Undergraduate Engineering Opportunities 2020
1 Contents Welcome to the Welcome 3 The University of Edinburgh 4 School of Engineering School of Engineering 5 We are delighted that you are considering coming to join us Introducing Engineering 6 at the School of Engineering to pursue your undergraduate Course codes 7 programme. Engineering has a long and distinguished Engineering programmes 8 tradition at Edinburgh having been taught here in one form Chosing your programme 12 or another since 1673, with the UK’s first Regius Chair of Programme structure 13 Engineering granted to the University founded in 1868. Career development 14 Favoured by employers 16 Most recently, in the UK’s 2014 assessment of research quality, the School of Engineering Further study and research 16 (jointly with Heriot Watt University) achieved the highest Research Power of any UK University Careers Service 16 engineering submission to an assesment panel; with 94% of research activity rated “world Entry requirements 18 leading” or “internationally excellent”. How to apply 18 Personal statement 18 The School has particular expertise and an enviable suite of laboratories in the areas of When to apply 18 Structures, Fire Safety, Wave and Tidal Testing, Microelectronics, Bioengineering, Ice, and Fees 19 Membrane Separations. We have also recently developed new laboratories for Composite Materials, High Temperature Superconductivity, Engines and Agile Tomography. Scholarships and bursaries 19 Volunteering 20 Student representation 20 Today’s graduates must be equipped with the knowledge and skills not just for today’s Student societies and sports 20 needs but also the needs of the future. Our innovative undergraduate programmes, underpinned by world-leading research, prepare our graduates for tackling society’s grand Library 21 challenges whether through roles in industry or research. Accommodation 21 Social scene 21 The King’s Buildings campus 22 We encourage applications from highly qualified and motivated students from all corners of the world to apply to our leading-edge and diverse programmes, to become a member of The City of Edinburgh 22 our vibrant academic community working together for a better future. Useful links 24
Professor Conchúr Ó Brádaigh
2 Head of School 3 The University of Edinburgh School of Engineering For more than 400 years the University of innovation. In the 2014 Research Excellence The School of Engineering is one of the Edinburgh has been changing the world. Framework (REF), 94 per cent of our research University’s largest Schools, with more than We are one of the world’s top universities, activity in general engineering was rated 4* 700 postgraduates, 1,700 undergraduates consistently ranked in the world top 50 and world leading or 3* internationally excellent on and more than 140 academics. Our vision placed 20th in the QS World University the overall quality profile. We have a strong is to achieve excellence in all our teaching Rankings 2020. Our entrepreneurial and cross- track record of producing technology spin-outs and research areas, from the science and disciplinary culture attracts students as well as and we develop industry links to help you build mathematics that underpin engineering staff from over 140 countries which creates a relationships that will last your whole career. research to its industrial and commercial unique Edinburgh experience for our students. applications. Employability Facilities We are committed to embedding employability Our teaching disciplines are accredited by From supercomputing to structural testing, the in your University of Edinburgh experience and their relevant professional engineering bodies facilities for your undergraduate studies at the have an impressive track record for graduate and seven specialist research institutes sit School of Engineering are among the best in employment. With our excellent employability within the School: the world. We provide a stimulating working, record and international reputation, the learning and teaching environment with access University of Edinburgh is a strong choice for • Bioengineering to excellent facilities. Our university facilities developing your engineering career. Whether • Digital communications attract the world’s best, from Nobel Prize you are looking to make your mark in industry, • Energy systems laureates to future explorers, pioneers and consultancy or academia, or develop a business • Infrastructure and environment inventors. venture of your own, we offer a number of • Integrated micro and nano systems services to help you fulfil your ambitions and • Materials and Processes Innovation make the most of your time here. • Multiscale thermofluids The School of Engineering is a hotbed of The University of Edinburgh has produced many leading lights in the field of science and engineering. By joining our School This degree has equipped me with a wide range you will follow in the footsteps of some of of knowledge and provides me with a great engineering’s most pioneering individuals. Our staff, students and alumni have a long “opportunity to enter a variety of sectors in tradition of making a vital contribution to engineering. contemporary living. Inventor of the cable Calum Beattie ” car Fleeming Jenkin was Professor of MEng Electrical & Mechanical Engineering graduate Engineering at the University during the 19th century, and William Rankine, a key 4 contributor to the science of thermodynamics, 5 was educated at Edinburgh. Introducing Engineering Disciplines Course Codes
