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Department of Engineering | BEng General Engineering (with Foundation Year)

Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Starting Month

SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Engineering - General

Degree

BEng

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This degree is designed to offer you the knowledge and skills necessary to join engineering teams on graduation. It is complementary to the four-year Durham MEng, and transfer is possible between the courses up to the end of the second year.


In the first two years, the BEng covers the same broad base of engineering education as the MEng degree. You then specialise into areas of Civil, Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering in your third year. The course structure offers a huge amount of flexibility – you could join us on a mechanical engineering pathway but decide to pursue electrical engineering at the end of your second year. We believe in empowering our students to make informed decisions. The BEng prepares you for an exciting career in modern engineering, with the flexibility to respond to changing technologies.


Throughout your studies you encounter a mixture of core theoretical engineering concepts, underpinning mathematics, practical engineering skills, engineering design, ethics and professional issues. A combination of group and individual activities and assessments, working alongside both students and staff, will provide you with the opportunity to develop your interpersonal, teamworking and leadership skills.


There may be the opportunity to study at an overseas institution, or spend time in industry as an additional year between second and third year. A course highlight is the individual engineering project in the final year where you will work one-to-one with an academic expert on a technical engineering challenge.


Durham Education 2027


The University is committed to continuous improvement and is currently undertaking a review to enhance our courses. As we make updates, some details of courses advertised for 2027 entry may change. These enhancements are being developed in consultation with students and in response to student feedback. We will not be making changes to degree subjects, academic standards or the broad concepts that will be taught, but to how courses are organised. In some cases this may mean that the balance of compulsory and optional modules may change. Any updates will be communicated transparently and by the end of summer 2026, ensuring applicants know exactly what to expect from their chosen degree.


Not got the grades?


International students who do not meet direct entry requirements for this degree might have the option to complete an International Foundation Year.


Home students who do not meet our direct entry requirements may be eligible for our Foundation Programme which offers multidisciplinary programmes to prepare you for a range of specified degree programmes.  

Programme overview

Main Subject

Engineering - General

Degree

BEng

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This degree is designed to offer you the knowledge and skills necessary to join engineering teams on graduation. It is complementary to the four-year Durham MEng, and transfer is possible between the courses up to the end of the second year.


In the first two years, the BEng covers the same broad base of engineering education as the MEng degree. You then specialise into areas of Civil, Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering in your third year. The course structure offers a huge amount of flexibility – you could join us on a mechanical engineering pathway but decide to pursue electrical engineering at the end of your second year. We believe in empowering our students to make informed decisions. The BEng prepares you for an exciting career in modern engineering, with the flexibility to respond to changing technologies.


Throughout your studies you encounter a mixture of core theoretical engineering concepts, underpinning mathematics, practical engineering skills, engineering design, ethics and professional issues. A combination of group and individual activities and assessments, working alongside both students and staff, will provide you with the opportunity to develop your interpersonal, teamworking and leadership skills.


There may be the opportunity to study at an overseas institution, or spend time in industry as an additional year between second and third year. A course highlight is the individual engineering project in the final year where you will work one-to-one with an academic expert on a technical engineering challenge.


Durham Education 2027


The University is committed to continuous improvement and is currently undertaking a review to enhance our courses. As we make updates, some details of courses advertised for 2027 entry may change. These enhancements are being developed in consultation with students and in response to student feedback. We will not be making changes to degree subjects, academic standards or the broad concepts that will be taught, but to how courses are organised. In some cases this may mean that the balance of compulsory and optional modules may change. Any updates will be communicated transparently and by the end of summer 2026, ensuring applicants know exactly what to expect from their chosen degree.


Not got the grades?


International students who do not meet direct entry requirements for this degree might have the option to complete an International Foundation Year.


Home students who do not meet our direct entry requirements may be eligible for our Foundation Programme which offers multidisciplinary programmes to prepare you for a range of specified degree programmes.  

Admission Requirements

176+
6.5+
4.5+
62+
120+
A*AA
including Mathematics and one of either Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics.

4 Years
Sep

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