Engineering Systems

Bachelor of Science (Ordinary)

Master of Engineering with Honours

Diploma of Higher Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

Certificate of Higher Education

Bachelor of Science (Ordinary), Master of Engineering with Honours, Diploma of Higher Education, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Certificate of Higher Education

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Core

Stage 1 comprises eight core Level-4 modules, totaling 120 credits. To pass Stage 1 you must obtain all 120 credits, as specified in the Programme Scheme.  

Stage 1

If you wish to gain practical experience you have the option of spending a year on paid industrial placement between Programme Stages 2 and 3.  

Stage 2 comprises eight core Level-5 modules, totaling 120 credits. To pass Programme Stage 2 you must obtain all 120 credits, as specified in the Programme Scheme

Stage 2

Compulsory

Stage 3 comprises seven core Level-6 modules, totaling 120 credits. To pass Programme Stage 3 you must obtain all 120 credits, as specified in the Programme Scheme.  
 
If you wish to gain practical experience you have the option of spending a year on paid industrial placement between Programme Stages 3 and 4, if not taken between Programme Stages 2 and 3. 

Stage 3

Elective

Stage 4 comprises five compulsory Level-7 modules, totaling 90 credits, and two elective Level-7 modules of 15 credits. To pass Programme Stage 4 you must obtain 120 credits, as specified in the Programme Scheme. 

Stage 4

MEng Engineering Systems with Placement

Programme Structure

This engineering degree takes a ‘systems’ approach and provides an integration of technical and management disciplines, with the objective of developing the scientific, mathematical, technical and managerial skills needed by today’s engineers.  It also aims to support the development of sustainable and innovative solutions to real-world challenges in areas such as transport, manufacturing, system design and system integration and thus to optimise system effectiveness and enhance project success.   
Engineering knowledge is built-up and nurtured, with specific objectives associated with each component Programme Stage. Development of design skills and teamwork are at the heart of the City St George’s, University of London engineering degrees throughout the programme.

Our current Electrical Engineering degrees are accredited by the above institutions, providing a path for students on those programmes to gain Chartered Engineering status. This programme has been designed to satisfy the above institutions’ accreditation criteria and an application for accreditation will be made in due course. We have every expectation that these degrees will similarly receive full accreditation. 

Apply initiative, creativity and innovation to design, construct and test a system, component or process to meet specifications (M5).

Skills

Implement fully the concepts from outside engineering which nonetheless drive engineering practice and business development (M5, M13). 

Knowledge

Apply practical experience of the concept of fitness for purpose and the separate consideration of innovative systems design for production, operation, maintenance and disposal of an engineering system to meet future needs (M5, M6, M7, M12). 

Recognise and work within technical limitations of materials, equipment, engineering technologies and processes (M13).

Explain and develop the scientific principles upon which engineering systems is based, including those which underpin current technological advances in the sector (M1). 

Evaluate designs, processes or products and make improvements, taking into consideration associated commercial risks, societal and environmental impact (M7, M9, M10).

Formulate scientific hypotheses and plan appropriate experiment to test those hypotheses (M2).

Value the impact of engineering to society and to the global economy while recognising the need for the engineering systems industry to contribute in a sustainable way (M7). 

Values and attitudes

Use laboratory equipment for data measurement, processing, interpreting and analysis, or produce or modify an engineering component (M3, M12, M13). 

Confidently extend familiar scientific knowledge to understand and solve unfamiliar engineering problems (M18).

Apply practical experience of the multidisciplinary character of engineering and making sound and clear decisions based upon social, environmental/sustainable development, ethical, legal, economic and commercial considerations (M7, M8, M15). 

Assess and predict the engineering industry as a business enterprise in national and international economies (M5). 

Be proficient with analytical, computational and experimental techniques (including assessing the limitations of the results obtained), coupled with experience and decision-making, to solve engineering problems (M2, M3).

Independently gather, integrate and critically evaluate information from various sources including technical literature (M4). 

Break down a complex problem into a series of engineering tasks to be solved under a set of multidisciplinary and potentially conflicting constraints (M5).

Analyse and solve different engineering problems using comprehensive knowledge and synthesise new insights in formulating approaches to challenging problems (M2). 

Plan for and manage time/cost/quality of an engineering project and, where necessary, use theory or experimental research to mitigate deficiencies, including adjusting plans to changing circumstances and controlling such adjustments (M7, M9, M10).

Be proficient with CAD, IT and communications systems specifically to the analysis and design of different engineering systems (M3, M17).

Conform with current technological and manufacturing/operational practice in the engineering industry and with future trends in relevant areas (M4, M7, M13). 

Creatively apply knowledge and understanding, of the type described above, specific to the principles and practice of energy/transport/structure and to engineering systems design, manufacture, operation and maintenance and extensive awareness of developments in the field (M5, M6, M12, M13). 