Engineers create innovative solutions to Your programme will draw on one, or more, of General Engineering Entry Level real world problems. We invent products, our four disciplines: systems and processes that are faster, • General Engineering: H100 smaller, cleaner, safer, stronger, more Chemical Engineering efficient, more environmentally friendly, more Exploring the development and operation of BEng (Hons) - 4 years economical, more sustainable and more processes that produce the materials and marketable. Engineering is all around us, • Chemical Engineering: H800 products that we all depend on as safely, making up much of what we take for granted sustainably and economically as possible. • Civil Engineering: H200 – telecommunications, transport, energy • Electrical and Mechanical Engineering: HH36 generation and distribution, buildings, bridges, water supply, materials, fuels and much more. Civil and Environmental Engineering • Electronics and Computer Science: GH60 The creative and sustainable application of • Electronics & Electrical Engineering: H600 physics and mathematics, using engineering Accreditation and computing tools to conceive, design, build • Mechanical Engineering: H300 All our MEng programmes are accredited and operate the built environment. • Structural and Fire Safety Engineering: HH21 as fully satisfying the educational base for • Structural Engineering with Architecture: H2K1 a Chartered Engineer (CEng). All our BEng Electronics and Electrical Engineering programmes are accredited as partially The innovative application of analysis and satisfying the educational base for a Chartered design to create the technology that will be part MEng (Hons) - 5 years Engineer (CEng). An accredited programme of our future lives – everything from internet • Chemical Engineering: H804 is needed to complete the CEng educational enabled streetlights to smart energy supply, • Civil Engineering: base. and from mind-controlled virtual reality mobile H203 gaming to intelligent self-driving vehicles. • Electrical and Mechanical Engineering: HHH6 Placements • Electronics and Computer Science: GHK6 Mechanical Engineering MEng Chemical Engineering, Electronics, • Electronics & Electrical Engineering: H601 The analysis, design and manufacture of an Electrical Engineering or Mechanical • Mechanical Engineering: H303 Engineering students can apply for an industrial enormous range of industrial products and placement. These take place in Years 4 or 5 systems – almost anything with moving parts, • Structural and Fire Safety Engineering: HHF1 from washing machines to aircraft and wind and last at least six months. They are assessed • Structural Engineering with Architecture: H2KC and will contribute to your final degree. turbines to hip joints.
6 7 Engineering Programmes Mechanical Engineering Professional Mechanical Engineers are Chemical Engineering responsible for the design and manufacture Chemical Engineering encompasses the of an enormous range of industrial products; development, design and operation of the almost anything with moving parts, from processes that produce the materials and aircraft to washing machines. As a Mechanical products we all depend on. These range Engineer, you may find yourself using from the fresh water and gas supplied to our fundamental physics, complex mathematics homes, to performance products such as and state-of-the-art computers, as well as cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Essentially your creative and inventive skills in designing Chemical Engineering is all about adding and improving products. You may rapidly find value to materials by changing their chemical yourself responsible for managing a large compositions, structures or physical state. team of people and large financial budgets in producing new processes and products. Chemical Engineering is not a subject that is covered at high school level. Its broad The main applications of Mechanical spectrum of activities - from detailed modelling Engineering are usually thought of as planes, of catalytic reactions to estimating wind loading trains and automobiles. These industries on tall distillation columns - attracts students have Mechanical Engineering principles and with a good science background and strong Mechanical Engineers at the very core of their mathematics skills, who are interested in businesses, but the subject opens doors to applying scientific principles to the real world. a much wider range of topics than you might think. A glance at the subject matter of recent We offer BEng and MEng degrees in Chemical final year projects gives a hint of what can be in Engineering that provide graduates with store: the skills and knowledge to make a real contribution to the Chemical and Process • Automotive industries, and beyond.The MEng degree • Aeronautical and aerospace is accredited by the Engineering Council as • Renewable energy meeting the educational base required to • Robotics become a Chartered Engineer. Students taking • Biomechanics the BEng degree may also apply for Chartered • Sports engineering status if they complete suitable further study. • Medical engineering • Manufacturing • Management & business
