Mechanical Engineering study guide 2024/25
What you can study
Our focus is on equipping students to tackle real-world engineering problems. At Bristol, you will benefit from access to the largest robotics lab in the UK, the Hele-Shaw fluid mechanics laboratory, and our state-of-the-art engines and propulsion laboratory.
You will find units on:
- design and manufacture
- dynamics and control
- materials
- energy and fluid flow
Pre-requisites
At UK universities, students specialise from their first year and rarely take units outside their degree subject. This means that:
- Year 1 units are suitable for all students.
- Year 2 units require some university study in the discipline.
- Year 3 units require a strong background in the discipline.
- Masters-level units require three years of study in the discipline.
Subject pathway students
If you have been nominated to Bristol on the Study Abroad (Mechanical Engineering pathway), you must take the majority of your credits from this guide.
Year 1
Pre-requisites: suitable for students majoring in Engineering
Teaching Block 1
- Engineering Science A - CADE10003
- Introduction to Design Practice - CADE10001 - this unit is graded as pass/fail so involves no numerical mark.
Teaching Block 2
- Engineering Communication, Measurement, and Data Analysis - CADE10002 - this unit is graded as pass/fail so involves no numerical mark.
- Engineering Science B - CADE10004
- Principles of Mechanical Engineering - MENG10006 - this unit is graded as pass/fail so involves no numerical mark.
Year 2
Pre-requisites: some university study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- Thermofluids - MENG20009
Teaching Block 2
- Dynamics and Control - MENG20004
Year 3
Pre-requisites: strong background of study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- Applied Solid Mechanics - MENG30011
- Behaviour of Dynamic Systems - MENG30006
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer - MENG30008
- Power Electronics, Machines & Drive Technologies - EENG30013
Teaching Block 2
- Engineering Management - MENG30012
Masters-level units
Pre-requisites: at least 3 years of study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- Product and Production Systems - MENGM0056
Teaching Block 2
- Energy Management - EEMEM0009
- Power Electronics Systems - EEMEM0008
Application queries
Contact the Centre for Study Abroad inbound team if you have any queries about the application process for the study abroad programmes:
Phone: +44 117 39 40207
Email: cfsa-inbound@bristol.ac.uk