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Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Master of Engineering - MG

Alternative Exit

Alternative Exit

Alternative Exit

Recruitable Target

Alternative Exit

Programme Offerings

Full-Time

F2F-JMU-SEP

Sandwich Year Out

F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

The MEng programme in Mechatronics and Autonomous Systems is one of our integrated masters degree programmes which extends the technical content beyond the scope of the normal first degree programme and prepares graduates for managerial and project management roles by the increased use of group based activities. New graduate engineers are increasingly expected to take on important technical leadership and management responsibilities early in their careers and the knowledge and skills gained from this programme are designed to produce graduates who are able to make an immediate contribution to their employers' organisations. The MEng programme fulfils all the educational requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer. The MEng programme is designed to develop a high level of technical expertise together with the emotional intelligence to be able to practice successfully as a professional engineer in a modern interdisciplinary engineering environment. This programme will develop student's research and technical communication skills and awareness of the legal and ethical framework surrounding the activities of a professional engineer. This will include personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues. For students undertaking a placement year, the aim is to provide students with an extended period of work experience at an approved partner that will complement their programme of study at LJMU. This will give the students the opportunity to develop professional skills relevant to their programme of study, as well as attitude and behaviours necessary for employment in a diverse and changing environment.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Use a sound theoretical approach and advanced technical knowledge to enable the introduction and exploitation of new and advancing technology.
2.
Communicate in English about advanced engineering topics.
3.
Present and discuss proposals.
4.
Demonstrate personal and social skills.
5.
Understand and apply relevant codes of conduct.
6.
Undertake risk assessment activities and manage and apply safe systems of work.
7.
Undertake engineering activities in a way that contributes to sustainable development.
8.
Carry out and record CPD necessary to maintain and enhance competence of teams.
9.
Demonstrate understanding of the professional, ethical and moral responsibilities of a professional engineer, including: diversity and security of data.
10.
Use research and communication skills to engage others in the creative and innovative development of engineering technology and continuous improvement systems.
11.
Identify potential projects and opportunities.
12.
Analyse problems and conduct appropriate research as a basis for undertaking design and development of engineering solutions.
13.
Manage groups in the implementation of design solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness.
14.
Plan for effective project implementation.
15.
Plan, budget, organise, direct and control tasks, people and resources.
16.
Lead teams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs.
17.
Bring about continuous improvement through quality management.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Teaching and learning: Lectures Tutorials Laboratory work Group projects Individual projects Individual and group presentations Poster presentation Design, build and test exercises Computer programming exercises On line formative quizzes Assessment: Written examinations On line summative quizzes Group design projects and reports Individual projects and reports Poster display Laboratory logbook

Opportunities for work related learning

Students are encouraged to undertake a year long industrial placement between Level 5 and 6. There is a further opportunity to undertake summer placements between academic years to gain valuable industrial experience. This work experience will help develop understanding of the world of work environment suitable for the programme and increase a student's professional practical skills.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

Students have the option to undertake a placement year. The placement year, module 5330ELE, will follow Level 5 and students will be enrolled on a 600 credit honours sandwich programme. The Level 5 mean for the final award mark will be calculated based upon the 240 credits at Level 5. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Structure

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations

The following criteria will apply for students at Level 5, Level 6 and Level 7: Where a module comprises two or more assessment elements (e.g. examination and coursework), successful completion of the module requires that a mark of at least 30% (40% at level 7) is achieved in each element. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Entry Requirements

A levels

Access awards

BTECs

GCSEs and equivalents

IELTS

International Baccalaureate

Irish awards

OCR Cambridge Technical

T levels

UCAS points

HECoS Code(s)

(CAH10-01) engineering