Mechanical Engineering Design (BEng top-up)
BEng top-up
Key facts
UCAS code
H303
Start dates
September 2025 / September 2026
Location
Course length
Full time: 1 year
Overview
This course is a one-year top-up programme designed to enable students from foundation degrees in Mechanical Engineering to obtain a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering Design. It provides an education in mechanical engineering, producing graduates who have the necessary range of skills and depth of understanding to successfully pursue careers as Incorporated Engineers working in the industry.
A distinguishing feature of this programme is its practical and mechanical emphasis, derived from local industries and staff expertise. Graduates of the course should be able to work effectively in the industry as part of design, development or research teams with the necessary skills to turn concepts into drawings and through to the manufacturing and assembly processes.
Tuition fees
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. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page
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 are detailed below.
How to apply
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
Entrants to the Programme normally possess the following:
- Foundation Degree (Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering from Solihull College
- Foundation Degrees from other Universities or Colleges will be admitted if their modules are equivalent and accepted on application.
Qualification requirements:
- Foundation Degree in Engineering - 55% average module mark OR
- Pearson HND - Overall Merit profile
For entry into the top up BEng (Hons) course, there must be a minimum of 240 credits in a relevant subject such as Engineering/Mathematics and/or Science disciplines.
Other qualifications and combinations of qualifications will be considered and maybe also acceptable.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
International applications
International students will normally have to study full-time unless they have full-time employment within the UK. For September 2017 entry, this course is not available to international students requiring a Tier 4 visa.
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 with credit for prior learning. Each application is individually assessed by our credit entry tutors.
If you would like more information about whether or not you may be eligible for the award of credit, for example from an HND, partly-completed degree or foundation degree, please contact our Admissions team.
We operate the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All undergraduate single modules are equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and double modules to 15 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.
Application process
Full time Home (UK) applicants
Apply through UCASInternational applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityFull time international applicants can also apply through UCAS
Learn more about this course
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.