8 9 Engineering Programmes of the fourth year. In 4th and 5th years, optional Students entering through this route will make this course choices allow students to specialise decision in conjunction with their personal tutor. Civil and Environmental Engineering in technical “streams” such as environmental Edinburgh, The Civil and Environmental Engineering engineering, structural engineering, and project profession is constantly changing, with new management. a city of problems to be solved, and new ways to design a solution to them. Our degrees at Electronics and Electrical Engineering the University of Edinburgh give you the Electronics and Electrical Engineering at influence engineering knowledge and skills that you the University of Edinburgh is a challenging will need in your future career, and not just undergraduate degree programme with a strong the techniques being used in industry today. mathematical and physics underpinning. It offers You will benefit from our teaching team’s a rewarding and stimulating career which our experience from across the breadth of civil gradautes pursue all over the world. The subject and environmental engineering, including covers technology from the very smallest scale, design work in industry, and specialist world- such as micro and nano systems, to the very leading expertise. We have extensive industrial largest such as electrical power systems. Our partnerships, including student placements, graduates have a wide range of skills including site visits and the involvement of several in software engineering, signal processing, practising engineering in our design projects. electronic communication, renewable energy and machine learning. Electronics and Electrical We offer three degree titles: Civil Engineering, Engineering shapes the modern world and Structural Engineering with Architecture, and influences our daily lives in numerous ways. The Structural and Fire Safety Engineering, with subject is continually evolving and our academics both BEng and MEng degrees in each. The are involved in that process. By studying first year of our degrees is structured to allow Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the a wide range of flexibility, so that students can University of Edinburgh you can be involved too! change to other branches of Engineering, or to a range of pure science degrees (depending on the outside courses chosen and on satisfactory General Engineering academic performance). If you are unsure which discipline you are most interested in you can apply to this General Students can change between our Civil and Engineering entry code: H100. This does not Environmental Engineering Degrees up to the lead to a general engineering degree; however, start of the third year (with the exception of it allows you to defer your choice of discipline to Structural Engineering with Architecture), and the start of the second semester of teaching. between BEng and MEng up to the beginning 10 11 Choosing your programme Programme structure Our programmes cross the traditional Year 1 Year 5 (MEng) engineering boundaries through cross- Your time will usually be divided between You will have further opportunities to broaden disciplinary design projects and teaching, in engineering, mathematics and option courses. and deepen your understanding of fundamental recognition of the multidisciplinary nature of You study several branches of engineering, engineering concepts with several option modern engineering projects. On graduation followed by the first in-depth study of your courses and you will develop your skills from any of our programmes you will leave preferred subject. For most of our programmes in applying this knowledge in a range of with a thorough core knowledge, together with you can choose an option course from the specialist areas. You will produce a substantial analytical, practical, design and communication sciences, arts or humanities. Chemical project that may involve working overseas skills, enabling you to join a design, production Engineering students must take chemistry in or in industry in Year 4 or 5, depending on or research team – or move rapidly into Year 1. your discipline. You may also participate in management and leadership roles. our unique interdisciplinary design projects, Year 2 initiated with support from the Royal Academy You can keep your options open between these of Engineering. disciplines by applying for H100 Engineering. You will study your chosen branch of In Year 1 you will study a general engineering engineering, supported by classes in course that covers all four teaching areas. mathematics. You will extend the application You must follow at least two of these, but can of your scientific and mathematical skills to elect to study three or four if you wish. The solving engineering problems, building on your route provides an insight into engineering experiences from Year 1. as a whole, and helps you focus on areas of Every one of particular interest. On completion of the first Year 3 semester, you will discuss your options with You will now focus on your chosen field of our your Personal Tutor and transfer to one of the engineering. At the end of Year 3, you will have discipline programmes offered by the School of the option of completing one more year for a Engineering. All programmes, except Structural BEng (Hons) or for a further two years for an disciplines Engineering with Architecture, are available MEng (Hons). through this route. conducts Year 4 Suitably qualified students may opt to apply for direct entry to Year 2, in which case flexibility You will concentrate on specialist study and world-leading is reduced, but the length of study is the same innovative assessments that will prepare you as a comparable degree in the rest of the UK. for your professional career. Increasingly you Note that H100 and Structural Engineering will spend time on individual or group design “research with Architecture are not available to students projects.