Communicate effectively in technical and non-technical languages, written, oral and graphical forms to individuals and large audiences (M17).

Exercise leadership in both individual and team work, and willingly take the lead in difficult situations (M14, M15, M16).

Contribute as an individual and member or leader of a team, while putting the needs of the team ahead of one’s own needs (M16). 

Apply and extend engineering techniques to engineering concept, design, build and test processes, including customer requirements, dependencies, assumptions, constraints, uncertainties and creative solutions to problems; also with recent or planned developments in practice (M5, M6, M7, M9, M12, M13). 

Apply fully the broad range of management tools and techniques required to create and run an engineering business (M9, M10, M14, M15). 

Adopt a holistic risk management approach to the mitigation of security risks (M9, M10). 

Recognise that there is only one type of engineer, a person that tackles and solves problems, independently of gender, religion or race, with awareness of the social importance of inclusion (M11). 

Willingly take on the professional and ethical responsibilities of engineers in society (M8); commit to continuous lifelong improvement to enhance professional skills and benefit society (M18). 

USENSY - Engineering Systems

Most modules in Stage 1 are common across all of the engineering degrees. This introductory year is intended to give you a thorough grounding in the fundamental and applied science and mathematics appropriate for an engineer, as well as developing personal skills such as time and quality management. During Programme Stage 1, you will have the opportunity to undertake preliminary engineering designs through group activity. Common to most stage 1 and 2 and across all Engineering programmes, you will be offered a core module termed as the Engineer in Society, which will introduce the engineering discipline with particular emphasis on some key topics such as sustainability and the environment. It will also incorporate personal tutoring and a series of seminars to improve your soft skills (presentations, CV building employability skills, etc.). During the second year, the Engineering in Society module will focus on an introduction to engineering management and the circular economy. It will also incorporate training in employability and promote multi-skills engineering. This module during the first two stages will be assessed by both the lecturers and the personal tutors. Emphasis will be given to an interdisciplinary approach to engineering, sustainability, societal and moral impact of engineering. Further help in building your curriculum and enhancing your employability potential will also be provided.  
Students who complete Kaplan International Year 1 programme with average mark better than the qualifying mark as outlined in the Agreement document with Kaplan may progress to Stage 2 of this programme.    
In Programme Stage 2 you will start to specialise and learn to apply engineering analysis to simple but representative components of engineering systems. You will further study engineering systems design and given an engineering challenge, approaching a professional level exercise. You will also advance your knowledge of Signals and Communications, Electronics (including Electromagnetics), Mechatronics and Systems, a Data Analysis programme for Engineers and Sensor Systems and Instrumentation.   
As with other years, a significant proportion of Programme Stage 3 is focused upon design and individual project. Your design tasks require you to draw together and apply knowledge gained over a number of subject areas. In Programme Stage 3 you also study specialist topics including Control Engineering, Advanced Programming, System Integration and Advanced Systems Engineering as well as the highly topical ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) and Real-time Systems.  These modules involve looking at analysis in increasing depth alongside examining a greater breadth of system complexity. The Engineering in Society module in Programme Stage 3 focus upon people and organisations, with case studies and invited lectures from industry professionals. At Programme Stages 3 you select one from a range of Level-7 individual research projects.

In Programme Stages 1 and 2 there is a higher proportion of supervised study, compared with Programme Stages 3 and 4, with typically 20-24 hours of contact timetabled each week. These supervised contact hours are designed to assist and to focus your private study. Teaching involves a combination of theoretical, experimental and computational study.  
Contact hours are made up of: lectures, which direct you towards the most important topics in the field and which allow discussion and clarification of areas of uncertainty with expert staff; tutorials where staff are on hand to help with problem-solving exercises; laboratory and workshop classes where practical situations and methods are encountered; and research or design/build projects, both individually and in groups, where personal skills, teamwork, creativity and critical thinking are developed and where knowledge built up elsewhere in the programme is integrated and developed. Site visits are used to place taught sessions in the context of real-world industries or products. 
Our approach is to encourage critical thinking and foster your curiosity. By the time that 
you reach Programme Stage 3, the tutorial and practical elements are managed more by you, especially in relation to your individual project work. In Programme Stage 4 the MEng Project gives you an opportunity to work independently, under the guidance of a member of staff, to undertake research into a topic that you may not have covered in taught material.  You will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and understanding to the solution of engineering problems, in topics related to all aspects of engineering where a systems view is important. Engineering is a practical discipline which benefits from significant supervised study, but it cannot be learnt through lectures alone. The remaining hours of private study each week are essential to the achievement of the learning outcomes and are guided using both formative and summative coursework tasks set during the academic year. Your private study is also supported by the use of Moodle, City St George’s Online Learning Environment. This provides online access to module content, feedback, guidance on completing coursework, audio-visual resources etc.

Curriculum Catalogue

Engineering Systems - MEng (Hons)

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