FdEng Motorsport Engineering

Course code: H330

Start date: September

Course length: full time: two years, part time: three years minimum.

Campus: Markeaton Street site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

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

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

You'll be based at our Markeaton Street site, where you'll find everything you need in our workshops - lots of tools and equipment including a rolling road dynamometer and engine test facilities.

This course is accredited by The Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE).

We also offer a BEng (Hons) Motorsport Engineering course.

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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
• Management of the Business Environment (Work Based Learning)
• Computer Aided Design
• Engineering Design and Workshop Technology
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Motorsport and Motorcycle Technical Applications

Stage two

You'll study modules such as:

• Design for Manufacture and Materials Optimisation
• Engineering Design Modelling
• Motorsport Chassis Engineering
• Motorsport Electronics (Work Based Learning)
• Motorsport Power Train Technology
• Project Foundation Degree - Motorsport (Work Based Learning)
• Structural Analysis and Materials

Our entry requirements are usually 160 UCAS points, of which at least 120 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)
• £1,030 per module (you usually take 12 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £10,225 (per 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.

How you'll learn

The course is vocational in nature, with much time being spent in the workshop. This is backed up by lectures and tutorials.

How you're assessed

Practical work is assessed using a log book approach. Other modules are assessed by coursework and examinations.

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

You could gain numerous roles including crew chief, supervision engineer, mechanical engineer or stress analyst.

Or if you want to carry on studying, you could go on to do a degree in motorsport engineering, mechanical and manufacturing engineering or product design.

"All the lecturers are superb... they're more like your best friends. You can go and talk to them anytime you want."
Matt Jewkes, Motorsport student

"The lecturers are well experienced and have expert knowledge of their subjects.
Tyrelle Newton