12 applying for direct entry to Year 2. 13 Career development Studying for: Mechanical Engineering Graduates • MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Working as: Graduates of all four engineering disciplines Imperial College London, England are highly employable and in demand. Many • Building Services Engineer, BDP • MSc in Concrete Structures, Imperial progress to work for internationally renowned • Data Analyst, Cummins College London, England organisations and study at prestigious • Innovation Analyst, Scottish Power • MSc(R) Fire Safety Engineering, University universities, both in the UK and beyond. The Renewables of Edinburgh, Scotland majority choose to work in engineering or • Mechanical Engineer, Rolls-Royce • PhD in Civil Engineering, University of related roles but a minority use their degree Edinburgh, Scotland as a platform to enter employment in other Studying for: sectors. Examples from the 2016-17 graduate • MSc in Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial destination survey (DLHE) include: College London, England Electronics and Electrical Engineering • MSc in Economics, University of Chemical Engineering Graduates Graduates Nottingham, England • MSc in Robotics and Computation, Working as: Working as: • Analogue Design Engineer, Allegro University College London, England • Chemical Engineer, Atkins • PhD in Integrative Sensing and • Consultant, Accenture Microsystems • Electronic Engineer, Thales Measurement, University of Edinburgh, • Process Engineer, Nuvia Scotland • Supply Chain Associate, Johnson & • Electronic and Software Engineer, ARM Johnson • Electrical Engineer, Bentley Motors
Studying for: Studying for: • Chemical Engineer, Atkins • MSc in Electrical Engineering with • Consultant, Accenture Management, University of Glasgow, • Process Engineer, Nuvia Scotland • Supply Chain Associate, Johnson & • MSc in Risk Management & Financial We are in Johnson Engineering, Imperial College London • MSc in Signal Processing & Communications, University of Edinburgh, the top 5 for Civil and Environmental Engineering Scotland Graduates • PhD in Digital Communication, University of Working as: Edinburgh, Scotland research • Civil Engineer, Mott MacDonald • Fire Engineer, BuroHappold • Senior Treasury Analyst, Royal Bank of funding in Scotland 14 • Structural Engineer, Arup “the UK 15 Favoured by employers change direction). You can find out about the Examples include: engineering research at Edinburgh from: Graduate recruiters actively seek Edinburgh • Making the most of university (Year 1); • CVs (Year 2 or 3); students, and many come to visit, attending www.eng.ed.ac.uk/research careers fairs, giving presentations, guest • Options after your degree and choosing a lectures and helping run engineering projects. career (Year 2); In addition to a two-day Careers Fair each • Interviews and other assessment methods October (130+ employers), the School hosts University Careers Service (Year 3); and jointly runs a Careers in Engineering fair Collaboration between the School of • Making the most of your MEng Placements each November (35+ employers). Engineering and Careers Service seeks to help (Years 3 or 4). Edinburgh students develop and enhance their Find out more about careers events at: employability during their time with us, enabling Booked careers appointments are available them to fulfil their potential and compete at the through the careers portal and additionally, www.ed.ac.uk/careers/about-us/what-we-do/ highest level. careers consultants provide a careers drop- events in service in the School of Engineering on a The Service supports all current students, from weekly basis. The School of Engineering works closely with first year until two years after graduation. This the University’s Careers Service to source includes help with: Find out more about support from the industrial placement opportunities (MEng University’s Careers Service at: students), summer internships and graduate • Career choices and ideas – whether these jobs in engineering and other sectors. These are clearly formed or still developing www.ed.ac.uk/careers/about-us/what-we-do are accessed by an online careers portal, • Finding part-time jobs, internships, MEng MyCareerHub, that also advertises numerous placements and graduate jobs; part-time jobs in the Edinburgh area. • Making effective applications, preparing for interviews and assessment centres; • Considering and applying to further/ Further study and research postgraduate study; Edinburgh, As a research-intensive university, Edinburgh • Plans for making the most of time out has a strong reputation for producing graduates (e.g. interruption of study; gap-year after capable of studying at the highest level, in the graduation). a city UK and further afield. of Some choose to remain at Edinburgh A tailored programme of seminars is delivered for postgraduate study, attracted by its to you by careers consultants, sometimes as strengths in engineering as well as in non- part of a degree or outside formal timetabling. influence engineering subjects (for those wishing to 16 “ 17 Entry requirements Your school or college will normally have found here: access to UCAS Apply and be able to support Standard entry requirement: you through the process. If you are applying www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/tuition-fees SQA Highers: AAAA to AABB. independently, UCAS can provide further A Levels: AAA to ABB. advice on how to apply. For more information IB: 37 points (grades 666 at HL) to 32 points please visit: www.ucas.com grades 555 at HL). Scholarships and bursaries UK students on Electronics & Electrical Minimum entry requirement: Personal statement Engineering programmes are eligible for a SQA Highers: AABB by end of S6, with a number of industrially-funded scholarships from minimum of BBB achieved in one year of S4-S6. While your academic qualifications determine various sources. To find a comprehensive list A Levels ABB. whether you enter the selection process, of the funding opportunities that are available IB 32 points (grades 555 at HL). it is not academic qualifications alone that to you, please use the search function on the determine whether you will be made an offer of Scholarships website, found at: a place. Your academic qualifications, personal Second-year entry: www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/search- statement, reference, and any relevant SQA Advanced Highers AAA to AA. scholarships A Levels A*AA to AAA. contextual data, are all considered within the IB 38 points (grades 666 at HL). selection process.
