by a modern engineer and the ability to apply them. It cover a ubtantial amount of material on the border of electronic and mechanical engineering, uch a control ytem deign, which i neceary for the mechanical engineer in the modern era. Throughout the coure you will have the ability to apply thee kill in creative project, working both individually or a part of a team. If deired thi may alo include joining our Formula Student racing team in the final year. A degree in Mechanical Engineering i the bai for a career in a wide range of profeion: Mechanical Engineer are valued for their analytical and innovative abilitie in many indutrie, and jut in a technical capacity. Student Profile I choe Mechanical Engineering becaue I have alway wanted to know how thing worked. In chool I liked math, but I wanted to deign thing a well. Engineering let me do both! I thought Lancater wa a great buzzing campu with a lot going on. I liked the fact that everything you could need wa contained on campu (a well a 9 bar). All of the lecturer know their tudent on a one to one bai, and are very eay to approach. There i a lot of contact time between tudent and academic, which give you more time to ak quetion and learn more. I liked the department intantly, the taff were very friendly and everyone know each other by their firt name. Lancater itelf jut had a very friendly and fun atmophere, and being o cloe to the Lake Ditrict wa a elling point too, a it meant I could go out on my bike or for a hike at the drop of a hat. I ve had the time of my life at Lancater! Paul Edward 4th Year MEng Mechanical Engineering
17/18 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year: Engineering Analyi Control and Intrumentation Power and Heat Engineering Project Buine Development Project Mechanic and Vibration Fluid Mechanic and Thermodynamic Material and Deign Fourth Year: Deign and Modelling of Sytem Indutrial Project Intelligent Control Advanced CAD/CAM Mechanic and Actuator Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year: Mechanic Engineering Management Engineering Material Deign and Manufacturing Leaderhip in Technology (MEng Only) Electrical and Fluid Drive and Actuator Machine Element Individual Project BEng in Mechanical Engineering MEng in Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronic Engineering BEng: HH63, MEng: HHH6 Why tudy Mechatronic Engineering? Mechatronic Engineering i the combination of mechanical, electronic and computer engineering. Mot modern equipment ha a mechanical function that i controlled by electronic and microproceor, meaning that Mechatronic Engineering and engineer with thee kill are highly ought after. Think of it a general engineering fit for the 21t century. Why Lancater? Lancater Mechatronic Engineering coure wa the firt of it kind in the UK when it wa etablihed in 1984, and wa developed a a repone to the indutry need for engineer who can work within an interdiciplinary environment. The emphai i on product deign and ytem integration involving enor, embedded microcontroller and computer and actuator, together with appropriate oftware technique. In the later part of the coure, uch a your individual or group project, you can get involved with ome challenging reearch project, uch a interfacing atellite navigation ytem to mobile robot. The track record of Lancater Mechatronic graduate how that they perform valuable role, uch a coordinating more pecialit engineer in engineering management or running their own buinee. Student Profile When I firt came to univerity, I wan t really ure which dicipline I wanted to tudy. The great thing about Lancater i that the common firt year meant I gained undertanding of all dicipline and provided a good grounding from which to decide which pecialim to take. I choe Mechatronic Engineering a I d really enjoyed mechanical and electrical engineering in my firt year and thi gave me the opportunity to continue to tudy both. I alo believe that ever-advancing technology mean there are exciting career propect for engineer with thee kill. I ve had a fair amount of contact hour, epecially in the year 1 and 2. The other good thing i that all engineering dicipline tudy and work together, rather than being egregated like in other univeritie. The ocial ide of univerity i great, and at Lancater on-campu accommodation and the college et up make the experience even better. I m in Pendle College. Ben Gibbin 4th Year MEng Mechatronic Engineering
19/20 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year: Electrical Circuit and Power Sytem Buine Development Project Engineering Analyi Control and Intrumentation Power and Heat Engineering Project Digital Electronic OR Material and Deign Fourth Year: Deign and Modelling of Sytem Indutrial Project Intelligent Control Interfacing and Integration Mechanic and Actuator Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year: Programmable Sytem Engineering Management Engineering Material Mechanic Leaderhip in Technology (MEng Only) Electrical and Fluid Drive and Actuator Machine Element Individual Project BEng in Mechatronic Engineering MEng in Mechatronic Engineering
