Univ Glas

Engineering
Undergraduate study 2010
Faculty of Engineering
Introducing the Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering has been delivering world-class
engineering education for more than 150 years. It offers fully
accredited degree programmes that provide students with pathways
towards Chartered Engineer status.
Our teaching is kept current by our interactions with industry and
through our research activities. In the latest independent survey of
research quality, the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, more than
85% of our research was identified as being of international significance
and the Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering was rated
top in Scotland and in the top ten of UK universities.
In addition to providing degree programmes in the traditional areas of
mechanical, civil, and electronics and electrical engineering, we offer
unique programmes our Department of Aerospace Engineering is
the sole provider of degrees in Aerospace Systems and Aeronautical
Engineering in Scotland. These degrees are given preferred status by
BAE Systems, a major employer of aerospace graduates in the UK. Our
new Biomedical Engineering degree is the first undergraduate degree
of its kind to be offered by a university in Scotland.
We also offer fully accredited multidisciplinary innovative degree
programmes including Electronics with Music and degrees in Civil
Engineering with Architecture and Product Design Engineering taught in
conjunction with The Glasgow School of Art.
Whatever you choose to study, we can offer you:
world-class facilities including the James Watt Nanofabrication
Centre, a newly established 4.2m Electronics Design Centre,
a national Centre for Bio-Nanotechnology (with the University of
Oxford) and a Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury. The
faculty is one of the few in the UK with access to major wind tunnel
facilities to test aerofoils, cars and bridges.
strong industrial links the faculty has excellent links with industry
at local, national and multinational levels. Our major national and
international joint research programmes with industry are key
providers of student projects and placements. Many engineering
employers are involved in the Universitys prestigious Club 21 workexperience programme which offers well-paid summer placements
and, in some cases, sponsorship.
The Faculty of Engineering offers the following

degrees:
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng).
What is a faculty?
A faculty is a collection of academic
departments of similar disciplines. The Faculty
of Engineering comprises:
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Electronics & Electrical
Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Where can I find out more?

For general enquiries:
Mrs Laura Dickson, Schools Liaison Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4437
Email: l.dickson@admin.gla.ac.uk
For general admissions enquiries (UK/EU
applicants) contact:
Mr James Brennan, Recruitment, Admissions &
Participation Service
Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 5303
Email: j.brennan@admin.gla.ac.uk
For general admissions enquiries (international/
non-EU applicants) contact:
International & Postgraduate Service
Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 8153
Email: ug-international@gla.ac.uk
Faster Route programmes

These might be of interest to you if you:
are highly qualified at A-level or Advanced
Higher level in relevant subjects; are
motivated and keen to pursue an MEng
degree with maximum concentration on the
subject; wish to complete your MEng degree
faster than the normal time frame.
For further information about entry
requirements visit www.glasgow.ac.uk/
undergraduate/degrees/entryrequirements
There are feats of engineering all around us

I wanted to be part of that.
Che Wan Khairuddin Samsudin, Civil Engineering
www.glasgow.ac.uk/engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Introduction to Biomedical
Engineering at Glasgow
Biomedical Engineering is a new
undergraduate degree, being introduced within
the Faculty of Engineering at the University
of Glasgow. It is the first undergraduate
biomedical engineering degree to be offered
by a university in Scotland and its development
is based on the Universitys extensive expertise
in biomedical engineering developed over
many years.
This degree is interdisciplinary and lectures
and laboratories will be provided by staff from
the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
the Department of Electronics & Electrical
Engineering, the Faculty of Biomedical & Life
Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine. All
groups have extremely high rankings in the
UK Teaching League Tables and their staff
are committed to delivering undergraduate
scholarship and training, at the highest level.
Biomedical Engineering involves the
application of engineering principles to the
biomedical field and includes: biomechanics;
biomaterials; biofluid mechanics; medical
electronics; medical imaging and diagnostics;
biological control systems; tissue engineering;
regenerative medicine; and rehabilitation
engineering. The field has broad applications
within biotechnology, medicine and dentistry.
The subject lies at the heart of many of the
dramatic advances that we have seen in
hospitals, whether this be in disease diagnosis,
spinal injury repair, corrective surgery in our
vital organs (such as the eye and heart) or,
more routinely, in joint replacements. For
example, one of the specialist activities of
the University of Glasgow, in collaboration
with the local hospitals, is the rehabilitation of
paraplegics combining mechanical engineering
to develop the loading systems with control
theory to activate the patients muscles. Thus
within the field of Biomedical Engineering many
engineering skills and expertise are required in
parallel with a knowledge and understanding of
the biomedical and medical sciences.
Biomedical
Engineering
Degrees: BEng, MEng
Subject to approval
Typical offer for BEng (4 years)
Highers

A-levels

AABB including Maths and

Physics at AB/BA
BBB including Maths and
Physics
Typical offer for MEng (5 years)

Highers

A-levels

AAAA or AAABB including Maths

and Physics
ABB including Maths and
Physics
For entry requirements visit www.glasgow.ac.uk/

This Biomedical Engineering degree will allow

you to develop a fundamental understanding of
engineering principles by studying engineering
sciences and mathematics and applying these
principles throughout Biomedical Engineering.
The programme provides the strong academic
engineering education required to equip
graduates with the broad range of skills that
a biomedical engineer needs in order to meet
the challenges of a diverse range of careers,
both at home and abroad.
Design of state-of-the-art and high-tech
industrial components will provide a focus
for the integration of all the engineering
disciplines throughout this degree programme.
Team projects, individual assessments,
computing, presentation skills, design work
and team building courses are all fundamental
components that underpin the degree
programme, and add to the transferable nature
of the skills to be learnt. The degree ends with
a significant research project in the final year,
which for the MEng students can be done in
a biomedical laboratory, here in Glasgow, or
within a company or university elsewhere in the
UK or worldwide.
As this programme is an Engineering
degree any chemistry, biology or biomedical
knowledge required will be taught within the
framework of the course.
What can I expect in first year?

The engineering and biomedical subjects in
first year are:
Applied mathematics
Applied mechanics
Cells and tissues in health and disease
Electronic engineering
Engineering skills
Fluid dynamics
Introduction to biomedical engineering
Physical principles of biological processes.
In first year, cohort activities take place
including an outward-bound course lasting
several days at a local activity centre, to help
develop team and communication skills.
What can I expect in second year?

In the second year you will study further
engineering and biomedical subjects including:
Applied mathematics
Applied mechanics
Biomaterials
Computing for biomedical engineering
Electronic engineering
Materials
Human form and function
Human physiology
Neuroscience.
What can I expect in third year?

In the third year you will study more advanced
engineering and biomedical subjects including:
Biomedical engineering
Design and manufacture
Electronic circuit design
Electronic design
Fluid mechanics
Medical electronics
Medical implants
and a choice from selected courses in the
biomedical sciences.
Biomedical Engineering at Glasgow

is the first undergraduate degree of
its kind to be offered by a university
in Scotland.
www.glasgow.ac.uk/biomedicalengineering
What happens next?
Can I study abroad?
Selection for the four year BEng Honours final

year or transfer to the further two years of the
five year MEng programme (with the option of
overseas projects) will be made at the end of
the third year. The specific subjects that you
take and the amount of time you spend on
project work will depend on whether you opt
for the BEng or the MEng programmes.
In addition to the option of taking your Year 5

project abroad, you will be encouraged to take
advantage of both the Universitys exchange
programme, ERAMSUS: www.erasmus.ac.uk
and the British Councils IAESTE programme
for traveling and work abroad: www.iaeste.org.
For information about biomedical engineering:
In the BEng programme, in addition to your

final year project, which takes up one third
of the year, you will continue to take courses
from Faculties of Engineering, Biomedical &
Life Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine as
well as speciality courses designed specifically
for this degree programme, including:
biomechanics; blood flow; rehabilitation
engineering; medical imaging and diagnostics.
What are my career prospects?