Please note: This indicates the overall Contact us standards required to consider you for entry. When to apply If you have any questions about any of the Full, detailed entry requirements, Applications for entry in September 2020 Engineering undergraduate programmes including the subjects you need, vary by can be submitted from 1 September 2019. please contact: programme. Please check the full details To ensure your application is considered you Email: [email protected] before you apply: www.ed.ac.uk/ug/11 should apply by the relevant deadline: Tel: 0131 650 5593 Website: • 15 January 2020 – deadline for UK and EU www.eng.ed.ac.uk applicants. How to apply Undergraduate Office • 30 June 2020 – deadline for all international All applications to the University for full-time School of Engineering applicants. study are made online through UCAS. This The University of Edinburgh includes applications from international students Sanderson Building outside the UK. You can choose up to five Fees The King’s Buildings different programmes or universities on your What you pay and the assistance you may Edinburgh application. Your fifth choice should be used for receive, depend on where you live. Information EH9 3FB an alternative, back-up subject. on fees at the University of Edinburgh can be
18 19 Library locations within easy reach of most key University buildings and Edinburgh city centre. The Main Library in Central Area is the largest We offer a wide variety in either traditional of Edinburgh University’s Libraries. It holds halls of residence or blocks of self-contained the primary collections in arts, humanities, flats, the latter typically varying in size from social sciences, medicine and informatics. four to six single study bedrooms. There is a The Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library mix of en-suite rooms and those with shared on the King’s Buildings campus holds the bathroom facilities. University’s principal printed book collections in biology, chemistry, engineering, geosciences, www.accom.ed.ac.uk/ mathematics, physics and statistics as well as the Edinburgh Mathematical Society’s book collection. Social scene You’ll be living in a vibrant and historic capital Beyond the academic city that hosts world-famous cultural festivals, Accommodation Students at Edinburgh can build skills and Engineering both need volunteers to act as a wide range of bars, clubs and restaurants, all experience through part-time work – which representatives across a wide range of roles, Accommodation for Edinburgh University with the mountains and beaches of Scotland on increase their employability. Additionally from course and degree programme level to postgraduate students is all self-catered and your doorstep. there are many opportunities to develop School reps and sabbatical officers. Find out can be found across a range of convenient those important non-technical skills, such more at: as teamwork, communication and initiative, through other ways at Edinburgh. https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/representation/ yourrepresentatives/ Volunteering There are many opportunities to volunteer Student societies and sports locally, organised through the Students’ Edinburgh has an over 280 student societies. Association, or in summer projects overseas These offer opportunities to actively participate advertised by the Careers Service. You can and students can further decide to enhance find out more about volunteering opportunities their leadership and organising skills through from: committee and executive roles. Some societies are directly engineering related, www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future/options/ such as Formula Student, Engineering for volunteering Change and HypEd (Elon Musk’s Hyperloop competition). In addition there are 64 sports Student representation cubs at Edinburgh, all run by committees of volunteers. The Students’ Association and School of 20 21 King’s Buildings Campus have been woven into the capital’s fabric throughout history. The School of Engineering is located on the King’s Buildings campus, which is situated With an array of museums, galleries, parks, on the south side of Edinburgh. Getting to gardens, pubs, clubs, restaurants, shops, Studying at the and from King’s Buildings is easy due to its theatres, cinemas, sports facilities and much University of Edinburgh excellent public transport, walking and cycling more, you’ll find something for every taste in “has allowed me to links. King’s Buildings campus is approximately the city. And not forgetting the biggest arts 2.5 kilometers from the Central Area and explore the wide variety festival in the world, the Edinburgh Festival of ways in which is extremely well served by the public bus Fringe, which takes place in the city every system. August. engineering is utilised in the world. My course Well known for its friendly people, its is made up of students The City of Edinburgh safe, green environment and its stunning from across the globe Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, and has a architecture, Edinburgh is a compact city, and, with an emphasis population of 500,000. It is situated on the river which makes it easy to get around. Wherever on teamwork from first Forth in the east of Scotland, and it is easy you are in the city, you are seldom far from to visit the beaches and mountains for which open countryside and our central location year, there is a fantastic Scotland is famous. Edinburgh is regularly and excellent transport links make it easy to opportunity to work with voted as one of the best places to live in the travel to other parts of Scotland while you are like-minded individuals world. Cobbled lanes, dramatic skylines and studying here. from a variety of striking architecture combine to produce a different backgrounds. stimulating setting for the writers, philosophers, political thinkers and inventors whose stories Greg Cunning MEng Mechanical Engineering graduate
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