Brunel University, West London
Brunel University – School of Engineering and Design offers the following exciting, industrially relevant undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in the building / construction area :
Undergraduate courses : BEng 3 year full-time, 4 year thick-sandwich; MEng 4 year full-time, 5 year thick-sandwich
- BEng / MEng Civil Engineering with Sustainability
- BEng / MEng Mechanical Engineering with Building Services
Postgraduate Taught Courses : 1 year full-time or 3 – 5 year distance learning (study whilst at home)
- Building Services Engineering MSc (full-time and distance learning)
- Building Services Engineering Management MSc (distance learning)
- Building Services Engineering with Sustainable Energy (full-time and distance learning)
- Building Services Engineering MSc Foundation course by Distance learning (6 months)
We also offer several management related courses for those wishing to gain advanced knowledge in management and strategic development in engineering contexts, see :
- MSc Advanced Manufacturing Systems (full-time and distance learning)
- MSc Engineering Management (full-time and distance learning)
- Civil Engineering with Sustainability – read Bedir’s work placement experience at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sed/sedcourse/ug/mechanical/civil
- Building Services Engineering –read Darko's graduate profile at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sed/sedcourse/pg/mechanical/buildserv
For further information on the School’s programmes, please view : http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sed/sedcourse
Research
Apart from the traditional MPhil and PhD programmes the School also offers the Doctor of Engineering (EngD) programme in Environmental Technology which is sponsored by the EPSRC, and New Route PhD programmes in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Systems Engineering. For further information on the School's research programmes view : http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sed/sedcourse/research
Course application Process
Most degree courses commence September each year. All undergraduate programmes are through UCAS, see www.UCAS.com All postgraduate applications are by direct application. For a PG application package e-mail sed-pg-admissions@brunel.ac.uk.
Accommodation
All full-time freshers are allocated on campus accommodation in their first year
Student study experiences
About the School
The School of Engineering and Design is one of the largest and most successful engineering and design Schools in the UK, providing a wide range of exciting, forward-looking undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Recognised as a centre of excellence in engineering and design with a strong focus on modern science and technology, the School has an international reputation in research and prides itself on high quality teaching supported by excellent research facilities. The School's high reputation has led to extensive and close collaborative links with industry. These links and the sandwich placement scheme for undergraduates and industrial links at the dissertation stage for postgraduates have meant that the School's graduates are highly sought after as employees.
The School has 5 academic subject areas : Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, Brunel Design, Civil Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Teaching and facilities were rated "excellent" in the last independent assessment. Facilities include modern, well-equipped engineering, design and computer laboratories, motorsport workshop and wind tunnels, and for the digital media courses, a broadcast TV studio. For students on the aviation, aeronautics and aerospace courses there is a state of the art flight simulator with a VTOL facility enabling the testing of project and design work in a practical setting.
Brunel Engineering and Design courses feature high in UK league tables. In The Sunday Times University Guide 2011 Design featured 1st, and in The Guardian University Guide 2011 General Engineering was rated 6th in the UK, out of over 100 universities. In the current Research Assessment Exercise, 95% of research academics in the School achieved international standard, with 100% achieving this level in General Engineering. General Engineering research at Brunel is ranked 5th in the country and Mechanical Engineering is ranked 8th in the country by Research Power.
Many undergraduate courses are accredited with UK professional organisations including the IMechE, the IET and the Institute of Engineering Designers. Some of the IT related programmes may also apply for membership of the British Computer Society. A number of postgraduate courses enjoy accreditation and approval status with, for instance, the IET, the IMechE and CIBSE and other courses are in the process of seeking accreditation.
Teaching on the Building Services Engineering courses have also recently been commended. The courses received the Happold Brilliant Award for teaching excellence by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
The School has is a thriving student population with approximately 1600 undergraduate students, 1000 postgraduate taught students, 300 research students and fellows and 110 academic staff.
About the University
Brunel University was granted a Royal Charter in 1966, named after the famous Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the University enjoys a current student population of approximately 14,000.
Excellent location: Brunel is excellently situated 17 miles to the west of Central London and enjoys easy access to the city centre (1 hour on the underground Metropolitan line from the nearest town Uxbridge). The University is close to the London Heathrow Airport (20 minutes by car) and has close motorway links to the rest of the UK (within 15 minutes you have access to the M25, the M40 and the M4.) where you might travel to all parts of the UK. At Brunel you have the best of all possible worlds.
Integrated campus: Brunel University has an integrated campus where you can study, eat in the many restaurants, play sports, relax in the student union and finally rest, all within 7 minutes walk. Many universities cannot offer this integrated and safe campus atmosphere.
Sporting facilities: at Brunel you can enjoy almost any sport that you can imagine. Indeed we have been proud to be the host University to many world-class athletics and sportsmen and women in the last 5 years. In respect to sports, we have in the last two years invested millions on sporting facilities including a fitness centre and Olympic indoor running tracks, facilities that helped London secure the 2012 Olympic games. The Sunday Times recently said Brunel University had the best sporting facilities of all London Universities.
A supportive global community: Brunel University is proud that we have students from over 115 overseas countries. Whilst studying at Brunel you can meet students from many different cultures and countries. We also have a dedicated Graduate School with excellent facilities for exclusive use of our many students
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