Biomedical engineering is one of the
most rapidly expanding industries, with
the development of technologies to meet
the demands of Healthcare in the 21st
century (including the diagnosis of new
infectious diseases and caring for an ageing
population, worldwide). Engineering lies at
the very heart of many of these challenges,
in developing advanced instrumentation,
developing prostheses and implant materials,
in new diagnostic sensors and new imaging
techniques, to diagnose and treat chronic
diseases. Some graduates will see this as an
excellent preliminary degree for graduate entry
into medicine. We believe the degree will also
provide graduates with strong transferable
skills, enabling them to pursue other careers
in finance, law and medicine, as well as other
engineering disciplines, should they wish.
For those students opting for the

Undergraduate Masters Degree (MEng) the
course options chosen in the fourth year will be
similar to those taken by the fourth year BEng
students described above. You will, however,
wait until Year 5 before taking your project
(enabling you to choose for more course
options in Year 4, thus increasing your breadth
of your knowledge in biomedical engineering).
In Year 5 (for MEng Students only) you will
spend six months (June until Christmas)
working on a detailed research based project.
As stated, this project can be undertaken
within the University or elsewhere, in industry
or another university in the UK or overseas. On
your return to Glasgow the remainder of the
year will be spent allowing you to increase the
depth of your knowledge and understanding of
biomedical engineering.
At Glasgow our graduates are always in

demand. They are well represented in
manufacturing companies and a wide range
of industries in this country and abroad. In
addition, the skills our graduates will acquire
are readily transferable to other spheres of
activity. Some of our graduates are found in
the service industries and other areas of the
business community.
See our webpage for undergraduate

applicants: www.glasgow.ac.uk/
biomedicalengineering or contact
Mrs Laura Dickson. Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4437.
Email: l.dickson@admin.gla.ac.uk
www.ipem.org.uk/
www.iom3.org/content/biomedical-applicationsdivision
www.imeche.org/industries/medical/
For information about admissions email:
biomed_eng_admissions@eng.gla.ac.uk
Come and visit us

Open Day
www.glasgow.ac.uk/openday
In June and September we hold an Open Day
to allow you, your family and teachers to visit
us on campus and see a little of the city.
Open Day allows you to speak to staff in
academic departments, find out more about
courses, tour the facilities, visit student
accommodation and see for yourself what life
would be like as a student at Glasgow. If you
have a long way to travel you can also stay in
one of our student residences.
Alternative visiting arrangements

Open Day is the best way for you to get a
comprehensive picture of what being a student
here would be like. However, if for any reason
you cant make it on that date, then we will be
able to make alternative arrangements.
To find out more visit:
www.glasgow.ac.uk/afternoonvisits
Applicants Visit Day

At Glasgow we go the extra mile. If you receive
an offer of a place at Glasgow, we will invite
you to visit us before making your final
decision. Applicants Visit Day usually takes
place in March. Details will be sent to you
together with your offer of a place.
This degree is interdisciplinary and lectures and

laboratories will be provided by staff from the Faculty of
Engineering, the Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences
and the Faculty of Medicine.
Glasgow has the only Department of Aerospace Engineering

in Scotland. We are also one of the few universities in the
UK where students can access wind tunnel facilities to test
aerofoils, cars and bridges.
Aerospace Engineering
Introduction
The University of Glasgow is home to the only Department of
Aerospace Engineering in Scotland, educating undergraduate
and postgraduate students in the professional study of aerospace
engineering and conducting internationally-renowned programmes of
research.
The department reflects a broad-based and interdisciplinary
approach to our degree programmes, research and international
collaborations. As one of only three BAE Systems preferred
departments, our BEng and MEng undergraduate degree
programmes in Aeronautical Engineering and Aerospace Systems
produce many of the leading engineers for the UK and international
aerospace industry.
The department has long standing research programmes in all fields
of aerospace engineering from helicopter aerodynamics and flight
mechanics to avionics and space systems engineering, ensuring
graduates have leading edge skills.
Aerospace engineering encompasses all aspects of the design,
manufacture and operation of aircraft and spacecraft, while
aerospace systems specialises in aerospace electronic and
computer systems.
The UK aerospace engineering industry has a turnover of over
17 billion and employs one third of all aerospace engineers in
Europe. The industry is set for continued growth as a key high
technology sector.

See our web page for undergraduate
applicants: www.glasgow.ac.uk/aerospace/
undergraduatestudies or contact
Miss A Queen. Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 3575.
Email: aero-info@aero.gla.ac.uk
For information about aerospace companies
in the UK consult the Society for British
Aerospace Companies: www.sbac.co.uk
For recent developments in aerospace
read Flight International (www.flightglobal.
com/Home/Default.aspx) or Aviation Week
magazines (www.aviationweek.com/aw).
Come and visit us

Open Day



The department is one of three in the UK

selected by BAE Systems to preferred course
status, which has favourable implications on
industrial involvement in the course and for jobs
with the company.
I chose Glasgow because it is the only University

in Scotland that offers this degree. I was also
attracted by Glasgows history and its
international reputation.
Andrew Smith, Aeronautical Engineering
www.glasgow.ac.uk/aerospace
Aerospace Engineering
Aeronautical
Engineering
What can I expect in first, second

and third years?
Degrees: BEng, MEng, MEng Faster Route
The first three years of the programme are the

same whether you go on to the BEng or MEng
degree programme.
Typical offer for BEng
In first and second years you will take core

subjects in:
Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics
Typical offer for MEng

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics
Typical offer for MEng Faster Route

Highers

A-levels

AA at AH in Maths and Physics

plus AB at Higher
AAB including Maths and
Physics

Humans have always had a fascination with

flight. Aerospace is a global industry that has
been behind some of the most significant
technological advances of the past 100 years,
and it offers exceptionally rewarding careers.
To work in the field you need to have an
analytical mind, be highly skilled and motivated
and have a multidisciplinary outlook.
The study of aeronautical engineering tells
you how flight is possible, how aircraft are
designed, constructed and powered, how they
are used and how they are controlled for safe
operation. The subject extends to aerospace
engineering, so that the study of satellite and
space systems ranks alongside the study of
atmospheric flight. This programme will appeal
to you if you are good at maths and physics
and have an enquiring mind. A fascination with
aircraft and flight is good but not essential.
To study aeronautical engineering you require
an excellent level of ability in maths and
physics. As well as being taught all the basic
maths and physics you will need for the core
subjects, you are expected to be able to pick
up additional mathematical and problemsolving skills on your own in the conduct of
your project and course work.
Mathematics
Applied mechanics
Dynamics
Fluid dynamics
Thermodynamics
Electronics.
These are applied to introductory studies
in aeronautics including aerodynamics and
propulsion. You will also take courses in
drawing and workshop skills.
In third year the basic subjects are expanded
so that you will learn about detailed aircraft
design. You can begin to analyse and
understand the aircraft behaviour, predict
its performance, understand its propulsion
systems and begin to perform detailed designs
of aircraft structural components.
What happens next?

Your selection for BEng Honours (four-year
degree) or MEng (five-year degree) depends
on your progress record in your first three
years.
BEng
In fourth year you will begin to deal with
some of the advanced concepts that
make aeronautics so fascinating and
challenging. These include the study of
composite materials, aeroelasticity, highspeed aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, flight
dynamics and control theory to a high level.
Your individual project work gives you the
opportunity to apply the knowledge you have
gained during your studies to a problem in
aerospace engineering.
MEng
A range of optional courses is available in

fourth and fifth years to allow you to develop
and follow your own interests. These courses
include:

Helicopter theory
Advanced turbomachinery
Computational fluid dynamics
Experimental aerodynamics
Space flight dynamics
Electro-optics
Aerospace systems.
Laboratories
Laboratories are present in each year of
study. These may involve running computer
simulations or require measurements in an
experimental test. You will run a jet engine,
weigh and balance an aircraft, test structural
components and perform wind tunnel tests.
Can I study abroad?

The MEng degree programme allows you to
take your fifth year project in one of our partner
universities in continental Europe, and to
support this you will take a foreign language
course in your fourth year. In addition to this,
we have partner universities in the USA and
Australia, and some students have taken their
third year of study in these institutions.
The University holds a Study Abroad Fair every
November. Information is also available on
our website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/studying/
exchange

The analytical and problem-solving skills of the
aeronautical engineering graduate are wellregarded by employers and researchers, and
for this reason you can find employment readily
in a range of sectors. As well as the traditional
aerospace industry and in research, graduates
find careers in:
the general engineering sector including
mechanical and civil engineering
In fourth year MEng students conduct a week

long experimental programme in a specially
instrumented test aircraft and the scope of their
project work is different to BEng students.
airlines (as pilots, flight crew and

engineering)
Fifth year study will widen your knowledge

at the same time as providing you with more
in-depth study of aircraft and their systems.
You will learn about aircraft handling qualities,
aircraft operations, advanced structural
analysis techniques, in addition to extending
the subjects you studied in your fourth year.
Half of your fifth year is devoted to project
work.
motorsport and Formula 1
the renewable energy industry

offshore engineering
the armed forces
bio-engineering
the financial, law, retailing and general
management sectors.
During my final year I spent a six-week

placement at the Moscow Aviation
Institute working on both NASA and Russian
computer programs.
Deborah Suart, Aeronautical Engineering
www.glasgow.ac.uk/aerospace
Aerospace Systems

and third years?

degree programme.