Nuclear Engineering BEng: H820, MEng H821 Why tudy Nuclear Engineering? Nuclear Engineering i a challenging dicipline that form the backbone to the buine of many organiation, large and mall, in the power, medical, defence and ecurity ector. Now i the perfect time to tudy for a degree in Nuclear Engineering; with the Worldwide quota of nuclear power reactor exceeding 450 and a widepread intention to ignificantly expand capacity in order to reduce our dependence on foil fuel for electricity. Why Lancater? At Lancater we have world-renowned academic in the field leading the coure. You will learn about key nuclear engineering ytem and the chemical engineering on which thee deign rely. Subequently, you will be introduced to the need of nuclear medicine, intrumentation and decommiioning. In fourth year you will tudy alongide indutry-baed tudent with a focu on nuclear afety and purue a larger teambaed nuclear reearch project. Several hort, compulory econdment will introduce you to the engineering indutry, which will give you valuable experience for your future career. Our Nuclear Engineering graduate are highly numerate and capable with well developed analytical kill, making them attractive both to the nuclear indutry and alo to many ector outide of the dicipline; thu our Nuclear Engineering graduate have many career option open to them when they graduate. Nuclear Engineering offer a ound tart to any high-flier engineering career with great career variety and opportunity throughout the world. Student Profile I choe to tudy Nuclear Engineering a it exciting and not well undertood by the public; it i the future of energy generation and currently at the forefront of engineering. On top of thi Lancater have everal taff member who are very influential within the nuclear indutry. The degree cheme offer a good balance between tough mathematical, intereting and creative module, with a range of group and individual project. The cla ize are mall, which improve the quality of teaching and give a more peronal touch to the department; you really get to know the lecturer on a peronal level. Campu accommodation i great and allow you to eaily get involved in port and ocietie, meet people and have a large circle of friend. Alo it provide you with the unique opportunity to roll out of bed ten minute before your 9am lecture and not be late! Craig Jantzen 4th Year MEng Nuclear Engineering
21/22 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year: Buine Development Project Engineering Analyi Control and Intrumentation Electromagnetic and RF Engineering Power and Heat Engineering Project Nuclear Engineering Decommiioning and Sutainability Fourth Year: Deign and Modelling of Sytem Indutrial Project Intelligent Control Nuclear Safety and Deign Nuclear Engineering Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year: Engineering Management Engineering Material Leaderhip in Technology (MEng Only) Electrical and Fluid Drive and Actuator Integrated Circuit Engineering Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Intrumentation Individual Project BEng in Nuclear Engineering MEng in Nuclear Engineering
Sutainable Engineering BEng: H220, MEng: H224 Why Sutainable Engineering? The World i facing an energy crii. By 2030, our global power demand will have increaed by 60%. Thi, coupled with a targeted 80% reduction in CO2 emiion by 2050 mean that future engineer mut create an energy infratructure with technologie capable of delivering affordable, ecure, low-carbon energy for year to come. Sutainable engineering i a new, and very topical, area of tudy focuing on engineering in the context of the growing concern for the environmental, ocial and economic impact that traditional procee have on the natural environment. A awarene and legilation in thi area i tightened up, demand for engineer with thee kill will increae; thu providing graduate with a wide range of opportunitie in multiple ector. Why Lancater? With input from indutry and a range of engineering dicipline, tudent will gain a broad undertanding of engineering cience with a focu on utainable engineering o that they are well prepared to become competent profeional engineer able to cope with change. Our coure will provide tudent with kill and knowledge to be able to deign and implement utainable ytem and technology in the material, manufacturing and energy ector. You will focu on the theme of natural reource; utainable development and utainability indicator; end-of-life: recycling and energy recovery; legilative contraint and requirement; nuclear decommiioning; microgeneration technique for built environment; renewable energy; energy converion; deign and manufacture; and life cycle analyi. Project work i typically centred on renewable energy ytem. Student Profile One of the main reaon I applied for a degree in the UK