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Automotive Engineering BEng (Hons)
Automotive Engineering BEng (Hons)

Automotive Engineering BEng (Hons)

  • ID:UoS440061
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

International Baccalaureate

Typical offer: 30-32 points overall from the full IB Diploma.     

Subjects: Higher Levels must include Mathematics, with a grade of 5.

For entry in 2021, either Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches or Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation at Higher Level will be accepted.

European Baccalaureate

Typical offer: Overall result of at least 75% to 77%.

Additional requirements:  Evidence of existing academic ability at a high level in Mathematics is essential (normally with a final grade of at least 8.0).

English requirements

IELTs: 6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component

PTE: 62 overall, including at least 56 in all four skills.

Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English (CAE): 176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill

Orther Requirement

No

Course Information

Automotive Engineering at Sussex covers all aspects of modern automotive development, including engine, transmission and chassis design. This course will give you the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges and changes in the automotive industry.

Our research feeds directly into our teaching, so you'll benefit from our work in dynamics, control and vehicle research. Research projects include automotive control system, automotive on-board diagnostics system, electric motor-driven camless valve train for IC engines, and autonomous vehicles. 

You’ll study in our Future Technologies Labs that incorporate computer suites and new automation/robotics facilities. There is also a dedicated manufacturing lab with facilities such as CNC machines and 3-D printers.

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Year 1:

Core modules

Autumn teaching

  • Electrical Circuits & Devices

  • Engineering Maths 1A

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

  • Programming for Engineers

Spring teaching

  • Engineering Maths 1B

  • Engineering Mechanics

  • Engineering Thermodynamics

  • Technical Drawing and Computer Aided Design

Intersemester Week

  • Global Design Challenge

Year 2:

Core modules

 

Autumn teaching

  • Design for Manufacture

  • Engineering Fluid Mechanics

  • Engineering Mathematics 2

  • Principles and Applications of Strength of Materials

Spring teaching

  • Electromechanics

  • Professional and Managerial Skills

  • Systems Analysis and Control

  • Thermal Power Cycles

Study abroad and Placement

Study abroad (optional)

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.

Industrial placement (optional)

An industrial placement gives you the chance to spend a year working with an organisation, in an area relevant to your course, while being paid. It’s a proven way to fast-track your career.

Recent students have gone on placements at:

  • Ricardo

  • Timberwolf

  • Vauxhall Motors.

You develop your technical, team-working and transferable skills, and apply what you have learnt in your studies to a business environment.

Year 3:

Core modules

 

Autumn teaching

  • Business and Project Management

  • Dynamics of Machines & Vehicles

  • Engine Technology

Autumn and spring teaching

  • Individual Project

Spring teaching

  • Electrical Drive Systems

  • Sensor Systems & Applications

  • Vehicle Technology

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Pathway Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Throughout your studies, you'll develop skills and knowledge in modern automotive development. You can use these skills for careers in sectors including:

  • automotive and robotics

  • construction and manufacturing

  • security or defence.

You meet employers through our guest speakers and supervisors, and benefit from our industry links with companies Jaguar, IBM, Siemens and Thales.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance - Single

NHS: 300 GBP

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