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

The study of aerospace systems focuses on

the design and use of onboard systems found
on most aircraft and spacecraft, and how these
systems may be used to improve the operation
and performance of aerospace vehicles. Such
aerospace systems form important parts of any
aircraft and a degree in this area covers a wide
range of topics, such as the control systems,
navigation, communications, flight data and
flight simulation.
This programme will allow you to understand
how aerospace vehicles fly, and how the
onboard electrical and electronic systems are
designed and operated and how they interface
with the aircraft. This rare perspective on the
inner working of the aircraft will provide you, as
a graduating aerospace systems engineer, with
invaluable skills that are sought after in many
industries, not just the aerospace industry.
A degree in aerospace systems will open up a
world of opportunities for you and give you an
excellent foundation for your future.
To study aerospace systems you require an
excellent level of ability in maths and physics.
As well as being taught all the basic maths and
physics you will need for the core subjects, you
are expected to be able to pick up additional
mathematical and problem-solving skills on
your own in the conduct of your project and
course work.
In the first year of this multidisciplinary

programme you will study core subjects in
aeronautical and electrical systems, which will
provide you with the necessary groundwork
for future years of study.
In the second and third years you will
concentrate on aerospace dynamics,
aeronautical engineering, electronics and
systems, electrical circuits and mathematics.
Also, throughout the programme there will be a
focus on developing key software programming
skills.
What happens next?

The first three years of the programme are
common to both the MEng and BEng degree
programmes. Your selection for Honours in
the MEng or BEng in the fourth and fifth years
depends on your progress record in your first
three years.
BEng
Special aerospace systems topics are
introduced into the third and other years,
including
Flight simulation
Aerospace vehicle guidance and control
Radio and radar
Spacecraft systems
Dynamics
Aircraft handling qualities
Aircraft operations.
MEng
In the fourth year MEng students take the
in-flight testing laboratory and the scope of
their project work is different to BEng students.
Fifth year MEng students spend half of the
year on project work. In fourth year you can
begin to deal with some of the more advanced
concepts that make the development of
aerospace systems so crucial to the success
of an aircraft design.
Fifth year study widens your knowledge at the
same time as providing you with more in-depth
study of aircraft systems. You will learn about
aircraft handling qualities, aircraft operations,

and advanced control concepts. Half of your
fifth year is devoted to project work.
Throughout the programme, you will be
involved in specialised team design projects
looking at key aspects of both aeronautical
and electrical engineering. These exciting
projects will assist with your studies by
providing practical experience that will reinforce
your learning experience.
Laboratories
Laboratories are present in each year of
study. These may involve running computer
simulations or require measurements
in an experimental test. For the in-flight
experiments course taken by MEng students
in the fourth year, you will conduct a week
long experimental programme in a specially
instrumented test aircraft.
Can I study abroad?

The MEng degree programme allows you to
take your fifth year project in one of our partner
universities in continental Europe, and to
support this you will take a foreign language
course in your fourth year. In addition to this,
we have partner universities in the USA and
Australia, and some students have taken their
third year of study in these institutions.
The University holds a Study Abroad Fair every
November. Information is also available on
our website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/studying/
exchange

The constant demand for the renewing of
aircraft and the increase in the complexity
of aircraft systems leads to a demand for
aerospace systems engineers with a wide
spectrum of career opportunities in the fields of
software and hardware design, simulation and
expert systems. Past graduates have gained
employment with companies such as QinetiQ,
Logica, BAE Systems, Thales and Unisys
while a number of graduates have proceeded
to postgraduate research in this specialised
and expanding branch of engineering. In
addition the numerate skills of engineering
graduates are of interest to the services sector,
and the financial, legal, retailing and general
management sectors are also attractive to
avionics graduates.
All of the established MEng and BEng degrees offered by the

faculty are accredited by their respective professional bodies.
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Civil Engineering
Introduction
The Chair in Civil Engineering and Mechanics is the oldest
in the UK, having been established in 1840. Since then, the
Department of Civil Engineering has educated many top-flight
engineers, who have gone on to distinguished careers in civil
engineering and other fields.
The department has the reputation of being friendly, a place
where students are free to approach the teaching staff and be
assured of a sympathetic ear. Teaching quality was referred to
as Rolls Royce by a recent external review panel.

Glasgow has a long history of research in civil engineering.

Early researchers such as William Rankine set a research
ethos that has endured. Rankines work on mechanics,
thermodynamics and materials was notable not only for its
brilliance but also for being perceived, at the time, as being
radical. He worked at the boundaries of engineering, translating
and refining new ideas in physics and chemistry so that they
might ultimately be used in engineering design.
Civil engineering now encompasses a broader range of
disciplines and scientific foundations than even Rankine
might have imagined. However, our research and teaching
staff still follow his philosophy of utilising the most up-todate technologies and ideas from every branch of science in
developing engineering solutions to problems in water and the
environment, and mechanics and materials.
A common thread that runs through our programmes is
design. Civil engineers design and build structures and, from
the conceptual designs undertaken by the first year class to
the full-blown detailed designs of the later years, we aim to
develop the requisite technical and managerial skills. In our Civil
Engineering with Architecture programme further specialist skills
for those interested in that aspect of civil engineering are given
greater prominence.
The University established a Regius Chair of Civil

Engineering & Mechanics in 1840, making Glasgow
the oldest University School of Engineering in the UK.
Civil engineering is a terrific

degree to possess as it can be
transferred to many professions.
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Peter McGowan, Civil Engineering
www.glasgow.ac.uk/civil
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In the latest independent survey of research quality,

the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Electronics
& Electrical Engineering at Glasgow was rated first in
Scotland and in the top 10 of UK universities.
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

Civil engineers design and build monumental

structures (such as tall buildings, bridges,
tunnels and roads) as well as serving the
community by providing the infrastructure
needed for water, power, transportation and
shelter.
This programme produces graduates who:
possess problem-solving and design skills
in civil and structural engineering
understand civil engineering management
have environmental awareness
communicate clearly
want to contribute to the wider world by
solving its infrastructure problems
continually develop their expertise to meet
the demands of the future.

and third years?
degree programme.
Initially you will receive a thorough grounding in
the fundamentals of physical and engineering
sciences which underpin civil and structural
engineering (including mathematics, solid
mechanics and strength of materials,
dynamics, structural analysis, fluid mechanics,
hydrology and soil mechanics).
In subsequent years there are a range
of compulsory courses within structural
engineering, water engineering, geotechnical
engineering and highway and transportation
engineering, civil engineering surveying and

advanced computational modelling techniques
such as the finite element method, as well
as optional courses, a major project and
consideration of sustainability issues.
Courses cover both fundamental principles and
practical applications. Considerable emphasis
is placed upon practical work, in the form of
laboratory classes, physical and computational
modelling exercises, project work, surveying
fieldwork, design projects and site visits.
In third year you will take part in a
multidiscipinary design project called
INTERACT. Together with students of
architecture and quantity surveying from other
universities, you will work in small teams to
solve real-life design problems, just as you
would do in professional life.
The creative process of design forms a major
part of the degree programmes, and design
activities provide a continuous and integrating
thread in all years. The development of
communication skills covers drawing,
computer-aided drafting, IT skills and written
and oral communication.
You will also study:
managerial, legal and financial aspects of
the civil engineering industry, together with
techniques for planning and estimating and
safety issues in design and construction
environmental issues related to civil
engineering, including environmental
impact assessment and environmental
sustainability.
There is an optional London visit to view civil
engineering structures, usually planned for
the Easter vacation in third year, with visits
arranged to places such as the Thames
Barrier, London Eye and the Millennium Bridge.
Other local site visits are also organised, eg to
the Falkirk Wheel and Forth Road Bridge.
What happens next?

