All engineering courses within the School have share an integrated programme structure during the first year to demonstrate the potential breadth of the discipline. After your first year, you can elect to tailor the course or continue to pursue a broad-based approach. We work closely with other UEA Schools including Environmental Sciences, Computing Sciences and Mathematics, so that your learning is informed by a range of expertise. You’ll benefit from our connections with local industry right from the start of your course. You’ll get a taste of the many career paths engineering will open up to you, through meeting role-models, site visits and opportunities for short-term internships and placements. We’ll actively encourage you to develop your networking abilities, learning to make the most of your exposure to our industrial contacts. You’ll also have the option to participate in SELECT, UEA’s engineering internship scheme, from your first year. **Course Structure** **Year 1** In your first year you’ll take on small design projects to gain a grounding in engineering mathematics and principles, supported by a broad introduction to energy from practising engineers. Engineering Studies will allow you to study a number of more focused engineering disciplines. Introductions to mechanical, electronic and electrical and energy engineering are delivered through fieldwork, hands-on component assembly, CADCAM and case studies provided by visiting industrialists. After these introductions you’ll be given the flexibility to change your degree path based on what you’ve learnt. You can choose your preferred path at any point before the start of your second semester or, with appropriate module choices, further delay the decision until the end of second year. **Year 2** In addition to the core material that builds on themes from the first year, you’ll be exposed to electronic and electrical engineering, together with the fundamentals of mechanics, dynamics and vibration that are essential to mechanical engineers. Teaching in Engineering Principles and Design will carry the thread of design through to your final year. **Year 3** In your third year we’ll encourage you to take ownership of elements of your learning through the exploration of a detailed project, based on your specific interests. This could involve experimentation, research, practical construction, circuit assembly or computer modelling. This experience will help you define your path towards a specific career. When an opportunity presents itself, we will link these individual projects to explore real engineering problems. **Year 4** In your final year you’ll undertake a major multidisciplinary design project. The team-based project, will encourage you to explore the breadth of your learning to-date in the context of an industrial project. The project will typically be based on a real client brief, acquired or adapted from industry, and presented to you in the autumn term. You’ll work within your team to explore the brief, carry out site visits, and develop proposals, which you will then present to professional engineers. **Disclaimer** Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**