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Electro-Mechanical Engineering BEng
BEng (Hons)
Key facts
UCAS code
H360
Start dates
September 2022 / September 2023
Location
Course length
Full time: 3 years
Part time: 6 years
Accreditation(s)
The course offers the opportunity to gain a Monitored Professional Development Scheme (MPDS) accreditation by IMechE through a work placement with one of the University's industry partners.
UCAS Tariff Points
112
Overview
Our Electro-Mechanical Engineering course puts you at the forefront of your field. You will learn to combine computing with mechanical engineering. A skill in high demand with commercial organisations.
You don’t need any prior knowledge to start this course. You will explore the complexities of design and learn to build electro-mechanical systems.
Our teaching staff are respected in their areas of professional expertise. They have developed a curriculum which integrates theory and practice to address industrially relevant problems.
In Year 3 you can build systems for our driverless cars. You can also join or contribute to our award winning Formula Student team.
We encourage you to undertake a placement year. This allows you to gain valuable understanding from real life and to see the context of your studies.
You can choose to gain a Monitored Professional Development Scheme (MPDS), accreditation by IMechE, through a work placement with one of our industry partners.
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How to apply
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
A Level: BBC
IB Points: 30
BTEC: DMM
Contextual offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 88
A Level: CCD
IB Points: 27
BTEC: MMM
Further offer details
We welcome applications from candidates with equivalent alternative qualifications, and from mature students.
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
GCSE: Mathematics grade 5/B; English Language grade 4/C normally required
Please also see the University's general entry 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.
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.
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.
Application process
Full time Home (UK) applicants
Apply through UCASPart time Home (UK) applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityInternational applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityFull time international applicants can also apply through UCAS
Tuition fees
Questions about 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.
Financial support and scholarships
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, if any, are detailed below.
Learning and assessment
In Year 1 you will learn about electro-mechanical engineering systems and actually make some. You will take analytical modules to;
- support your practical work
- learn the analysis behind complex systems like robots.
In Year 2 you will develop your knowledge from Year 1 and start to design for yourself. You will take further analytical modules to support your design. And you will develop computer simulations of electro-mechanical systems.
In Year 3 you will produce a dissertation on an area you are particularly interested in. You will also have a module on business management, ethics and energy, this is required;
- to gain your IMechE accreditation
- to be well-versed in the ethics of autonomous vehicles.

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.
Learning and teaching
You will learn through a variety of methods, depending on what you study.
Our teaching methods include;
- tutorials
- set reading
- lectures
- seminars
- laboratory sessions
- group work
- experience
- independent study
- internet-based research
- reviews of scientific papers
- class discussions
- interactive feedback
- peer assessments
- student presentations
- one-to-one dissertation meetings.
Assessment
Assessment methods used on this course
In Year 1 we assess your practical work through coursework write-ups;
- for modules like Maths and Modelling, you will submit your mathematical modules
- for Design, we assess your simulations and design reports.
If you partake in one of our Engineering School’s design challenges, such as Formula Student, we will assess your input into the working car.
After you graduate
Career prospects
The expected career destinations for graduates include, programming for electro-mechanical systems, robotics design and manufacture, research and development, technical sales, production engineering, project management.
Further study
Graduates of the course are well prepared for further study, either at the MSc level or PhD.
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.
Information from Discover Uni
Full-time study
Part-time study
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.