Your selection for BEng or MEng depends on
your progress record in your first three years.
The main route to becoming a fully chartered
Civil Engineer is through the MEng degree
which usually takes five years. The BEng
degree remains popular and can be completed
normally in four years. The route to becoming
a fully chartered engineer with a BEng degree
will also require some further study after
graduation which can be done part-time from
work.
In fourth year, MEng students study a greater
range of advanced analytical topics than BEng
students. Year five of the MEng programme
is largely devoted to a series of case studies,

based on real problems and with strong
industrial input, which are intended to develop
high level problem-solving skills.
In years four and five, elective courses provide
advanced level knowledge within a range of
civil engineering specialisations.
Civil Engineering with

Architecture
Degrees: BEng, MEng

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

In order to better prepare graduates for

collaboration with architects, we have
developed a degree which aims to provide
an appreciation of architectural principles and
an understanding of both the architects role
in construction and the interaction between
architect and engineer. The degree has been
accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers
and the Institution of Structural Engineers (but
does not lead to a professional qualification in
architecture).
The programme produces graduates who:
possess problem-solving and design skills
in civil and structural engineering
understand civil engineering management
communicate clearly
appreciate architectural principles
understand the architects role and the
interaction between architect and engineer
have the ability to work and communicate
effectively in a multidisciplinary design
environment involving engineers and
architects
can continually develop their expertise to
meet the demands of the future.
The programme consists of approximately
80% civil and structural engineering (taught by
staff in the Department of Civil Engineering at
Glasgow) and approximately 20% architecture
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(taught by staff in the Mackintosh School of

Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art).

and third years?
degree programme.
There is a considerable overlap between the
degree in Civil Engineering with Architecture
and the corresponding degree in Civil
Engineering and so this information should
be read in conjunction with the information
describing the Civil Engineering degree.
In the first year, architecture replaces the
subjects of geology and environmental
impact assessment in the Civil Engineering
programme (everything else being
retained) and in subsequent years it is mainly
the water engineering courses and some civil
engineering design studies which are omitted
to permit the study of architecture.
Courses cover both fundamental principles and
practical applications. Considerable emphasis
is placed upon practical work, in the form of
laboratory classes, physical and computational
modelling exercises, project work, surveying
fieldwork, design projects and site visits.
The architecture courses are studio-based and
concentrate entirely on architectural design,
drawing and model-making, being the means
by which designs are explored and described.
In third year you will take part in a
multidiscipinary design project called
INTERACT. Together with students of
architecture and quantity surveying from other
universities, you will work in small teams to
solve real-life design problems, just as you
would do in professional life.
There is an optional London visit to view civil
engineering structures, usually planned for
the Easter vacation in third year, with visits
arranged to places such as the Thames
Barrier, London Eye and the Millennium Bridge.
Other local site visits are also organised, eg to
the Falkirk Wheel and Forth Road Bridge.
What happens next?

Your selection for BEng or MEng depends on
your progress record in your first three years.
The main route to becoming a fully chartered
Civil Engineer is through the MEng degree
which usually takes five years. The BEng
degree remains popular and can be completed
normally in four years. The route to becoming a
fully chartered engineer with a BEng degree
Can I study abroad?
Small numbers of students take advantage

of the opportunity to spend a period at a
university abroad. This is typically for one
semester and is organised on an individual
basis.

applicants: www.glasgow.ac.uk/civil or contact
Dr Bill Stewart, tel: +44 (0) 141 330 5203,
email: stewart@civil.gla.ac.uk

There is currently a downturn in the economy
and job prospects are less good than they
have been in recent years, but demand
remains for good quality graduates. Current
starting salaries are in the range of 23-27,000.
Research by Price Waterhouse Coopers
showed that the lifetime graduate premium for
an engineering degree is worth over 240,000,
against an average of 160,000, and well
ahead of the premium for humanities and arts
at 35,000. Civil engineering has consistently
figured in the top half-dozen or so disciplines
leading to graduate level employment on
leaving university.
Opportunities exist with consulting engineers,
contractors and in central and local
government. However, a civil engineering
degree can also be used to gain entry to a
career in, for example, teaching, management,
IT, banking or commerce. Civil engineering
graduates also have good opportunities
to work abroad, especially after becoming
chartered with a few years of work experience
behind them.
Our graduates have an excellent record of
obtaining employment, and recent employers
have included Ove Arup, British Aerospace, the
Transport Research Laboratory, Network Rail,
Buro Happold, Jacobs, British Nuclear Fuels,
Whitby Bird, Scottish Environment Protection
Agency and Balfour Beatty all top-rated
employers in civil and structural engineering.
will also require some further study after

graduation which can be done part-time
from work.
In fourth year, MEng students study a
greater range of advanced analytical topics
than BEng students. Year five of the MEng
programme is largely devoted to a series
of case studies, based on real problems
and with strong industrial input, which are
intended to develop high level problemsolving skills.
In years four and five elective courses
provide advanced level knowledge within a
range of civil engineering specialisations.
Come and visit us

Open Day


All of the established

MEng and BEng
degrees offered by the
faculty are accredited
by their respective
professional bodies.
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A lecturer in the Department of Electronics & Electrical

Engineering was one of the first in the UK to be
awarded a prize for excellence in teaching by the
Royal Academy of Engineering in 2006.
Electronics & Electrical Engineering

Introduction
The Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering is housed
in the Rankine Building. It has well-equipped teaching and
research laboratories, including the recently opened James Watt
Nanofabrication Centre with state-of-the-art research facilities and
equipment for work on the micro- and nano-metre scale. The
department has range of excellent general purpose computing
facilities, high resolution optical and electron microscopes for
detailed examination of electronic and optical materials, clean
rooms which enable students to gain first-hand experience of
semiconductor processing, and centres dedicated to electronic
design, bio-electronics research, and music technology, amongst
other topics.
Undergraduate students benefit from tuition by world-class
researchers. In the latest independent survey of research quality,
the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Electronics & Electrical
Engineering at Glasgow was rated first in Scotland and in the top 10
of UK universities. Research helps the department to maintain close
industrial links which keeps our teaching relevant to industrial needs
and your future career.


applicants: www.glasgow.ac.uk/electronics or
contact the Admissions Officer, tel: +44 (0) 141
330 5218, email: admissions@elec.gla.ac.uk
Come and visit us

Open Day
Can I study abroad?
After studying Italian

(from scratch!) in my
fourth year, I set off
to Rome to carry
out my project
in bioelectronics.
It was an experience I
would not have missed
out on for anything!
Helen Mills, MEng Electronics & Electrical
Engineering
All the MEng degrees offered by the

Department of Electronics & Electrical
Engineering incorporate a six month technical
project in one of a broad range of companies
and similar organisations worldwide. As an
MEng student you will gain direct experience
of international industry and be introduced
to industrial management techniques. If you
choose to follow the European flavour of the
MEng you have the opportunity to gain fluency
in a foreign language. If you choose the
International flavour of the MEng, your project
will be in an English speaking laboratory, and
instead you will deepen your expertise with
additional technical courses.
In addition, all students have the opportunity
to participate in the European ERASMUS
programme (www.glasgow.ac.uk/studying/
exchange). In the early years of your degree
you may benefit from studies at one of our
partner universities in Germany, Italy, Poland,
Spain and Sweden.


you cannot make it on that date, then we will
be able to make alternative arrangements.

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After graduating I started working for IBM. During my career with

IBM I held positions in manufacturing, development,
technical support, human resources and I became a
Master Inventor (with over 50 patents).
Andy Knox, Electronics & Electrical Engineering graduate

Audio & Video
Engineering
Degree: BEng, MEng, MEng Faster Route

Highers

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Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

At the heart of the revolution in Internet

technology, mobile communications and
modern consumer AV equipment, are
advances in the capture, manipulation and
efficient transmission of digitised audio and
video signals. This programme gives you a
combination of hardware and software skills
which will allow you to drive this revolution
forward.

and third years?
The first three years of this degree follow
closely the curriculum of the degree
programme in Electronics & Electrical
Engineering (see separate entry).
In the second year you will attend a specialised
course in audio and visual perception. You
will study the psychology of perception and
its applications to lighting, filming, sound
recording and audio/video compression such
as MPEG.
In the third year you will produce two short
films, one documentary and one short fictional
film. The documentary will be supervised by
a professional from the broadcast industry
while the fictional film will be undertaken in
collaboration with the Department of Theatre,
Film and Television Studies where you will
be working together with TFTS students in
interdisciplinary teams.
In addition, you will also complete a

specialised course on audio and video
processing and encoding. These additional
courses, combined with the core courses
and practical project work taken by all
students in their first three years, will give
you a firm grounding in the knowledge and
skills required of any professional electronics
or electrical engineer, and additional
specialised knowledge in areas such as video
compression, digital communications, graphics
processors and multimedia systems topics
currently revolutionising all aspects of our lives
both in the home and industry.
What happens next?

Selection for the BEng Honours final year or
transfer to the MEng programme is made
at the end of the third year, and the overall
structure of the MEng and BEng degrees is
identical to that of the Electronics & Electrical
Engineering degree both MEng and BEng
students take specialist technical options in
fourth year, and whilst BEng students do a
final individual project to round off their degree,
MEng students take additional management,
technical (and possibly language) courses,
and carry out an extensive six month industrial
placement abroad. As an Audio & Video
Engineering student you will take at least two
specialist technical options from:
Real time computer systems
Acoustics and audio technology
Audio programming and signal processing
Image and data processing
Computer and digital communications.
In addition, the whole range of specialist
options offered by the department, from
applied neural networks and signal processing
to micro-, opto- and bio-electronics, is also
open to you.

