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BEng (Hons)

Motorsports Engineering (Foundation Entry)

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

4 Years

Start

September 2022

UCAS Code

B767

Delivery

Campus Taught

Get set for a career working on some of the most technically-advanced vehicles in the world, at the highest level in motor sports and engineering, with our Motorsports Engineering Foundation Entry Degree.

Foundation Entry degree courses are designed for students who have the ability to study for a degree, but don’t have the necessary formal qualifications to directly enter their chosen Honours degree programme.

This course is absolutely focused on delivering top flight racing and engineering professionals. You’ll develop skills in design and development processes through a combination of year-long modules, masterclasses, and short courses. And you’ll build a race car.

Engineering science, including engineering analysis, mechanics, and fluid dynamics, underpin much of the design and manufacturing activities on the course. You’ll be learning in our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC).

Why study with us

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Motorsports Engineering (Foundation Entry) is ranked 1st in the North West with 83% of students satisfied with the quality of teaching (Guardian University Guide 2021)
Through projects, you’ll gain real engineering experiences, and skills like presenting, time and project management.
You’ll travel to internationally renowned events, including Formula Student and the Shell Eco-Marathon, building-up great contacts.

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What you'll do

You’ll work on personal and team projects to understand the design-development-manufacture cycle and the strategies associated with developing vehicles and products.
There’s a dedicated workshop catering for Formula Student, Formula Ford race cars, eco-marathon cars, and a race car simulator.
People from industry, current and former students will get to see your work when you present it at our Engineering Expo event.

Module Overview

Course Delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

95%Face-to-face

5%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Study in our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)

During your studies with us you’ll benefit from our new £35 million EIC building which provides an integrated teaching space in state-of-the-art facilities.

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Accreditations

This BEng course is professionally accredited by the IMechE (which represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession) as meeting partial fulfilment of the educational requirements to become a Chartered Engineer.
This BEng course is accredited by the IED as partially fulfilling the educational requirements to become a Chartered Engineer. The IED is a leading membership body representing engineering product designers.

Future careers

There is huge demand for engineering graduates, and a BEng in Motorsports Engineering gives you lots of options. If you complete a placement you’ll be even more employable.

As well as going into motorsport, you could work in in aerospace, the automotive industry, the Ministry of Defence and in research development.

Graduates from this course are currently working at companies like Mercedes AMG Motorsport, Williams F1, Force India F1, Tom Tunstall Racing, M-Sport, Ginetta, and Century Motorsport.

If you’re looking beyond the motor sports industry, our graduates can be found at Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley Motors, Airbus, BAE Systems, Babcock, Tata Technologies, Helical Technologies, MI Technology, and United Utilities.

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Come and discover why our campus is the perfect place for you. You can ask current students about their experiences and immerse yourself in campus and accommodation tours.

Fees and Funding

2021/22

First year£5500 for the first year

Full-time£9250 per year

First year£7800 for the first year

Full-time£14000 per year

International

First year£7800 for the first year

Full-time£14000 per year

2022/23

First year£6000 for the first year

Full-time£9250 per year

International

First year£10000 for the first year

Full-time£14250 per year

Scholarships and Bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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Course delivery is via a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study, that latter is an important part of your degree.

The student workshop provides a centre for those seeking careers in the design and development of products. There is a race facility where cars are prepared for race activities.

The composites workshop is used for a variety of activities from research on resin infusion to the development of F3 hovercraft.

Formula Student develops a strong understanding of the design and development of the vehicles and the nature of team members. Masterclasses and formal meetings are used together with the facilities in the workshops.

CAD facilities include SolidWorks, FLUENT (CFD), COSMOS, Nastran and Ricardo WAVE and many other software packages. The dynamometer is used for engine mapping and development.

The racing, the motor sports club and our 'open door' policy mean that staff are very approachable. They’re happy to advise on assessment, which includes traditional examinations, formal reports, interviews, presentations and commentaries on portfolios.

You’ll be encouraged to join our Motorsports Club, where you will race Formula Ford race cars and work on an Eco-marathon car.

You’ll also be learning from staff who’ve had successful careers in motorsport, aerospace, automotive and rail industries.

This course offers an optional 48-week sandwich placement in industry, between your second and third year. If you’re interested, we’ll help you find and prepare for a placement. Placements are a great way to consolidate your first two years of learning, gain experience, and radically enhance your employability.

Motorsport Club

During your first semester you could be an integral part of the team working in our motorsport lab during the off-season, as you strip the car down for its annual overhaul.

This, and a pre-season test session, help put into practice the first year module, Racecar Anatomy, where you’ll learn about the components and systems of modern race cars, and how they are designed and manufactured.

After the winter break, you’ll travel to Oulton Park and Anglesey circuits to help prepare and run the cars at race events for our customer drivers as part of the Northern Formula Ford 1600 championship. It ends with the Walter Heyes Trophy at Silverstone, the world’s largest Formula Ford event.

Can you help the team win the championship again?

We also utilise our engine testing facilities for motorsport club and, as a first year student, you’ll work with our engine technician Simon Hindle on engine testing and engine mapping projects; he’s an expert in engine design and performance and former Technical Director at Mountune. You will be working on Formula Student and Eco- marathon engines, along with other exciting engine projects.

In other Year 1 modules you will learn to use modern manufacturing equipment in our exceptionally well equipped workshop, and you will be introduced to CAD.

Later in the year, you will produce design drawings, and manufacture components as part of the IMechE Challenge project – a national design competition. Additionally, there are modules to develop your analytical skills, and to introduce you to concepts such as thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.

Formula Student Vehicle Design Project

During the course you’ll develop and increasingly integrate the subject matter around the processes required for successful innovative and sensible technical design and manufacture.

In your final year this culminates in the Formula Student team project, a significant part of the course.

The Formula Student competition is renowned as a testing ground for the next generation of world-class engineers, and you’ll design and manufacture, with other students, almost the entire car in-house.

In a recent example a carbon-fibre tub was developed using our CNC router, the engine was tuned on our engine dynamometers, the structural integrity of the sub-frame was assessed in our materials testing laboratory, and our waterjet cutter was working overtime to machine numerous components such as the rear wishbones.

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This course is based in the School of Engineering located in the Faculty of Science and Technology

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