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Engineering

HND in Mechanical Engineering - Part Time

Mode of study

Part Time

Start date

15/09/2025

Fee

£3997.00

Entry requirements

Students should already have a BTEC Higher National Certificate in an engineering discipline.

Teaching staff

Oaklands can boast an impressive list of professional experts as part of their Engineering team. This year, your teachers will include highly skilled and motivated engineers in both the mechanical and electrical fields.

Course Code

OHNDME1P/1

Duration

1-Year

Location

Welwyn Garden City Campus

Awarding body

Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)

Assessment

Assessment is by a series of assignments (course work).

About the course

This nationally recognised programme takes one year of part time study, attending for one extended day each week and is designed for students that have achieved an HNC in Engineering.

Career options

You could directly enrol on to an Engineering Degree at University depending upon your grades and units taken at HNC/D.

There are so many different areas of engineering to work in; however, most engineers choose to specialise in just one, such as chemical, automotive or robotics.  Careers in engineering are constantly evolving and new processes and technologies are being developed all the time.  This allows engineers to stay on the ball and react to new problems and challenges in their chosen career.

Engineering careers are constantly varied in terms of their job responsibilities, but also in their working locations.  As an engineer you could be working in an office, in a laboratory, on an oil rig, in a factory or on a race track.

Each engineering discipline requires professionals with very specific skill-sets.  However each and every area of this sector is as complex as the next.  Consequently, all engineers need to have strong mathematical skills, logic and the ability to rise to intellectual and practical challenges.

 

Course Content - What will I learn?

Units studied: Unit 34 'Research Project, Unit 35 - Professional Engineering Management, Unit 37 'Virtual Engineering, Unit 39 - Further Mathematics, Unit 45 'Industrial Systems

Please contact us to find out if you require any specific equipment for this particular course.

Assessment is by a series of assignments (course work).