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Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up course at City College Norwich.
We're still busy gathering entry requirements for Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up at City College Norwich. Look out for more info soon.
Course summary
What this course is about
Here's what City College Norwich says about its Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up course.
This course is for individuals wishing to develop higher-level professional skills relevant to the mechanical engineering sector.
The programme team uses a combination of traditional classroom teaching, open learning and research-based experiential learning, laboratory experiments and demonstrations, industry standard IT applications and group activities.
The course comprises mandatory and optional units.
The mandatory units are:
Level 5 Research Project Professional Engineering Management Advanced Mechanical Principles Virtual Engineering Further Mathematics
Students will complete additional modules selected by the course team; these are:
Further Thermodynamics Advanced Manufacturing Technology
If you have any specific questions about this course, please contact Dimitris Kakofengitis - Course Leader HND Mechanical Engineering (Top-Up), email: [email protected]
Source: City College Norwich
Course details
There are a few options in how you might study Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up at City College Norwich.
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2 course options available.
Qualification
Higher National Diploma - HND
Department
School of Higher Education
Location
Main Campus (Ipswich Road) | Norwich
Duration
1.5 Years
Study mode
Part-time day
Subjects
• Mechanical engineering
Start date
February 2027
Application deadline
Unknown
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from City College Norwich students who took the Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up course - or another course in the same subject area.
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Teaching on my course
85%
med
Teaching on my course
85%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
73%
low
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
91%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
100%
high
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
73%
low
Learning opportunities
89%
high
Learning opportunities
89%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
79%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
94%
high
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
92%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
80%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
96%
high
Assessment and feedback
55%
low
Assessment and feedback
55%
low
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
67%
low
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
43%
low
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
63%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
61%
low
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
41%
low
Academic support
91%
high
Academic support
91%
high
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
93%
high
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
88%
med
Organisation and management
76%
med
Organisation and management
76%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
83%
high
How well organised is your course?
67%
med
Learning resources
64%
low
Learning resources
64%
low
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
71%
low
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
65%
low
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
58%
low
Student voice
54%
low
Student voice
54%
low
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
37%
low
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
65%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
59%
low
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
38%
low
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
93%
high
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
57%
low
Student information
We're still busy gathering student information for Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up at City College Norwich. Look out for more info soon.
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took Engineering (Mechanical) Top Up at City College Norwich.
Earnings after graduation
We have no information about future earnings from students that studied this course.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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