BEng (Hons) Motorcycle Engineering

UCAS code: H335

Start date: September

Course length: full time: three years 

Campus: Markeaton Street site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

Accreditation by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and The Engineering Council is pending for this course. 

The course has been designed to provide you with an academically challenging and vocationally relevant degree that encompasses all the issues involved in successfully gaining employment and maintaining a position in the forefront of the modern motorcycle industry.

We've developed the content with motorcycle engineering specialists, so you'll develop a wide range of the latest skills and techniques in production, motorcycle engineering and materials technology and management.

If you don't have the appropriate qualifications to start this course, you can study the Technology Foundation Programme for a year first.

You'll study a total of 120 credits per year. This will be made up of single or double modules.

Stage one

You'll study modules such as:

• Applied Scientific Methods
• Professional Development and Business Accountability
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Computer Aided Design
• Engineering Design and Workshop Technology
• Motorsport and Motorcycle Technical Applications

Stage two

You'll study modules such as:

• Motorcycle Electronics
• Motorcycle Power Train Technology
• Motorcycle Chassis Engineering
• Engineering Design Modelling
• Motorsport Applications and Professional Development
• Structural Analysis and Materials
• Design for Manufacture and Materials Optimisation

Diploma in Professional Practice (optional)

You'll study modules such as:

• Applied Professional Practice
• Contemporary Issues in Professional Practice

Stage three

You'll study modules such as:

• Advanced Power Train Engineering
• Motorcycle Chassis Design and Dynamics
• Independent Study and Professional Development (Motorcycle) (double module)
• Advanced Engineering Design Modelling
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Advanced Engineering Materials and Applications

Our entry requirements are usually 260 UCAS points, of which at least 220 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 40 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £8,250 (each year)

We'll be announcing our international fees for 2013/14 later in the year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

This qualification is nationally recognised in the industry, so you'll have lots of opportunities to further your career.

Our graduates have gone into employment in a wide variety of industrial organisations, ranging from Global manufactures such as Triumph Motorcycles, EPM Technologies and Dunlop Motorsport to national and local businesses and companies involved with motorcycle racing and preparation. Some of our graduates are also now running their own companies within the performance industry. 

This course also meets the standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) by the Engineering Council UK for professional registration which allows students to progress on to further study at postgraduate level in order to work towards Incorporated Engineer status.

"The facilities and equipment we've got are absolutely excellent.  We've got top quality gear, ramps, compressors and the milling machine if we need to make any tools.  Basically, we've got everything we need."

Rick Gibson