wa to gain a different academic perpective and an international approach to engineering. The tructure of Lancater Sutainable Engineering coure appealed to me a it offer an excellent grounding in mechanical engineering whilt focuing on renewable energy technologie and utainability iue. The department i relatively mall which give you the opportunity to make acquaintance with taff a well a tudent from different year group and dicipline. Furthermore, the firt year tutorial provide excellent teaching upport. I have really, really enjoyed my coure, epecially my final year which I think i due to the group project. It allow you to apply everything you have learned throughout your degree and prepare you for real life! Nilla-Helene Karlen 4th Year MEng Sutainable Engineering
23/24 Module (For 1t year Module ee page 09) Second Year Buine Development Project Engineering Analyi Control and Intrumentation Power and Heat Engineering Project Mechanic and Vibration Fluid Mechanic and Thermodynamic Decommiioning and Sutainability Fourth Year Deign and Modelling of Sytem Indutrial Project Intelligent Control Renewable Energy Mechanic and Actuator Group Project Year in indutry (optional) Third Year Engineering Management Leaderhip in Technology (MEng Only) Electrical and Fluid Drive and Actuator Deign and Manufacturing Machine Element Energy Converion Life Cycle Analyi Individual Project BEng in Sutainable Engineering MEng in Sutainable Engineering
Engineering (Study Abroad) BEng: H101, MEng: H104 The world i hrinking and with growth in many international economie employer are increaingly looking for graduate with international awarene. For over 20 year, Lancater Univerity ha offered a ucceful exchange cheme with univeritie in the USA and Autralia. All our Engineering coure offer our tudent a chance to pend their econd year immering themelve in the cultural and ocial life of another country, gaining unforgettable and rewarding life experience and an inight into engineering in a different country. Student need to be well prepared academically in order to make the witch to the international univerity ytem; therefore candidate are required to obtain good reult in their firt year of tudy (60% and above). Unlike other univeritie, the year abroad i credited a part of the Lancater degree meaning that it add no additional year of tudy to the degree and tudent join back up with their cla mate after their year abroad. We have worked cloely with our partner intitution to make ure our tudent cover a imilar yllabu and receive a imilar level of academic upport a they would here at Lancater. Every effort i made to minimie the culture hock and the univerity can offer advice about inurance, via, money and other practical conideration. Lancater Univerity will waive 85% of your tuition fee for the year abroad for tudent admitted in 2014/15. There are no additional tuition fee payable to your overea univerity. Pleae ee www.lanc.ac.uk/tudy/internationaltudent/tudy-abroad/outgoing for more information. Student Profile I never imagined in my wildet dream when I decided to tudy at Lancater that I would pend my 2nd year in the USA and the ummer between my 3rd and 4th year gaining work experience at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland! I pent my year abroad at Montana State Univerity. The town wa mall, but I wa urpried at how eaily people took me under their wing and helped me ettle into my new urrounding friendly i an undertatement! I wa able to learn to ki, play American Football, viit a friend on a imilar tudy abroad year from Lancater in Toronto at Spring Break, and even indulge in a pot of fihing and hunting out in the mountain during Thankgiving. The lecture and module I took were intereting and have come in handy ince. It wa intereting to ee how other people look at engineering, and compare them to my experience up to that point. It i a time I will never, ever forget. Oliver Booth 4th Year MEng Engineering
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Indutrial Experience We actively encourage tudent to take time out of their degree to complete period of time in indutry, typically 12 to 15 month paid employment. Thee indutrial opportunitie can be arranged in conjunction with the univerity, direct with companie or though the Engineering Development Trut Year In Indutry cheme. Alongide CV enhancement and increaed employability propect, we have alo found that tudent who complete a year in indutry return with increaed motivation for the remainder of their coure having been able to put their learning o far into practice. Our trong indutry link from large corporate to mall local companie mean that we will be able to ait you to find a uitable and rewarding placement in a ector that interet you for your future career. A a tudent undertaking a year in indutry placement, you ll typically receive a alary of around 15,000 p.a. with many tudent alo receiving funding from the company to upport ubequent year of tudy.
