BEng (Hons) Automotive Engineering (with integrated Foundation Year) Bachelor's degree at the University of Brighton

Introduces you to the fundamental concepts of physics including light, heat, sound and electromagnetism. You will attend lectures, take part in tutorials, practical classes and workshops in the lab.

Introduces you to the key concepts of classical mechanics used across different branches of engineering which you will then use to analyse the behaviour of simple mechanical systems. Content includes equations of motion, Newton's law of motion, momentum and its conversion and resolving forces into components.

Your opportunity to develop study skills including time management, research methods, problem-solving and presentation techniques. You'll work in a small team to produce a technical report and a formal presentation.

You will learn to apply mathematical concepts and software tools to solve engineering problems. On completion you will be able to use analytical techniques and software tools to solve simple algebraic problems, develop mathematical models of engineering systems and apply an appropriate analytical method or software tool to solve a mathematical model.

You will develop your engineering skills using projects as the focus of your learning. You will work on group projects, applying engineering skills such as reflection, organisation, planning, design, communication and planning. You will be introduced to concepts across a range of engineering specialisms as part of a problem-based approach.

Introduces you to the principles of mechanical design and communicating engineering design intent. You will acquire skills in drawing and Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawing software package such as SolidWorks, and basic concepts of mechanical design and machine components.

Provides you with an introduction to energy production, conversion, storage, conservation and coupling. This will be achieved utilising basic applied concepts relating to fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer and engineering economics.

You will be in a team of engineers tasked with designing and manufacturing a functional product. Each team member will have to apply a range of engineering skills and knowledge to realise the design. You will gain experience of working within a team, planning and managing the design project.

Introduces you to materials and their properties, a range of manufacturing processes and environmental considerations used to make components from various materials. Content includes manufacturing processes for plastic components, joining processes, classes of materials, material selection for design, eco-properties of materials and life cycle analysis.

Introduces concepts to describe the dynamic behaviour of practical engineering systems. You'll learn to build mathematical models for engineering systems that can be used to analyse and predict the dynamic behaviour of mechanical systems. You'll also explore design and simulation methodologies for systems to control the dynamic behaviour of engineering systems.

An opportunity to work in groups with students from different disciplines to solve complex real-world engineering problems within a systems engineering framework, including legal, ethical and environmental issues. Alongside developing your skills in fully integrated sub-systems, the group work will enhance your professional working practice skills.

Covers the foundations of mechanics of materials and failure analysis, including crack propagation and fatigue failure. You'll explore stress analysis under axial, torsional and flexural loading and for pressurised vessels as supported by relevant failure theories; concepts of stress concentration and stress intensity factors; and deflections of beams in bending and buckling instability.

Introduces the fundamentals of thermodynamics, internal flows, heat transfer and the principles of energy conversion cycles, together with the design of thermal devices, rotodynamic machines and heat exchangers. You'll test out the theories in the lab with an experimental analysis of energy and fluid devices.

You'll develop the knowledge and skills needed to undertake and apply engineering theory to design practice. You'll work in multidisciplinary groups on the design and manufacture of an engineering project – from market research to product ideation, development and launch – ending with a competitive test of the product's functionality.

Introduces the manufacturing elements of product development at the component level, including manufacturing processes and their associated tooling systems, design for manufacture and assembly, quality control and inspection for mass-produced products. You will learn how to choose manufacturing processes for a product and how to evaluate and control the quality of manufactured products.

Enables you to design and evaluate engineering control systems for automotive applications. You'll be introduced to classical and modern control theory, control systems design and compensator methods to improve system performance, and to relevant hardware in the field. You'll also explore the practical applications of digital simulation software used to build models to evaluate and analyse modern automotive powertrain and vehicle control systems.

Will further develop your ability to design vehicles. Using a project-based approach, you will build your understanding and apply engineering techniques that underpin automotive design. You will also explore the management and professional techniques used when releasing automotive designs into the marketplace.

Enables you to reduce complex engineering problems to simpler problems and to apply theoretical concepts in fluid dynamics to your solution. You'll achieve this by applying potential flow theory, flow around bodies and boundary layer theory, turbulence modelling, compressible flows, heat and mass transfer theory and computational fluid dynamics technique (theory and practice).

You will consider the selection of propulsion systems and sensor technologies for road vehicles, thinking about customer and broader legislative and societal factors. Using industry-standard techniques such as the house of quality, you'll explore how performance attributes are translated to engineering requirements. You'll also examine modern automotive sensors in engine and vehicle sub-systems alongside the application of standards to vehicle design.

You'll be both technical expert and project manager of your major individual project which investigates a technical problem in significant depth. You'll work independently, with a member of academic staff acting as project adviser, building your confidence and competence in project management. The project enables you to bring together the skills you've learned during your degree, such as research, analysis and engineering application.