Medical Engineering (Year in Industry)
Cardiff University
UCAS Code: HB99 | Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)
Entry requirements
A level
Including grade A in Maths. You will need to pass the science practical element of the A-level if this is part of your programme of study.
Extended Project
For applicants taking the EPQ qualification, an A in the EPQ can be recognised to lower the entry requirements by a single grade. For example, an AAB offer would be “AAB from 3 A-levels or ABB from 3 A-levels and a grade A in the EPQ”. Please note that any subject specific requirements must be met.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
You must have or be working towards: - English language or Welsh language at GCSE grade C/4 or an equivalent (such as A-levels). If you require a Tier 4 visa, you must ensure your language qualification complies with UKVI requirements.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
36-34 overall or 666 in 3 HL subjects. Must include grade 6 in HL Maths.
DD in a BTEC Diploma in any subject and grade A in A-level Maths.
The Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate will be accepted in place of one A-level at the A-level grades specified, excluding any subject specific requirements.
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About this course
The Cardiff Medical Engineering programme is one of the best established in the UK, and is perfectly suited to anyone wishing to combine classical engineering training with a medical application.
The aim of the course is to produce a highly competent engineer who can pursue a career in clinical engineering, bioengineering or engineering fields outside medicine.
This four-year Cardiff MEng Medical Engineering programme offers you a quicker, more direct route to Chartered Engineer status than the three-year BEng. It allows you to use the last two years to expand and strengthen your knowledge in medical engineering.
You will benefit from advanced learning in design and management and an appreciation of the techniques needed to manage and organise a multidisciplinary engineering design project.
This course includes the opportunity to take a year of industrial placement between your second and third years of academic study. With this option we will support you in finding a placement that will allow you to experience at first- hand, a professional working environment. If you are successful in securing a placement you will be paid a salary and will enhance your employability skills through direct experience of working in business, industry or the public sector.
Teaching is by a dedicated team of research-active academic staff, and there are also some lectures by colleagues from Cardiff School of Biosciences, School of Medicine and Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust.
Other Cardiff University Medical Engineering courses include:
•A thorough grounding in the fundamentals of medical engineering if you choose a BEng course
•The opportunity to study abroad at a partner institution for one semester if you choose the relevant MEng (International) degree option
Distinctive features
The distinctive features of the course include:
•Fast-track route to Chartered Engineer status
•The opportunity to learn in a research-led teaching institution served by staff rated highly in the last Research Excellence Framework
•The facilities that come with a successful research unit
•Many academic members of staff who are Chartered Engineers
•Accreditation from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
•The opportunity to engage with professionals from a wide range of specialisms such as orthopaedics
•An open and engaging culture between students and staff
•The opportunity to follow a sandwich year in industry
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Extra funding
Cardiff University has many scholarships on offer to our prospective students. Please see our website at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/funding/scholarships for further information.
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