PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
Programme title:
MEng (Hons) Engineering (Mechanical with Business Finance)
Final award (BSc, MA etc):
MEng(Hons)
(where stopping off points exist they should be
detailed here and defined later in the document)
UCAS code:
H1NH
(where applicable)
Cohort(s) to which this programme
specification is applicable:
Intakes from 2014 onwards
(e.g. from 2015 intake onwards)
Awarding institution/body:
University College London
Teaching institution:
University College London
Faculty:
Engineering
Parent Department:
Mechanical Engineering
(the department responsible for the administration of
the programme)
Departmental web page address:
http://www.mecheng.ucl.ac.uk/
(if applicable)
Method of study:
Full-time/Part-time
Full-time/Part-time/Other
Criteria for admission to the
programme:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduatestudy/degrees/umnmecwbfn14
Length of the programme:
Four years full-time or five years for those students electing to take
an Extra Mural Year (industrial placement) or Study Abroad option in
their penultimate year.
Masters Level (Level 7)
(please note any periods spent away from UCL, such
as study abroad or placements in industry)
Level on Framework for Higher
Education Qualifications (FHEQ)
(see Guidance notes)
Relevant subject benchmark statement
(SBS)
(see Guidance notes)
Brief outline of the structure of the
programme
and
its
assessment
methods: (see guidance notes)
Board of Examiners:
Professional body accreditation
(if applicable):
QAA Benchmark statements for Engineering (2010)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Docume
nts/Engineering10.pdf
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mecheng/ourcourses/undergraduate/meng-ebf
Name of Board of Examiners:
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Examination Board
IMechE
Date of next scheduled
accreditation visit: AY 2016-17
EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME:
The primary aim of this programme is to take well-qualified students and to equip them with the fundamental
analytical and design skills necessary to become professional engineers in their chosen field. In addition, this
programme provides graduates with a sound knowledge of management, finance, and business administration
concepts and practices which are valuable in organisations within the engineering sector and more widely, for
example in the financial sector and technology/information industries.
Throughout, the programme integrates the transferable/employability skills defined by UK-SPEC which are so
valued by employers of our graduates.
The programme is designed to provide a rigorous and distinctive education emphasising the practical application of
theory as widely as possible, providing exposure to the interdisciplinary nature of major engineering projects and
the role of engineering in society through group challenges from 1st year onwards. This teaching is designed to
exploit the major strengths of the Faculty in multi-disciplinary research.
The enhanced treatment of the business and financial subjects within the programme is developed at the expense
of the optional “Minor” component offered in the Engineering (Mechanical) programmes; the students are required
to select the Engineering Finance Minor option. An individual 3rd year project provides a significant opportunity to
develop and demonstrate their independent talent in engineering, and a 4 th year group project provides extensive
training and experience of group work in design, analysis, construction, testing and evaluation.
The MEng programme is designed to give additional depth and breadth over the BEng programme. Advanced
engineering concepts are covered, giving an insight into current research and innovation. The final year of the
MEng is designed to strengthen group project work and management skills in order that graduates may step
seamlessly into a professional environment.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES:
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding,
qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
A: Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of:
 the fundamental mathematics, mechanical,
electrical and thermal sciences to an
advanced level appropriate for a
Professional Engineer.
 engineering principles, quantitative methods,
mathematical and computer models used in
contemporary engineering and more widely.
 codes of practice, standards and quality
issues as applicable to a an engineering
career, including an awareness of intellectual
property issues and of environmental, legal
and ethical issues within the modern
industrial world.
 design processes and methodologies as
applied to technical engineering problems,
including the appropriate integration of
engineering within large and multidisciplinary challenges.
 management and business practices
appropriate for a career in engineering
management and/or business administration
and an awareness of the commercial,
economic and social context of business, in
particular engineering practice.
 the characteristics of common engineering
materials, the capabilities and limitations of
manufacturing techniques an awareness of
mechanical workshop practices.
 specific advanced and emerging technologies
and associated research; applications of
engineering in a range of areas peripheral to
mechanical engineering.