27/28 Indutrial Project MEng tudent alo participate on indutrial project during their third and fourth year. Thee are real-life company problem, which whilt non-buine critical, could till afford the companie involved meaningful time and progre. Again, our link with companie mean that we can ource excellent challenging and contructive project which are mutually beneficial to the companie and tudent involved. In the pat, project have involved: Build and tet of an aerodynamic-enhancing ytem for HGV; Contribution to teering wheel deign for the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car; Conceptual deign of a diamond wire ubea pipe cutter; Maximiing electricity from olar energy in mall-cale intallation; Heat ditribution invetigation for a ga afety product; Production proce improvement in micromanufacturing in developing countrie; Simulation and deign recommendation for airport vehicular luggage ytem Student Profile Loren Wright i pending a year in the technical department at CERN working on cryotat for particle accelerator a part of the CERN Technical Student programme. The whole experience ha been incredibly exciting, from working with ome of the world mot intelligent people to living in a beautiful and new environment. I didn t think I d be ucceful in obtaining the placement with it being uch a pretigiou place, o I wa over the moon and couldn t wait to tart! The LHC ha been generating data for the pat few year in order to find the Higg boon. But now it ha it i taking a well earned ret and in the meantime Loren i helping to increae it energy reach for when it return. During the break (known a Long Shutdown 1 or LS1), the interconnection will be repaired on 10,000 magnet. To do o they need to punch a hole in the thermal hield around the magnet at the interconnection. All the weld will then be replaced with bolt for future eae of acce and maintenance. However no current hole punch i mall enough to fit while having enough force to puncture the hield, and uing a hand drill i both awkward and time cotly, hence a new hole punch wa required. The tak for deigning thi fell to Loren. For the deign, we ran into a few problem; I had to do a lot of tre analyi and modifying of the original deign in order to reduce tre intenitie a we need each hole punch to do around 1000 cycle, and therefore cannot have extreme platiciation within the material a thi would lead to earlier failure. Thi meant employing everal technique uch a filleting harp edge and reducing large jump in material thickne through the component. The deign itelf i now complete and the technical drawing have been approved for manufacture, o now it i jut a cae of liaiing with French upplier over ordering ome of the component! Loren Wright 3rd Year MEng Mechanical Engineering
FAQ I Engineering the right coure for me? Engineering i an exciting career that addree many of the challenge in the modern world. While many higher education coure can analye the effect of climate change, the environmental benefit of hybrid vehicle or a hortage of clean drinking water in fat-growing citie, only in Engineering can tudent work on the deign of equipment and ytem that can make a difference to people live. Engineering coure give tudent the opportunity to ue creativity and imagination. At everal time throughout the coure, tudent work in group on project and, in their third year, they have the opportunity to plan and manage their own project. If you enjoy independent thought, creativity, lateral thinking and managing your own project and you have the appropriate qualification, an Engineering coure i for you! How will my work be aeed? For both MEng and BEng degree, there i generally a 60/40 plit between mark for end of year examination and thoe for project and courework. Are your coure accredited? All our MEng degree cheme are accredited by either the IET or IMechE a fulfilling the educational requirement for Chartered Engineer tatu. We intend to eek accreditation from the IChemE for our new Chemical Engineering coure when we are able to do o. Are there any cholarhip or grant available? Lancater Univerity ha committed 3.7m in cholarhip and burarie to help with fee and living cot. Our financial upport depend on your circumtance and how well you do in your A Level (or equivalent). To check your eligibility, pleae viit www.lanc.ac.uk/tudy/ undergraduate/fee-and-funding for further information How do I apply? You mut apply via the Univeritie and College Admiion Service (UCAS). Pleae viit their webite www.uca.ac.uk for further information. Can I come and viit campu? Sure, we d love you to come and viit u! Come along to one of our annual Viit Day or Campu Tour. See www.lancater.ac.uk/ tudy/viit-day-and-campu-tour for a lit of available date. Who can I peak to? Dr Andrew Pinkerton UG Admiion Tutor Tel: +44 (0)1524 593547 Admiion Secretary Tel: +44 (0)1524 592275 Email: egadmiion@lanc.ac.uk www.lancater.ac.uk/engineering www.facebook.com/lancater. univerity.engineering
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Engineering Department Lancater Univerity Lancater LA1 4YR Tel: +44 (0)1524 592275 Email: egadmiion@lancater.ac.uk www.lancater.ac.uk/engineering Whilt every effort ha been made to keep the content of thi booklet accurate, it i important to undertand that the proviion of coure, facilitie and other arrangement detailed here are reviewed on a regular bai and that they may be ubject to change. Thi brochure doe not form part of any contract between any peron and the univerity.