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An extended, broader-based qualification requiring four years of academic study. The MEng is a challenging and demanding programme which will take you deeper into your subject. The MEng programme is enhanced by additional modules in Smart System Design, Engineering Management, Project Management, Environmental Impact, Health and Safety Management. Industry-based projects and an emphasis on teamworking will help you develop further the extensive range of skills required of a leading professional engineer.
Please see Mechanical Engineering BEng page for pre-MEng outline.
Year 1
Modules
Transition Mathematics
Mathematics for Engineers
Electrical Science
Principles of Mechanics
Engineering Practice
Energy Conversion
Materials & Processes
Introduction to CAD
IT Applications – MATLAB
Introduction to Business Management
IT & Communications Skills
Year 2
Modules
Value Based Management
Numerical Methods/Statistics
Engineering Mathematics 2 M
Electrical Systems Engineering
Solid Mechanics
Thermodynamics & Fluids
Dynamics & Vibrations
Measurement & Instrumentation
Product Modelling
Engineering Materials
Quality Engineering
Year 3 – Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Year 4
Modules
Project Management
Main Project
Sensors and Actuators
FEA
Dynamics
Control Systems
Design Failure Analysis
Thermodynamics and Fluids
Operations Strategy
Financial Reporting
Energy Efficiency
Year 5
Please contact us for specialist MEng modules

There is always a demand for competent construction and project managers without whom the infrastructure, so necessary to today’s society, could not exist. When you graduate you will possess the necessary skills to work for civil engineering contractors, building and project management companies, local government and in the service industries. The management, transferable and technical skills developed during your studies will also be attractive to other professions and there is significant potential for successful careers in such diverse fields as finance, logistics and general management.

Year 1
The first year is identical for both construction degrees thereby providing you with the flexibility to switch between courses prior to the second year if you so desire.
Modules
Engineering Materials
Drawing and CAD
Surveying
Design
Introduction to Logistics
Law
Introduction to Business Management
Financial Accounting
Communications Skills & IT
Basic Mathematics
Construction Technology
Geology & Soil Science
Year 2
In the second year, the business, financial management, legal and planning aspects introduced in the first year are further developed as are the more technically oriented construction subjects.
Modules
Materials
Construction Law
Site Investigations & Analysis
Highways and Pavements
Measurement and Estimation
Building Control
Risk Assessment Methodologies
Workplace Health and Safety
Inventory Management
Project Management
Management Accounting
Environmental Management & Audit
Year 3 – Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
The final year besides further enhancing and consolidating your management and technical capabilities provides you with the opportunity to explore in depth a construction-related topic of your choice.
Modules
Research Project (double module)
Materials Durability & Assessment
Risk Management Applications
Contract Administration
Health, Safety and Environmental Law
Operational Research II
Human Resource Management
Green Building
Contaminated Land & Waste Management
In addition to the core modules listed above, you will need to choose 2 from a list of options likely to include the following:
Facilities & Management
GIS
Inbound Logistics
Quality Engineering

Graduates from this new course can expect find employment in a wide range of industrial sectors where electronic design and communications form the basis of their products and frequently progress rapidly to positions of responsibility with high levels of remuneration.

We build on the highly respected and well-established ‘design’ modules in the Product Design suite of courses by providing a specialist thread of electronics and computing subjects. Each year features design exercises and projects to exploit your developing electronics and computing skills.
You will gain expertise in digital and programmable electronics and be able to use your knowledge of materials, production processes and technology to create products in which electronics and computing are an essential integral part. We aim to encourage your creative thinking, to develop your design visualisation skills, to expand your knowledge, confidence and professional values so that you can move into a successful career in innovative product design where electronics is the key.
Year 1
Computing for Electronic Engineering
Digital and Analogue Electronics
Electrical Systems Engineering
Basic Mathematics
Materials & Processes
Introduction to CAD
Industrial Design
Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
Design Project
Year 2
Digital and Programmable Systems
Computing Systems Engineering
Themed Design Project
Value-based Strategy
Professional Studies
CAD 2
Industrial Design 2
Product Modelling
Design for Manufacture
Year 3 – Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
Individual Final Year Project
Digital Systems Design
Computing Systems Engineering
Industrial Design 3
Specialist electives including:
Digital Systems Architecture
Project Management
Quality Engineering
Engineering Materials
Innovation Management
Design Failure Analysis

Graduates from Internet Systems have found employment in a diverse range of careers; business, commerce and the public sector, in Britain and abroad, need internet and computing expertise and find our students an attractive resource.

BSc Internet Systems is for those of you who want to contribute to the internet revolution at the conceptual level. It considers the internet and the end-systems in all their various forms. It is not just web-page design but the whole system from clients, servers, communication channels to end-user systems using every medium. It encompasses software and hardware design, the communications infrastructure, the protocols and procedures required and the key network management skills.
Year 1
Digital and Analogue Electronics
Electrical Systems Engineering
IT & Communications Skills
Introduction to Business Management
Java Programming Foundations
Introduction to Computer Systems
Information Systems
Internet Computing
Data Modelling and Databases
Year 2
Digital and Programmable Systems
Themed Design Project
Value-based Strategy
Professional Studies
Professional Studies
Prof Aspects Computing
HCI
Software Lifecycle
Data Structures/JavaS2
Java Program Contruction
Internet Apps
Year 3 – Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
Individual Final Year Project
Internetworking
Project Management
Specialist electives including:
Digital Systems Design
Information Security
Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
Distributed Applications
Interaction Design
Geographic Information Systems
Innovation Management

Our graduates have been in high demand from employers offering career opportunities in business, commerce or the public sector, in Britain and abroad.
Graduates have readily found employment in areas as diverse as:
Hardware Engineer for ABB
Graduate Trainee for MOD
IT consultancy with Accenture
Software Verification Engineer with TRW Lucas
System Programming with IBM
Systems Analysis with Reuters
Systems Engineering with Schlumberger
Management Consultancy with PricewaterhouseCoopers
Stock Exchange Graduate for First Continental Trading
Software Engineer with Smiths Aerospace
PhD research

The EECS course at Aston aims to meet this challenge by expanding the breadth and depth of our students’ knowledge in electronics, internet technology, computing, digital systems and software design and by encouraging the development of essential professional skills.
You will gain a solid grounding in software engineering and computing systems which will be complemented by engineering expertise in digital electronics and telecommunications. The emphasis is on gaining a specialist and extremely valuable set of skills that form a bridge between the hardware and software specialist; to achieve this you will study computing and electronics with single honours students from the electronic engineering and computer science subject groups.

Well-trained graduates with skills in electronics design, software, telecommunications and engineering are in high demand. Some of our recent graduates are currently commanding high salaries working in government, the public sector and private industry, for employers such as: Olympus, Corus, HSBC, Oxford University, Hewlett Packard, Cogent Defence, BAE Systems, Npower, Siemens, Orange, Vodafone, QinetiQ, National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Cars and Microsoft.
Other graduates have chosen to study for PhD degrees at Aston or at other universities across the UK and beyond or have started their own businesses.
Areas where our graduates enter include:
Research & development
Design & manufacture
Management and marketing
Consultancy
Education
Innovation