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
The knowledge and understanding outlined above is
acquired through a combination of lectures, tutorials,
individual project and group projects, design projects,
practical laboratory work and coursework assignments,
(this may be supplemented by industrial experience by
taking an Extra Mural Year)
Assessment:
Assessment is through a combination of written
examinations and assessed coursework. In some
courses, the assessment is entirely based on the
assessment of coursework through term-time; in
others the assessment is a final written examination
paper. Coursework assessment varies from course to
course and includes the evaluation of laboratory
reports, technical reports, problem solving exercises,
design reports, design and testing of prototypes,
assessment of computational skills, tests and oral
presentations and, where necessary, viva-voce
examinations.
B: Skills and other attributes
Intellectual (thinking) skills:
 the skill to identify and define an engineering or
financial problem and generate innovative
solutions.
 the ability to select and apply appropriate
methods to model such solutions.
 the ability to plan and manage the design
process of an engineering project taking
account of constraints such as time, cost,
health and safety as well as environmental
issues.
 the ability to structure and plan
communications clearly and accurately in
formal report writing and oral presentations.
 skills associated with the analysis of cost drivers
in management and accounting practices as well
as marketing and entrepreneurship.
 the ability to make general evaluations of
commercial risk.
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
The skills outlined here are acquired through a
combination of lectures, tutorials, major individual
and group projects, design projects, practical
laboratory work and coursework assignments, (this
may be supplemented by industrial experience by
taking an Extra Mural Year).
Assessment:
As indicated in section A above.
C: Skills and other attributes
Practical skills (able to):
 undertake engineering laboratory tests using a
range of facilities and processes with due
regard to issues of safety of the personnel
involved.
 identify and implement appropriate ICT
solutions.
 successfully undertake a design or research
project, taking account of constraints such as
time, cost, health and safety as well as
environmental and societal issues.
 make general evaluations of commercial risk.
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
These practical skills are acquired through, unseen
written examinations, workshop practice, individual
projects and group projects, design projects, practical
laboratory work and coursework assignments, which
may be supplemented by industrial experience by
taking an Extra Mural Year.
Assessment:
These skills are evaluated from the assessment of
laboratory reports, technical reports, problem solving
exercises, design reports, design and testing of
prototypes, assessment of computational skills, tests
and oral presentations and, where necessary, vivavoce examinations.
D: Skills and other attributes
Transferable skills (able to):
 communicate technical, financial and
contextual information and clearly and
accurately in written and oral presentations as
appropriate for a professional engineering
career.
 understand individual strengths and capabilities
to collaborate effectively as a member of a
small team.
 plan appropriate work schedules to meet
specified deadlines.
 apply the elements of financial accounting and
bookkeeping in a variety of commercial
situations.
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
These skills are acquired through, individual projects
and group projects, design projects, practical
laboratory work and coursework assignments, which
may be supplemented by industrial experience by
taking an
Extra Mural Year.
Assessment:
As indicated in section C above.
The following reference points were used in designing the programme:
 the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications:
(http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Framework-Higher-Education-Qualifications-08.pdf);
 the relevant Subject Benchmark Statements:
(http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements);
 the programme specifications for UCL degree programmes in relevant subjects (where applicable);
 UCL teaching and learning policies;
 staff research.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the
learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes
full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information on the learning outcomes,
content and teaching, learning and assessment methods of each course unit/module can be found in the
departmental course handbook. The accuracy of the information contained in this document is reviewed annually
by UCL and may be checked by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Programme Organiser(s)
Dr B Hanson
Name(s):
Date of Production:
September 2014
Date of Review:
October 2014
Date approved by Head of
Department:
October 2014
Date approved by Chair of
Departmental Teaching
Committee:
Date approved by Faculty
Teaching Committee
14th Oct 2014
November 2014