About Beng (honours) Automotive Engineering in Sheffield Hallam University

• Learn the underpinning science, maths and engineering principles to be a successful practitioner in the automotive industry.
• Gain an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context.
• Understand the economic, environmental and social implications of automotive production.
• Become an expert in vehicle-specific systems and their safe operation.

Become a high-quality graduate engineer with specialist knowledge of automotive technology – as well as the professional and personal skills required for a successful career. Prepare to work in vehicle design, vehicle dynamic and control, product, manufacturing, testing, service, maintenance, R&D or other commercial engineering enterprises.

Work placements

You’ll have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career. Although optional (and competitive), a placement is actively encouraged to improve your employability at the end of the degree significantly.

Competitions

You’ll get the opportunity to take part in national and international engineering competitions, including:

• Formula Student – where you design and build a race car and race it at Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix
• the Heavy Lift Challenge – which involves designing and building a remote-controlled aircraft 
• Engineers Without Borders – a competition to find an engineering solution to a problem in the developing world

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• manufacturing
• design research and development
• production
• automotive transport
• building services
• medical engineering
• sport equipment design
• power generation
• alternative energy
• automation and robotics
• product testing
• project management
• aerospace

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:

• Jaguar Land Rover
• ZF TRW
• LUK (UK)
• Caterpillar
• Intertec UK
• DJ Engineering Services
• Prospec
• AMETEK
• Nissan
• Bentley Motors 
• BMW Manufacturing
• EDF Energy
• General Motors
• Kongsberg Automotive
• Rolls-Royce
• Cummins
• Severn Controls
• Triumph Motorcycles
• Unilever
• Reckitt Benckiser

Undergraduate programmes

Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes

• Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
• A levels
• International Baccalaureate
• HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree

• Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.

  For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.

  Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    79
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 52
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)    

• Grade C
• Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Reading: minimum Grade E 
• Writing: minimum Grade E

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