Overview

Within the Top-up Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from The Open University UK, you'll develop your knowledge and skills to a higher level and open up further career or educational opportunities. Your study choices include structural integrity, micro and nano technology, design, electronics, environmental management, renewable energy, and mathematics. You’ll also complete an individual engineering project.

Key facts:

Provides progression from vocational qualifications to an honours degree

Accredited by several of the leading engineering institutions

Offers a choice of modules to fit with your previous study

Develops your analytical skills which are key to the successful study of engineering

Prepares you for further engineering study at postgraduate level

Career opportunities:

Our BEng (Hons) is a general engineering qualification that provides an entry into a wide range of more specialist engineering roles. Examples include:

mechanical engineer
electronic engineer
structural engineer
production engineer
biomedical engineer
environmental engineer
materials engineer
other roles within engineering management
manufacturing engineer

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Innovation designing for change
Communications technology
Deterministic and stochastic dynamics
Electronics: signal processing, control and communications
Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies
Environmental management

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-08 00:00:00
Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-12 00:00:00
Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-09-11 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Civil Engineering & Construction Electrical Engineering General Engineering & Technology View 14 other Bachelors in General Engineering & Technology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

You must have passed one of the following OU qualifications within the last eight years:

Foundation Degree in Engineering (X11)

Diploma of Higher Education in Engineering (W11)

Foundation Degree in Materials Fabrication and Engineering (X12)

Diploma of Higher Education in Materials Fabrication and Engineering (W12)

Alternatively, you must have a qualification from somewhere else that meets the following criteria:

in engineering or a closely related subject

equates to a total of 240 credits, 120 of which are at FHEQ level 5 or SCQF level 8 (e.g. DipHE, HND or foundation degree)

passed within the last 8 years

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

13260 GBP / year

≈ 13260 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

12264 GBP / year

≈ 12264 GBP / year

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IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

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Funding

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