Exchange students accepted into the Department of Mechanical Engineering must choose to follow one of two streams, Intermediate or Advanced. These broadly align with the programme of study for our second year (Intermediate Stream) or third and fourth year (Advanced Stream) students. 

 

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Advanced stream

If you are taking the Advanced Stream you can choose from the following modules.

Please note Term 1 refers to Autumn Term, and Term 2 refers to Spring Term. The majority of modules are taught across both terms, with examinations and project assessments taking place in Summer Term (Term 3).

We recommend that if you home institution requires you to take 60 ECTS you include either the Final Year Individual Project (MECH70007), or the Design, Make and Test (MECH60003) and Professional Engineering Skills 3 (MECH 60015) modules in your module selection.

 

Engineering modules

 

Mechanical Engineering modules

Code 

Module Title 

Module Leader

Term 

Credits 

MECH60001

Machine Dynamics and Vibrations 

Fred Cegla

1,2

5

MECH60002

Fracture Mechanics

Catrin Davies

1,2

5

MECH60003

Design, Make and Test Project 

Marc Masen

1,2

20

MECH60004

Introduction to Nuclear Energy 

Mike Bluck

1,2

5

MECH60005

Manufacturing Technology and Management*

Graham Gosling

1,2

5

MECH60006

Fluid Mechanics 3

Aimee Morgans

1.2

5

MECH60007

Finite Element Analysis and Applications

Ulrich Hansen

1,2

5

MECH 60009

Embedded C for Microcontrollers*

Ravi Vaidyanathan

1,2

5

MECH 60011

Thermodynamics 3

Salvador Navarro-Martinez

1,2

5

MECH 60013

Structure, Properties and Application of Polymers  

Ambrose Taylor

1,2

5

MECH 60014

Stress Analysis 3

Ulrich Hansen

1,2

5

MECH 60015

Professional Engineering 3 

Julie Varley

1,2

10

MECH 60016

Mathematics

Pavel Berloff

1,2

5

MECH 60017

Statistics 

Ioanna Papatsouma

1,2

5

MECH 60018

Mechatronics 

Nicolas Cinosi

1,2

5

MECH 60019

Tribology

Janet Wong

1,2

5

MECH 60021

Computational Continuum Mechanics 

Daniel Balint

1,2

5

MECH 60024

Automotive Design with Motorsport Technology*

Alexis Ihracska

1,2

5

MECH 60025

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering

Chloe Agg

1,2

5

70001

Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics 

Mike Bluck

1,2

5

70002

Nuclear Reactor Physics 

Matt Eaton

2

5

70003

Future Clean Transport Technology* 

Alex Taylor

1,2

10

70006

Metal Processing Technology*

Huizhi Wang

1,2

10

70007

Individual Project 

Ambrose Taylor

1,2

25

70008

Mechanical Transmissions Technology 

Amir Kadiric

1,2

10

70009

Interfacing and Data Processing 

Yannis Hardalupas

1,2

5

70014

Design, Art and Creativity*

Hawys Tomos

2

5

70015

Computational Fluid Dynamics 

Pavlos Aleiferis

1,2

5

70016

Applied Vibration Engineering 

Christoph Schwingshackl

1,2

5

70017

Composite Materials 

John Dear

1,2

5

70019

Advanced Stress Analysis 

Soraia Pimenta

1,2

5

70020

Combustion Safety and Fire Dynamics

Guillermo Rein

1,2

5

70021

Aircraft Engine Technology*

Ricardo Martinez-Botas

1,2

10

70022

Advanced Control 

Mike Ristic

1,2

5

70025

Machine Learning

Peter Huthwaite

1,2

5

70026

Energy Systems

Andrea Giusti

1,2

5

70027

Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics

Stelios Rigopoulos

1,2

5

70045

Advanced Numerical Methods for Engineers

Matt Eaton

2

5

70054

Introduction to Robotics*

Nicolas Cinosi

1,2

5

 

* These modules are capped due to limited space, and many are normally oversubscribed. If you wish to choose one of these modules please have an alternative in mind, in case the module you have requested is already full.

