Engineering Year Zero Foundation

UCAS course code: H108

Duration: One year full-time

Institution code: D26

• Normally 120 UCAS tariff points from at least one A level or equivalent with five GCSE's at grade C or above including English and Maths.
• BTEC requirements: Distinction (D) at National Award level, Merit Pass (MP) at National Certificate level or Pass Pass Pass (PPP) at National Diploma Level.

If you are unsure about the amount of UCAS points your qualifications may attract you can use our UCAS Tariff Chart.

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent when you start the course is essential. English language tuition is available at DMU both before and during the course if required.

A variety of teaching techniques will be used with emphasis on lectures, supporting tutorials and laboratory classes. The course is taught by staff with many years of experience in teaching students who may find maths/physics difficult, and plenty of help and support will be available if you are enthusiastic about studying engineering. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and understand concepts. Continuous assessment forms a major part of the assessment process on this course.

You will normally attend around 12–16 hours of timetabled taught sessions each week, and are expected to undertake at least 14–16 further hours of directed independent study and assignments as required.

Upon successful completion of Engineering Year Zero you can progress to the first year of De Montfort University's BEng (Hons) degrees in Mechanical Engineering|, Mechatronics| or Electronic Engineering|. After completing your choice of the full BEng (Hons) engineering course you can pursue a career in your preferred field of engineering.

UK/EU
Full-time	£9,000
Placement year	£650
Part-time (Where available)
4 year course	£5,925 per year
6 year course	£3,950 per year
Per module	£988 per 15 credits
International
Full-time	£12,250
Placement year	£750

For more information please take a look at our Fees and Funding| section.

Mechanical Engineering Lab

The main mechanical lab is a large open-plan space designed to accommodate the study of thermo-fluids, solid mechanics and dynamics. It also has an area with machine tools for manufacture of student designs.

There is a purpose built engine testing facility with full instrumentation to measure engine performance and emissions. This facility is normally used by our final year engineering and research students.  Typical student projects include running the engine with alternative fuels such as bio-fuels and water-in-diesel emulsified fuels to improve performance and emission characteristics.

Electronics Engineering Lab

Electrical and Electronic experimental facilities are divided into five main areas: general electronics and assembly, digital electronics and microprocessor engineering, power electronics, control systems and communications engineering. Each facility is equipped with state of the art experimental equipment appropriate to the corresponding areas of study and research. An additional CAD design suite shared with the Mechanical and Design programmes provides access to computing facilities with specialist electronics CAD tools including Microsoft Office, OrCAD and PSpice.

A specialised area incorporating a spacious radio frequency reverberation chamber and Faraday cage allows for experimentation in radio frequency engineering and electromagnetics, while our digital design suite is equipped with the latest 8 and 32-bit embedded microprocessor platforms together with high speed programmable logic development environments. Power generation and conversion, industrial process control and embedded drives is provided for while our communications laboratory is additionally equipped for R.F. engineering.

Facility tour

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Home/EU

Applications for undergraduate courses from UK/EU applicants must go through UCAS, you can fill out an application form through their website|. If you do not have regular access to the internet or find it difficult to fill out applications online you can request an alternative format from UCAS either through their website| or via the contact details below.

Customer Service Unit
UCAS
PO Box 28
Cheltenham
GL52 3LZ

T: 0871 468 0 468

International

International students can apply directly| to the university.