Employment opportunities exist in the wide
range of industries described in the Electronics
& Electrical Engineering entry, as graduates
are fully qualified electronics and electrical
engineers. However, the particular skills
you will gain in this degree programme will
be of particular advantage in companies
specialising in Internet technologies, mobile
communications, and to the AV and broadcast
industries.
Electronic & Software

Engineering
Degrees: BEng, MEng, BSc

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Physics at AB/BA
Physics

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and Physics
Physics
Typical offer for BSc

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IB

BBBB, including Maths and

preferably with one other
science subject
BBB, including Maths and
preferably with one other
science subject
30 points including three science
subjects

This programme combines the study of both

hardware and software and is taught jointly by
the Departments of Computing Science and
Electronics & Electrical Engineering. It will give
you a deep understanding of the knowledge
required to lead the teams that will design and
build the computerised systems of the future.

Your first year of study will include courses in:
Electronics and electrical engineering
Mathematics
Computing science.
About a third of your time will be spent on the
foundational analogue and digital electronics
that you will use throughout your time at
university and in your future career, with much
of this time in the laboratory where you will
design, simulate and test circuits. You will
build some circuits too, but the emphasis is on
understanding how electronic systems work,
which will help you to design new ones.
Another third of the course will cover topics in
mathematics. By the end of the year you will
be able to apply calculations quickly to a whole
range of real engineering problems.
The remaining third of the course will
develop computer problem-solving skills
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that are applicable independent of any

particular programming language. You will
learn procedural and algorithmic program
development (in Python) and gain a coherent
picture of computer systems including:
in fourth year, choosing half your specialist

topics from Electronics & Electrical Engineering
and half from Computing Science.
Electronics & Electrical

Engineering
Electronics and electrical engineering topics

include:
Degree: BEng, MEng, MEng Faster Route
VLSI design
Robotics.
Computing science topics include:
Artificial intelligence
Software engineering processes
Network communications.
You will also gain expertise in professional
aspects including:
their structure
human-computer interaction
databases
professional and ethical issues.
What happens in second and third

years?
In second and third year you study a core
of compulsory subjects, approximately 50%
of which will be taught by the Department
of Computing Science, and the remaining
in the Department of Electronics & Electrical
Engineering.
You will gain a thorough grounding in hardware
and software aspects of computer systems,
including:
expertise in programming and software
engineering using Java
detailed knowledge of operatings systems
and networking
a solid foundation in databases
experience with electronic design software.
This is combined with a working knowledge
of electrical circuit theory, analogue and
digital electronic system design and digital
communications. This means that at the end
of three challenging years, you will possess
the basic skills required of any professional
electronics engineer or computing scientist,
and will be developing your abilities to
integrate both hardware and software to design
new systems.
Practical work is an essential part of the
degree programme. In third year you will take
part in a team project combining elements of
electronic and software engineering. Between
third and fourth year you will undertake a work
placement in industry. Usually lasting up to
12 weeks, this is not compulsory, but it is a
very useful career development tool. We can
assist you in finding a placement in the UK or
overseas.
What happens next?

transfer to the MEng programme is made at
the end of the third year and is based on your
overall academic performance in your third
year. The BSc degree is completed at the end
of third year.
Whether you are a BEng or an MEng student,
you will have a wide choice of technical options
Economics
Project organisation
Environmental issues
Safety.
BEng
If you are a BEng student, you will complete
your studies with a substantial individual
project under one-to-one supervision with a
member of academic staff. You may choose
from a list of projects or propose a project of
your own.
MEng
If you admitted into the MEng route you will
carry out a team project combined with a
course in project management. You may also
choose an appropriate European language
course. You then complete a six month
research and development project in an
international company or research lab. If you
have chosen to study a European language
you may be assigned to a host organisation
in Europe. Students choosing this option are
considerably prized by future employers.
On return to Glasgow you will take a balance
of further technical subjects including a course
in advanced system design, and management
subjects. If you would prefer, there is an
option to concentrate on a comprehensive
management course supported by many
manufacturing companies in Scotland.

In the expanding information industry there
is a strong demand for graduates with a
combination of skills in hardware and software
engineering. Previous graduates have found
employment in a wide range of industries,
including software houses, electronics
companies designing computer-based
equipment and commercial institutions such as
banks and insurance companies.

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

This degree programme is broadly-based to

prepare you for a wide range of professional
careers. As a graduate engineer you will
be able to deal with anything from power
engineering to microelectronics, radar
installations to the design of digital systems.
Emphasis is placed on an understanding of
fundamental principles, applied to the solution
of practical engineering problems. Even in the
early years of the programme, the focus is on
using the skills you have gained to design and
construct useful devices.

Your first year of study will include courses in
electronics and electrical engineering,
mathematics, computing and physics. You will
spend 2-3 hours per morning in formal
lectures, with a couple of extended laboratories
a week, and the remainder of your time
carrying out tutorial exercises and personal
study.
About one third of your time will be spent
on the foundational analogue and digital
electronics that you will use throughout your
time at university and in your future career,
with much of this time in the laboratory where
you will design, simulate and test circuits. You
will build some too, but the emphasis is on
understanding how electronic systems work so
that you can design the products of the future.
mathematics. In the first year this does not go
greatly beyond what you have met at school,
but the big difference is that by the end of
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the year you will be able to apply calculations
quickly to a whole range of real engineering
problems.
Obtaining skills in computer programming,
using engineering software, and gaining a
solid foundation in the physics which underlies
electronic and electrical engineering will round
out your first year studies.
What can I expect in second and

third years?
The following two years will contain a core of
compulsory subjects and optional subjects
such as management and languages. The
core courses will give you a firm grounding
in the knowledge and skills required of any
professional electronics or electrical engineer,
whether your career takes you to work with
hydroelectric projects or wind farms (Power
engineering), designing high-tech gadgets and
communications devices (Electronic systems
design, Digital circuit design, Communication
systems) or creating new electronic
components at the nano-scale (Electronic
devices). These courses are augmented with
practical construction and project work in each
year working both alone and in teams. Team
projects are also useful in realising where
your talents and interests lie when it comes to
choosing optional specialist subjects in your
final years.
What happens next?

the end of the third year and is based on your
overall academic performance in third year
subjects. Both BEng and MEng students have
a wide choice of technical options in fourth
year, and can specialise in selected topics
from power engineering through applied neural
networks and signal processing to micro-,
opto- and bio-electronics. (You will also gain
expertise in professional aspects including
economics, project organisation, environmental
issues, and safety.)
BEng
BEng students complete their studies with a
substantial individual project, under the oneto-one supervision of academic staff. Previous
projects have included:
DC power converters for aerospace
Wireless audio distribution
Flip chip bonding for medical diagnostics
Semiconductor lasers
Automated crater mapping on Mars.
MEng
If you are admitted into the MEng route you
will carry out a team project combined with a
course in project management instead of the
fourth year individual project. You may also
choose an appropriate European language
course. You then complete a six month

research and development project in an
international company or research lab. If you
have chosen to study a European language
you may be assigned to a host organisation
in Europe students choosing this option are
considerably prized by future employers. On
returning to Glasgow you take a balance of
further technical subjects (including a course
in advanced electronics system design) and
management subjects. However, there is also
an option to concentrate on a comprehensive

You may find employment in a wide range of
industries and commerce.
The electrical and electronics industries
themselves have graduates performing a whole
spectrum of activity, from nano-scale device
manufacture to the design of hydro-electric
turbines.
Non-electrical industries also employ electrical
and electronics engineers to specify, install
and maintain a large variety of computing,
communications, measurement and control
systems.
Service industries such as broadcasting,
telecommunications and electrical supply
all offer opportunities for graduates, as do
local authorities, hospitals, education, the
civil service, research establishments and the
armed forces. Recent graduates have obtained
jobs with companies such as Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd, BT, AT&T Global Information
Solutions and Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
HESA statistics show that starting salaries
are amongst the highest recorded, coming
just after the medical professions of dentists,
doctors and vets.
Electronics with Music

Degree: BEng, MEng

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

As a graduate of this unique degree you will

be a fully qualified electronics and electrical
engineer with particular skills in music
technology, allowing you to seek employment
in the highly competitive and lucrative
recording and broadcast industries, whilst also
being well qualified for the electronics industry
as a whole.

This is an interdisciplinary, interfaculty degree
taught jointly by the Departments of Electronics
& Electrical Engineering and Music. The
balance of engineering subjects to music is
roughly 2:1.
In the first year you will study electronics and
electrical engineering, mathematics and music.
You will spent approximately two hours per
morning in formal lectures, and often will have
an extended electronics laboratory, plus two
afternoons of musicianship and recording
workshops per week, with the remainder of
your time in practice and personal study.
About one third of your time will be spent
on the foundational analogue and digital
electronics that you will use throughout your
time at university and in your future career, with
much of this time in the laboratory where you
design, simulate and test electronic circuits.
You will build some too, but the emphasis is on
understanding how electronic systems work so
that you can design the products of the future.
mathematics. In the first year this does not go
greatly beyond what you have met at school,
but the big difference is that by the end of
the year you will be able to apply calculations
quickly to a whole range of real engineering
problems.
The final third of your first year develops
your theoretical knowledge and practical
skills in acoustics, recording technology and
musicianship (students who enter the course
with a particular instrumental skill may choose
a performance option instead of integrated
musicianship on passing an audition in the
Department of Music).