 

Inter-departmental Exchange (IDX) modules

Students can take any of the IDX modules currently available to Mechanical Engineering students.

Code 

Module Title 

Module Leader

Term 

Credits 

BIOE70033

Biomaterials for Bioengineers

 

1

5

ELEC70022

Modelling and control of multi-body mechanical systems

 

1

5

ELEC70098

Optimisation

 

1

5

MATE70019

Nuclear Materials I

 

1

5

AERO70037

Spacecraft Propulsion

 

1

5

BIOE60007

Human centred design of assistive and rehabilitation devices

 

2

5

MATE70016

Advanced tissue engineering

 

2

5

BIOE70016

Human neuromechanical control and learning

 

2

5

CENG60013

Nuclear chemical engineering

 

2

5

ELEC70076

Sustainable electrical systems

 

2

5

DESE71007

Distributed leger technologies

 

2

5

 

Non-engineering modules

 

Exchange students in the Advanced stream can take up to 2 non-engineering modules as part of their study plan.

 

Business School (BPES) modules

Students can take up to a maximum of two BPES modules.

Code 

Module Title 

Module Leader

Term 

Credits 

BUSI60038

Business Economics

 

1

5

BUSI60041

Entrepreneurship

 

1

5

BUSI60042

Entrepreneurship Online

 

1

5

BUSI60044

Managerial Economics Online

 

1

5

BUSI60040

Corporate Finance Online

 

2

5

BUSI60043

Finance and Financial Management

 

2

5

 

Please note that the following have the same module content (with one taught in-person and one online) and therefore cannot be taken together:

  • Business Economics and Managerial Economics Online
  • Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Online
  • Finance and Financial Management and Corporate Finance Online

 

Language modules

Language modules are available at a variety of levels, in the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Russian
  • Spanish

All language modules are worth 7.5 ECTS and run across Terms 1 and 2.

For more information about which level may be suitable, please check the website.

 

Humanities and Social Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences modules are available on a range of subjects. For the full list currently available please check the website.

Please note that Humanities and Social Sciences modules are frequently capped and are often oversubscribed. If you wish to choose one of these modules, please have an alternative in mind, in case the module you have requested is already full.

Intermediate stream

If you are taking the Intermediate Stream you can choose from the following modules.

Please note Term 1 refers to Autumn Term, and Term 2 refers to Spring Term. The majority of modules are taught across both terms, with examinations and project assessments taking place in Summer Term (Term 3).

Code 

Module Title 

Module Leader

Term 

Credits 

50001

Heat Transfer 

Teng Cao

1,2 

5 

50002

Stress Analysis 2 

Tom Reddyhoff

1,2

5 

50003

Mathematics and Computing 2 

Nicolas Cinosi

1,2 

10 

50004

Mechatronics 2 

Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena

1,2 

5 

50005

Materials 2 

Catrin Davies

1,2

5 

50006

Thermodynamics 2 

Huizhi Wang

1,2

5 

50007

Professional Engineering Skills 2 

Peter Johnson

1,2 

5 

50008

Dynamics 

Christoph Schwingshackl

1,2 

5 

50009

Design and Manufacture 2 

Idris Mohammed

1,2 

10 

50010

Fluid Mechanics 2 

Peter Johnson

1,2 

5 

 

Non-engineering modules

 

Exchange students in the Intermediate stream can take 1 non-engineering module as part of their study plan.

Language modules

Language modules are available at a variety of levels, in the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Russian
  • Spanish

All language modules are worth 7.5 ECTS and run across Terms 1 and 2.

For more information about which level may be suitable, please check the website.

 

Humanities and Social Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences modules are available on a range of subjects. For the full list currently available please check the website.

Please note that Humanities and Social Sciences modules are frequently capped and are often oversubscribed. If you wish to choose one of these modules, please have an alternative in mind, in case the module you have requested is already full.