Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical Engineering
Start Date
Mon Sep 16 2024
Day / Time
Duration
1 year
Fees
£5995
This course is ideal if you’d like to pursue a career as a Mechanical Engineer or progress on to a degree course at university in Mechanical engineering. The course is delivered part time, after which you will achieve an HND in Mechanical Engineering.
You will develop your skills and knowledge in a broad range of areas covering range of mandatory, specialist and optional engineering modules set at HND level which are:
- Industrial systems
- Lean manufacturing
- Further Mathematics
- Professional Engineering Management
- Advance Mechanical Principles
- Research Project and Virtual Engineering.
They are taught by industrial experts and set up to develop right skill level making you work ready within Mechanical Engineering.
You will study:
- Professional Engineering Management
- Further Mathematics
- Advance Mechanical Principles
- Industrial systems
- Research Project
- Virtual Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing.
Your progress will be assessed through assignments, reports and portfolios.
You’ll be based in our world class Skills Academy for Automotive, Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics campus at Team Valley where you’ll benefit from our outstanding workshops which have a range of industry standard mechanical maintenance equipment including:
- lathes
- millers
- grinders
- fabrication and welding workshops
- electronics laboratory
- pneumatics
- PLCs
- ICT suites with industry standard engineering simulation software packages, including Matlab, MultiSim, Autocad Inventor.
Progression to university courses vary by institution and you should check the entry requirements for any course you plan to take after this qualification.
Our specialist team can guide you with various top-up courses available within the area and help you with specialist advice and appropriate guidance if required.
120 Credit HNC in a related subject.
Students with other HNC Engineering qualifications may apply following an interview to ensure the correct combination of units are available to ensure a successful overall award.
The fee shown is the fee you will pay per year of study. For example, if the course lasts for one year, this is the full fee you will pay. If the course lasts for one or more years, this is the fee you’ll pay per year of study. There may be additional costs for equipment, uniforms or study resources which we’ll let you know about at your course interview.
This is a set fee and will apply to those paying for themselves, paying via a Student Loan and for those being sponsored by an employer.
If you are sponsored by your employer you will need to confirm this in writing to secure your place. Discounts may apply for employers sponsoring several employees.
If you apply for a Student Loan to help cover course fees, our friendly team can help you through this process and can be contacted on 0191 490 2430, [email protected] or via Live Chat.
Please note: The fee shown may be subject to change. If this happens, you will be contacted directly before the course is due to start. All courses will run subject to sufficient student numbers.
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Please note: Courses will run subject to sufficient student numbers.
Some units are subject to change depending on industry requirements.
Sometimes planned delivery is subject to change, for example moving to remote learning. If this is the case we will clearly communicate this to you beforehand.
