Automotive Engineering with Electric Vehicles
BEng (Hons) or MEng
UCAS code: H330 BEng,H341 MEng
Start dates: September 2023 / September 2024
Full time: BEng: 3 years, or 4 years sandwich; MEng: 4 years, or 5 years sandwich
Part time: BEng: up to 8 years; MEng: up to 9 years
Location: Wheatley
Department(s): School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Overview
At Oxford Brookes you won’t just learn practical mechanical skills. You’ll develop your design engineering expertise and think about what the vehicles of the future will look like.
Our automotive engineering degree combines theory with hands-on experience, and prepares you for a career in engineering. Looking at the future of the automotive industry, we’ll help you safeguard your own future within it.
You’ll have full access to our automotive labs. These double as your research and learning spaces where you will discover how to design and work with electric vehicles. Facilities include our four post rig, High Voltage Energy Storage Lab and driving simulator.
There are 2 routes you can take on this course: BEng and MEng qualifications that you can easily transfer between right up to your third year. Both lead to professional accreditation and will support your future job prospects.
Why Oxford Brookes University?
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Be part of a community
Join the UK’s most successful Formula Student team, Oxford Brookes Racing, and design, build and race vehicles with students who share your passion.
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Paid work placement
Gain industry experience that will boost your future job prospects, and earn as you learn on an accredited Monitored Professional Development Scheme (MPDS) through the IMechE.
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Learn from the best
You will be taught by current and former industry professionals with active research and/or consulting experience in the automotive industry.
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Flexibility
You can change between engineering courses at the end of year 1 if you decide that another course is a better fit and again at the end of your second year, if you choose Motorsport Engineering.
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A focus on careers
Hear from prospective employers, of which many are Oxford Brookes alumni; in our Industrial Lecture Series and get a sense of your potential career options.
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Free language courses
Free language courses are available to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students on many of our courses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.
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Study Abroad
You may be able to go on a European or international study exchange while you are at Brookes. Most exchanges take place in the second year. Although we will help as much as we can with your plans, ultimately you are responsible for organising and funding this study abroad.
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Accreditation(s)
The BEng is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. The MEng is accredited by IET for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Both pathways are also accredited by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Course Details
Course Structure
In year 1 your 'Integrated Curriculum' means you work in collaboration with other engineering students to draw, assemble and test your own Stirling Engine and then market your product in a global online marketplace.
You will develop your analytical skills even further in year 2, studying modules including Engineering Thermo-Fluids and Mathematics and Modelling. More group design tasks will sharpen your team working skills, and you will learn how to use engineering analysis software.
You can go on a paid work placement before year 3, and apply everything you learn here to your third year projects and show off your new knowledge on your CV. Students have previously taken placements at companies including Aston Martin, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover.
Study modules
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from that shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Careers
This course is your chance to join the IMechE Monitored Professional Development Scheme. Both the BEng and MEng routes lead to professional recognition. The course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET).
Completing the BEng meets the academic requirements for becoming an Incorporated Engineer, and partly meets the academic requirements for becoming a Chartered Engineer. Completing the MEng fully meets the academic requirements for Chartered Engineer status.
Our graduates go on to have highly successful careers in the automotive industry. They work for companies including Mercedes HPP supporting development of Mercedes Formula E team and Williams Advanced engineering, supporting Jaguar Formula E team.
Additionally, you can study automotive engineering or other engineering subjects at postgraduate level. The BEng degree allows you to progress to a specialist engineering field at master’s level. The MEng route can take you to PhD studies.
Our Staff
Miguel Fernandes Ferreira
Read more about MiguelEntry requirements
Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. The combination of A-level grades listed here would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.
Standard offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 112 - 120
A Level: BBB - BBC or equivalent
IB Points: 30 - 31
BTEC: DDM - DMM
Contextual offer
UCAS Tariff Points:
A Level:
IB Points:
BTEC:
Further offer details
A levels: tariff points must include A level Grade B in Maths and Grade B in Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Engineering or suitable science.
BEng contextual offer points must include C in Maths and C in Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Engineering or another science. MEng contextual offer points must include B in Maths and C in Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Engineering or suitable science
IB Diploma: tariff points to include minimum grade 5 in Higher Level Maths and Physics
BEng contextual offer points must include 4 in HL Maths and Physics. MEng contextual offer points must include 5 in HL Maths and 4 in HL Physics
BTEC: tariff points must include BTEC Extended Diploma in an engineering subject, plus a distinction in the Further Mathematics module.
BEng and MEng contextual offer points must include distinction in Further Maths.
We welcome applications from candidates with equivalent alternative qualifications, and from mature students
Specific entry requirements
A Level: Grade B in Maths, and Grade B in Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Engineering or another suitable science subject.
GCSE: English Language grade 4/C minimum normally required
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
Please see the University's standard English language requirements.
English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
Credit transfer
Many of our courses consider applications for entry part-way through the course for students who have credit from previous learning or relevant professional experience.
Find out more about transferring to Brookes. If you'd like to talk through your options, please contact our Admissions team.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
International qualifications and equivalences
How to apply
Application process
Full time international applicants can also apply through UCAS
Tuition fees
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Tuition fees
Please note tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.
Compulsory costs
| Additional costs | Amount (£) |
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| Personal protective equipment for engineering labs. | £25-40 |
Optional costs
| Additional costs | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| Travel and associated costs if relevant when undertaking work placements. | £30-700 per year |
It’s your responsibility to cover print / binding costs where coursework submission is required. Please note that a lot of the coursework is now submitted online. |
From £30 |
| You may choose to purchase books to support your studies. Many books on our reading lists are available via the Library, or can be purchased secondhand. | £20-60 per book |
Accommodation fees in Brookes Letting (most do not include bills) |
£94-265 per week |
Accommodation fees in university halls (bills included, excluding laundry costs) |
£122-180 per week |
Graduation costs include tickets, gowning and photography. Gowns are not compulsory but typically students do hire robes, starting at £41. |
Typically £0-200 |
Students are responsible for their own travel to and from university for classes. BrookesBus travel is subsidised for full-time undergraduate students that are on a course with a fee of £9,250 or more, or living in an Oxford Brookes hall of residence. There is an administration fee for the production of a BrookesKey. |
From £8 |
Funding your studies
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Programme Changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website.For more information, please visit our Changes to programmes page.