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Key facts
- Course length: 3 terms
- Tuition fee
- Entry points:
September or January - Term dates:
September 2010 start:
1 - 27/9/10 to 10/12/10
2 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
3 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
January 2011 start:
1 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
2 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
3 - 20/6/11 to 19/8/11 - Entry requirements
- Course structure: 5 core modules and 5 route modules. You take 3 modules per term plus Project Study in the final term.
Assessment
- End of module/term:
a combination of examinations, coursework, presentations and extended essays - Continuous:
a mixture of lecture classes, small group seminar work and directed self-study assessment
Leading to degrees in
- Electrical, electronic, computer systems and robotics engineering
- Mechanical and automotive engineering
- Physics and astronomy
- Product design
Full list of degree options
Engineering & Physics Foundation
Meet a student who chose the Engineering & Physics Foundation route
Core subjects
Foundation English Skills 1 (FES1)
Develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively and participate in classroom discussion.
Foundation English Skills 2 (FES2)
Improve all your abilities developed in FES1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.
Foundation English Skills 3 (FES3)
Improve all your abilities developed in FES2 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.
Project Study
Complete a self-study project on a topic that you will take, in consultation with your tutor, from the academic discipline that you will subsequently study at degree level.Pure Mathematics 1
Learn to understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms, and experimental laws.