Increase your industry opportunities by enhancing your engineering qualifications and build on your existing knowledge and experience.
Gain the skills and knowledge needed to advance in your career.
Gain practical laboratory skills and experience.
Study on a course designed to meet the requirements of industrial manufacturers.
Convert your previous qualification into a full honours degree.

This top-up award is suitable for you if you have a HND or foundation degree and wish to develop your award to degree level. It prepares you for a career in an industry where there is a demand for engineers with a sound knowledge of engineering applications, as well as people who understand the necessary techniques to develop, test and maintain them.

Applied learning is the ethos at the heart of all Sheffield Hallam courses, meaning that you are given the opportunity to put your study into practice.

You'll be taught by professionals who are active in their field - so you'll get cutting edge, industry focused knowledge of your subject. You'll gain real-world skills through laboratory work and projects.

Applied learning means that when you do start work, you can dive in and make things happen.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You learn through

• lectures
• problem solving tutorials or seminars
• computer based learning
• open learning materials
• project and laboratory work
• workshop activities to develop practical engineering skills
• problem based learning
• independent study
• self or group directed learning

Industry needs specialist graduate engineers capable of applying advanced techniques to a range of disciplines. This course prepares you for a career in

• automation and robotics
• electrical energy
• power
• industrial instrumentation and control
• other industries

 

You normally need a BTEC Higher National Diploma or a Foundation Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent.

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

If English is not your first language you must have an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Automation, Robotics & Control System Engineering	40	Coursework Exam
Power Electronics, Systems And Renewable Energy	40	Coursework Exam
Project: Implementation	20	Coursework
Project: Management And Scoping	20	Coursework