The following year you will study core
engineering subjects of analogue and digital
electronics, electrical circuits, computer
architecture, a design project and mathematics
together with practical recording and MIDI
processing and another music option.
All of the established MEng and

BEng degrees offered by the faculty
are accredited by their respective
professional bodies.
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Electronic engineers at Glasgow, specialising in
nanotechnology, have built some of the smallest
devices in the world.
What happens next?

BEng
The third and fourth years continue the pattern
of a mix of electronics (two-thirds) and music
(one-third) topics, including sound diffusion,
audio programming, software synthesis and
composition systems, electronic circuits,
systems design and communications systems.
The music options include a wide range of
courses in the areas of history of music,
composition and performance. The aim is
to prepare you for professional practice and
management in music and audio technology
engineering, and the design and operation
of systems (both hardware and software)
related to the recording, production and
processing of audio/musical signals. There is
also the opportunity to investigate specialist
topics students may also pursue studies in
musical theory or composition. The degree
also provides expertise in professional studio
management skills.
MEng
If your progress in the first three years is
of a high enough standard, you may be
invited on to the MEng programme. Your
choice of technical options is the same as
that of the BEng degree but instead of the
extended individual project you carry out
a team project combined with a course in
project management. You may also choose
an appropriate European language course.
You then complete a six month research
and development project in an international
company or research lab. If you have chosen
to study a European language you may be
assigned to a host organisation in Europe. On
returning to Glasgow you take a balance of
further technical subjects (including a course
in advanced electronics system design) and
management subjects. However, there is also
an option to concentrate on a comprehensive

Graduates are fully qualified electronics and
electrical engineers with particular skills in
music technology. This means that the degree
is far more prestigious than a vocational
qualification in audio recording and production
(in fact the course is fully accredited by the
Institution of Engineering & Technology,
ensuring a speedy route to Chartered
Engineer status if desired) and you will have
the option of seeking employment in both the
highly competitive world of the recording and
broadcasting industries, and also the much
broader field of employment offered by the
electronics industry as a whole.
Microcomputer
Systems Engineering

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

Microcomputer systems is a field that has

exploded over the last decade, creating a
huge demand for well-skilled engineers.
The design of systems from mobile
phones to racing-car engine controllers
requires graduates with a knowledge of
microcomputers and micro-controllers, the
software running on them, and the techniques
needed to integrate them with the systems
they control.
What can I expect in first and

second years?
The first two years of this degree closely follow
the curriculum of the degree programme
in Electronics & Electrical Engineering
(see separate entry). The only difference in
first year is that your foundational studies
in computing science are taught in the
Department of Computing Science where the
focus is on problem-solving skills, procedural
and algorithmic program development,
and an awareness of the role of computer
programming within the larger software
engineering context independent of any
particular programming language.
This will better prepare you for second year,
where the optional management courses
of the standard Electronics & Electrical
Engineering degree are swapped for
rigorous courses in software design and data
structures.

Your third year will still contain a set of core
courses and practical project work that will give
you a firm grounding in the knowledge and
skills required of any professional electronics
or electrical engineer. However, you will
concentrate less on the underlying physics
of electronics, and instead take advanced
programming, network and operating
systems courses. This will give you the ability
to operate, maintain and design both the
hardware and software of the next generation
of systems involving microcomputers and
micro-controllers the complex digital devices
at the heart of everything from washing
machine controllers to intricate scientific
satellites.
What happens next?

at the end of the third year, and the overall
structure of the MEng and BEng degrees are
identical to that of the Electronics & Electrical
Engineering degree both MEng and BEng
students take specialist technical options in
fourth year, and whilst BEng students do a
final individual project to round off their degree,
MEng students take additional management,
technical (and possibly language) courses
and carry out an extensive six month industrial
placement abroad.
However, as a Microcomputer Systems
Engineering student, your additional computing
science background allows you to choose from
a number of specialist technical options offered
by the Department of Computing Science in
addition to the specialist options taught in
the Department of Electronics & Electrical
Engineering. These include:
Real time and embedded systems
Safety critical systems and machine
learning.

Employment opportunities exist in the
electronics, semiconductor and software
industries as well as in commercial
organisations. Recent graduates have obtained
employment with a variety of organisations
including BT, Standard Life, Ministry of
Defence, Salomon Brothers International,
Freescale Semiconductor and National
Semiconductor. Recent AGR statistics
show graduate retention in IT hardware/
software companies the main beneficiaries
of graduates in Microcomputer Systems
Engineering is the highest recorded at 75%.
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Mechanical Engineering
Introduction
The Department of Mechanical Engineering contains a
number of internationally leading research groups and
runs several taught courses at both undergraduate and
postgraduate level.
Our undergraduate courses provide the educational base
for those who seek to become Chartered Mechanical
Engineers through a portfolio of degree programmes
that lead to the degrees of MEng and BEng. These
programmes are accredited in the UK by the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers and are recognised internationally.
They are founded on the expertise of our staff and on close
links with other departments, which include the Department
of Aerospace Engineering, and the Glasgow School of Art.
The department pursues fundamental, applied and
commercially sensitive research intended to advance the
understanding of engineering, raise the competitiveness
of UK national engineering businesses and to train
research engineers to the highest national and international
standards.


General information including entry
requirements and an on-line video introduction
to the department can be found at:
www.glasgow.ac.uk/mechanical or contact
Dr Philip Harrison. Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4318.
Email: p.harrison@mech.gla.ac.uk
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Open Day

Applicants Visit Days

decision. Applicants Visit Days usually take
place in January, February and March. Details
will be sent to you together with your offer of a
place.
Mechanical engineers at Glasgow are working with doctors to help people

paralysed through spinal cord injury move their limbs and get fit
in ways that have never been possible before.
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Mechanical Design
Engineering

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Physics at AB/BA
Physics
What happens next?
Advanced heat transfer
In third and fourth years your engineering

and design capabilities are developed using
an applications-based approach to exercise
existing knowledge, and to introduce more
advanced methods. The lectures for this are
common with the Product Design Engineering
degree programme, while approximately
two afternoons per week in the third year
are devoted to a studio-based industrial
design course which is specific to this degree
programme.
Control
Lasers and electro-optic systems
Materials engineering
Mechanics of solids and structures
Physics of fluids
Vibration.
You will study more advanced engineering

subjects in third year:
The fifth year provides additional breadth

and depth in engineering design. The MEng
programme includes the final design project,
which could run for two consecutive years (four
and five) in collaboration with industry. It also
provides additional design management skills
and in-depth aspects of engineering sciences.
Engineering design
Compulsory subjects include:
Dynamics, control and fluid power
Applied design systems
Highers

A-levels

Heat transfer
Entrepreneurship and new business
Project.
Materials and manufacture

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

plus AB at Higher
Physics
Mathematical modelling and simulation
In addition to the above you will take some

courses from the following lists:
Mechanics of materials and structures.
Advanced control systems engineering
A significant activity in the fourth year is project

work aimed at developing your engineering
practice experience. You will undertake an
individual design project carried out under
the personal supervision of a member of staff
as well as a product design group project.
You will perform the latter in conjunction with
students following the Mechanical Engineering
degree programme.
Built environment
One of the many challenges facing industry,

academia and the professional engineering
institutions is the education and training
of engineers capable of exploiting current
and future technology. Mechanical design
engineering students are taught to produce
competitive and innovative products, within
a commercially demanding environment.
The programme integrates the creative,
expressive design philosophy inherent in the
Product Design Engineering programme with
the optimised industrial design philosophy
engendered by the Mechanical Engineering
programme. Thus, mechanical design
engineering students benefit from the best of
both these approaches.

second years?
For the first two years the programme content
is common with the Mechanical Engineering
degree programme (see separate entry). This
establishes the engineering science knowledge
that provides the foundation for more
advanced studies and contains a significant
element of engineering practice through
experimental and computer-based labs.
In addition the fourth year includes engineering

science options which provide prerequisites for
an in-depth fifth year curriculum. The specific
subjects that you take and the amount of
time you spend on project work will depend
on whether you opt for the BEng or the MEng
programmes.
the end of the third year.
MEng
MEng subjects in fourth year include:
Advanced materials technology
Group design project
Entrepreneurship and innovation
Microelectronics in consumer products
Project.
In addition to this you will take some courses
from the following subject lists:
Laser design and applications

Mechanics of solids and structures.
Can I study abroad?
You are encouraged to take advantage of

both the Universitys exchange programme,
ERAMSUS: www.erasmus.ac.uk and the British
Councils IAESTE programme for travelling and
work abroad: www.iaeste.org
Also, in the fifth year students can work on their
final year project in overseas institutions.

In your third and fourth years, great benefit can
be derived by obtaining industrial experience
during the summer vacations. You will know
enough by then to contribute usefully to the
firms activities; it enables both you and the
company to sound each other out about
the prospect of full time employment after
graduation, and it may provide ideas for your
final year project, which can benefit both
yourself and the company.
There is an excellent track record of
employment in industry of our recent
graduates.
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Mechanical
Engineering

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

Mechanical engineering is arguably the

broadest of the engineering disciplines. A
mechanical engineering degree will allow you
to develop a fundamental understanding of
mechanical engineering principles by studying
engineering sciences and mathematics and
learning to apply them to real engineering
problems. This programme provides the strong
academic engineering education required to
equip graduates with the broad range of skills
a mechanical engineer needs in order to meet
the challenges of a diverse range of careers
both at home and abroad.
Throughout this degree programme, design
of cutting-edge and high-tech industrial
components provides a focus for the
integration of the mechanical engineering
disciplines. You will gain a wide range of
transferable skills which will give you the
confidence and background to begin your
career in engineering. Group work, individual
projects, computing and presentation skills,
design work, a teambuilding course and an
understanding of business management
are integrated into the degree programme.
The main themes running throughout
the programme are engineering science,
engineering practice and professional studies.
MEng
Cohort activities will take place including

an outward bounds course lasting several
days at a lochside activity centre which will
develop team and communication skills. The
engineering subjects in first year are:
For MEng, a compulsory professional studies

subject is included in fourth year and project
work is used to enhance your engineering
practice experience and further courses are
chosen from the following list of subjects:
Applicable mathematics
Applied mechanics
Materials
Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics
Design and manufacture.

In the second year you will study further basic
engineering subjects including:

Applied mechanics
Electrical power engineering
Engineering computing
Materials
Power electronics
Thermodynamics
Design and manufacture.

In third year you will visit a number of
industries in the UK and study more advanced
engineering subjects including:


Engineering design
Fluid mechanics
Gas dynamics
Heat transfer
Instrumentation and data systems
What happens next?

at the end of the third year. The specific
subjects that you take and the amount of
time you spend on project work will depend
programmes.
Elements of law for engineers

Marketing
Microeconomics
Operations management
Software engineering
Control
Physics of fluids
Vibration.
As in fourth year, a professional studies subject

is compulsory in fifth year but now individual
project work forms a major component of the
course with further courses chosen from the
following list of subjects:


Built environment
Can I study abroad?


Our graduates are always in demand. They are
well represented in manufacturing companies
and a wide range of industries in this country
and abroad. In addition, the skills our
graduates will acquire are readily transferable
to other spheres of activity. Some of our
graduates are found in the service industries
and other areas of the business community.
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Mechanical
Engineering
(European
Curriculum)

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

The aim of this programme is to produce

graduate engineers who can, even in their
first professional employment, contribute to
the business of multinational companies. The
primary strength of this programme is the
enhanced education in both engineering and
language, facilitated by the integrated year of
study at a continental European university.
This programme combines the study of
mechanical engineering with study of a
European language. The first two years of the
programme, taken in Glasgow, are similar to
the Mechanical Engineering programme but
with the option of additional language training.
Usually, the third year of the BEng or the fourth
year of the MEng, are taken at one of many
approved European universities.
A breakdown of the programme content at
the different levels is given below and should
be read in conjunction with the Mechanical
Engineering programme entry.

second years?
You will follow the curriculum of the Mechanical
Engineering programme, but the study of a
European language is available in second year.
What happens next?

If you follow a BEng programme you will work
for a year abroad studying the equivalent of
a BEng in Mechanical Engineering or, if you
follow a MEng programme, you will study
as for a MEng in Mechanical Engineering at
Glasgow.
In fourth year, if you follow a MEng programme
you will work for a year abroad studying
the equivalent of a MEng in Mechanical
Engineering or, if you follow a BEng
programme, you will study as for a BEng in
Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow.
Level-5 (MEng only)

You will follow the curriculum of the MEng in
Mechanical Engineering.
Can I study abroad?

One of your academic years will be spent
studying at one of many possible non-UK
based European universities; in addition fifth
year students can work on their final year
project at overseas institutions.

As a graduate with a degree accredited by
the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with
working knowledge of a European language
and with experience of living abroad for a year,
you will be in a strong position to develop an
international career based either in the UK or
abroad.
Employment opportunities exist in both
multinational companies or in the increasing
numbers of British companies who trade
extensively with mainland Europe and the US.
Mechanical
Engineering with
Aeronautics

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics

This exciting degree programme benefits

from a genuine collaboration between the
Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering at Glasgow and is the only degree
of its kind in Scotland.
It is aimed at students who wish to study for
a degree which combines the breadth and
wide appeal of mechanical engineering with
the opportunities offered by advanced study
of mechanical, aeronautics and aerospace
subjects. You will benefit from the close ties
with industry developed by both departments,
with industrial case studies focused on the
aerospace industries.
As with the Universitys other Mechanical
Engineering-based programmes, design
provides a focus for the integration of the
different disciplines and the three key themes,
engineering science, engineering practice
and professional studies are integral to the
programme.
The core mechanical engineering programme
in the first two years is supplemented with
subjects in aerospace engineering and
aerodynamics. In the third year and onwards,
you will study a range of core mechanical
engineering subjects and core aeronautics
subjects, plus a choice of advanced options
offered by both departments. In many cases all
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James Watt conducted some of his early experiments

with steam power while working at the University.
design and project work will be closely focused

on aeronautical engineering applications. You
will study the main mechanical engineering
disciplines plus a programme of aeronautics
beginning with an introduction to aerospace
engineering, the incorporation of aeronautics
design and project work, leading to a range of
advanced mechanical and aeronautics options.

The engineering subjects in Level-1 are:
Aerospace engineering
Applied mechanics
Materials
Managerial and organisational context.
Cohort activities will take place including an
outward bounds course lasting several days
at a lochside activity centre which will develop
team and communication skills.


In the second year you will study further
basic engineering subjects all of which are
compulsory:
Mechanics of materials and structures

Propulsion and turbomachinery.
Software engineering.
What happens next?

The subjects studied in the fourth year depend
programme. Selection for the BEng Honours
final year or transfer to the MEng programme is
made at the end of the third year.
MEng compulsory subjects include:
Entrepreneurship and innovation
Aerospace design project.
Further courses are chosen from the following
list of subjects:
Aircraft structures and materials
Control
Flight dynamics
High speed aerodynamics
Industrial aerodynamics
Physics of fluids
Vibration.
Like fourth year, a professional studies

subject is compulsory in fifth year but now an
aerospace-focused individual project forms a
major component of the course:
Entrepreneurship and new business
Elements of thermodynamics for aerospace

propulsion
Industrial project.
Applied mechanics
Further courses are chosen from the following

list of subjects:
Introduction to aerodynamics
Materials
Aircraft handling quality and control
Power electronics.
Aircraft structures and materials

Built environment
In third year you will visit a number of

industries in the UK and study more advanced
engineering subjects:
Experimental aerodynamics
Aerodynamics and fluid mechanics

Aircraft performance
Flight mechanics

A design for life
Red Button Design, a product

design company started by three
University of Glasgow and Glasgow
School of Art students, is showing
the business world that Glasgows
enterprising students are a force to
be reckoned with.
James Brown and Nicky Pang both
studying Product Design Engineering
and Amanda Jones, a Glasgow
philosophy graduate, have seen their
innovative water transport, sanitation
and storage device wow some of the
UKs toughest judges, including those
on the BBC series Dragons Den. The
team won unanimous backing and
funding of 50,000 from the dragons
for their product, the Reverse Osmosis
Sanitation System (ROSS), which they
believe could provide clean water for the
1.2 billion people in the world without a
reliable source.
Users would roll the ROSS unit to a
water source and fill the 50-litre tank.
As the device is rolled back to the
point of water usage, the rotation of the
wheels drives a gear set which moves a
filtration membrane through the water,
de-contaminating it.
The result topped off a year of fantastic
success for the Red Button team,
who also saw off the challenge of 180
entries from 23 countries to win Oxford
Universitys 21st Century Challenge
Competition in December 2007.
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Can I study abroad?


The degree aims to allow students who
wish to pursue a professional engineering
career in mechanical engineering but who
have a particular interest in aeronautical
and aerospace engineering, to keep their
career options open. Graduates will have
all the engineering and transferable skills
of mechanical engineers with a strong
additional speciality in aeronautics. Mechanical
engineering graduates are well represented in
aerospace industries and this degree provides
enhanced employment opportunities in this
sector.
Product Design
Engineering

Highers

A-levels


Physics at AB/BA
Physics

Highers

A-levels


and Physics
Physics

In the first two years of the degree you will
study core mechanical engineering subjects,
complemented by design studies at the
Glasgow School of Art, to develop creativity,
exploration and expression of ideas, and to
build confidence in the design process.
In first year you will study:
Applied mechanics
Materials
Product design engineering.
In the second year you will study:
Highers

A-levels


plus AB at Higher
Physics
Applied mechanics
Materials
Product design engineering creates young

engineers whose strength lies in their capacity
for creative synthesis and the development
and design management of engineering and
consumer products.
The degree is delivered in close cooperation
with the Glasgow School of Art and integrates
the science of engineering with the activity
of designing. We pioneered the concept of
bringing together creativity and engineering
by integrating the two distinctive educational
cultures.
In each year you will take the course Product
design engineering which is a studio activity
based at the Glasgow School of Art and is
centred on design project activities. At the
University you will study core engineering
subjects in the form of lectures, small group
and individual project work, labs, tutorials,
computing skills, design assignments,
presentations and business management tasks
that together develop the three main themes
of engineering science, engineering practice
and professional studies (see the Mechanical
Engineering programme entry).
Power electronics
Thermodynamics
Product design engineering.

The third year develops and integrates the
application of theory through structured
projects. The amount of studio work at the
Glasgow School of Art will increase. The
relationship between the degree programme
and industry is strong and we try to maximise
the opportunities to work with industry during
the studio programme.
You will study more advanced engineering
subjects at the University:
Heat transfer
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What happens next?
Can I study abroad?

the end of the third year.
As part of the MEng programme there is the

possibility that you spend the fourth year
in Trondheim, Norway. We are currently
establishing links with universities in the
Netherlands and in Australia to provide similar
possibilities.
BEng
In the final year of the BEng, you will be in
a position to propose your own programme
of individual product development and
prototyping leading to concept and detailed
design proposals. This accounts for the
majority of your study in fourth year in Product
design engineering.
Before you start your final project in fourth year,
you will go on a field trip, visiting a number of
industrial locations throughout the UK.
In addition, you will study advanced subjects in
engineering, management and design.
MEng
The MEng degree is an enhanced programme
which includes a core of mechanical
engineering studies integrated with industrially
based, innovative design projects and
contextual professional studies. In fourth year
of the MEng degree you will study the same
taught courses as for the BEng, complemented
by a group design project, in which you will
work together with Mechanical Engineering
and Mechanical Design Engineering students.
Studio activities at the Glasgow School of Art
will be continued with the course Product
design engineering.
Before you start your final project in fifth year,
you will go on a field trip, visiting a number of
industrial locations throughout the UK.
In addition, you will study advanced subjects
in engineering, management and design,
including:
Career prospects are excellent, with

opportunities ranging from leading international
companies through design studios to the
possibility to establish your own business.
As you work closely with industry in your
final years, the degree programme has an
excellent record of employment in industry.
Recent employers include the following leading
companies:
Apple Computers (USA)
BAE Systems
Cambridge Consultants
Dyson
Nokia
JCB
IBM
Schlumberger
Five years ago, I made

the leap to Asia, and its
technology hub,
Taiwan. Product Design

Engineering gave me the
can-do attitude
to learn Chinese,
and the skills to
design products
for companies as diverse

as Giant Bicycles, Otis
Elevators and Intel. Today,
I guide the global
design strategy
Hoover
of Dells Small Business

products
Candy
Jonathan Biddle, BEng 2002 (pictured above)
British Aerospace
Dell Taiwan, Industrial Design Manager
AT&T
OKI
BT
Polaroid.
A number of graduates have also established
their own successful businesses.
Advanced materials technology

Microelectronics in consumer products
Professional studies
For the majority of the final year you will
work on a programme of individual product
development and prototyping proposed by
you, leading to concept and detailed design
proposals.
In addition you can choose one optional
course from:
Control
Vibration.
All of the established MEng and BEng degrees

offered by the faculty are accredited by their
respective professional bodies.
Scotland at its artsy, riotous, high-octane,

good-time best
Lonely Planet
www.seeglasgow.com
City of Glasgow
What is it like living and studying in Glasgow?
Named as one of the worlds top ten cities by independent travel guide Lonely Planet, Glasgow attracts the
largest student population in Scotland. The citys reputation for friendliness means that wherever you come
from, youll soon treat it as your second home. Glasgow is:
situated in the central belt of Scotland on the River Clyde
Scotlands largest city
home to a population of 600,000.
Some of the citys many attractions include:
Music and nightlife
Festivals
Sport
In an average week Glasgow hosts 123

bands, 72 classical composers, 49 choirs, 38
orchestras and 21 jazz bands. Renowned for
discovering acts from Franz Ferdinand to Primal
Scream, the citys fantastic live music haunts
include King Tuts Wah Wah Hut voted UKs
best live venue by listeners of Radio 1 three
years in a row.
At least one festival every month of the year

shows Glasgow loves to celebrate. Some of
our favourites include the Glasgow International
Comedy Festival, Celtic Connections folk music
festival, Glasgay, Glasgow Film Festival and Aye
Write!, the citys book festival. In the summer,
youre only 50 minutes away from Edinburghs
International and Fringe Festivals by train.
Wearing its passion for sport on its sleeve,

Glasgows set to host the Commonwealth
Games in 2014. Across the world people know
the city as home of Celtic and Rangers football
clubs, but with no fewer than 27 public fitness
centres including swimming pools, running
tracks, 11-a-side pitches and tennis courts,
youre guaranteed to find something to get
involved with, whatever your level of fitness.
More than 700 bars, pubs and nightclubs mean

no two nights in Glasgow are the same. Whether
youre after a record-breaking 100-foot long bar
(the Horseshoe), or a pub with stuffed stags
heads and kilted staff thats as appealing as it
is unpronounceable (Uisge Beatha), Glasgow
has a venue to suit. Dance until you drop at the
Subclub, or revisit 1920s America at the Vegas
clubnight on the Renfrew Ferry, its up to you.
Whats more, due to our diverse and multicultural
population, you can eat your way around the
world in Glasgow restaurants.
Culture
Art lovers and museum wanderers are spoilt for
choice, with the citys famous Burrell collection
vying for attention beside Scotlands most
visited attraction, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery &
Museum. Discover live art within the cavernous
brick archway spaces beneath Glasgows
Central Station at the Arches, or enjoy a play, a
pie and a pint at Oran Mor, a former church that
has since been converted into a theatre, bar
and nightclub.
Campus culture
Are you craving cosy campus living, or do you
prefer big city excitement? Whichever is your
style, youll be impressed by the Universitys
excellent location in the compact and friendly
West End of Glasgow. Just two miles from the
city centre, with great bus and underground
links, the West End has a reputation as the
bohemian, trendy and cosmopolitan quarter
of Glasgow.
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Engineering

Undergraduate study 2010

Introducing the Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering offers the following

Where can I find out more?

Faster Route programmes

There are feats of engineering all around us

Che Wan Khairuddin Samsudin, Civil Engineering

AABB including Maths and

Typical offer for MEng (5 years)

AAAA or AAABB including Maths

For entry requirements visit www.glasgow.ac.uk/

This Biomedical Engineering degree will allow

What can I expect in first year?

What can I expect in second year?

What can I expect in third year?

Biomedical Engineering at Glasgow

What happens next?

Can I study abroad?

Selection for the four year BEng Honours final

In addition to the option of taking your Year 5

Where can I find out more?

For information about biomedical engineering:

In the BEng programme, in addition to your

What are my career prospects?

For those students opting for the

At Glasgow our graduates are always in

See our webpage for undergraduate

Come and visit us

Alternative visiting arrangements

Applicants Visit Day

This degree is interdisciplinary and lectures and

Glasgow has the only Department of Aerospace Engineering

Where can I find out more?

Come and visit us

Alternative visiting arrangements

Applicants Visit Day

Faster Route programmes

At Glasgow we go the extra mile. If you receive

The department is one of three in the UK

I chose Glasgow because it is the only University

Andrew Smith, Aeronautical Engineering

What can I expect in first, second

Degrees: BEng, MEng, MEng Faster Route

The first three years of the programme are the

Typical offer for BEng

In first and second years you will take core

AABB including Maths and

Typical offer for MEng

AAAA or AAABB including Maths

Typical offer for MEng Faster Route

AA at AH in Maths and Physics

For entry requirements visit www.glasgow.ac.uk/

Humans have always had a fascination with

What happens next?

A range of optional courses is available in

Can I study abroad?

What are my career prospects?

In fourth year MEng students conduct a week

airlines (as pilots, flight crew and

Fifth year study will widen your knowledge

motorsport and Formula 1

the renewable energy industry