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Top-up Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at The Open University

The Open University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

A top-up Bachelor of Engineering for students with an OU Foundation Degree in Engineering or an equivalent vocational qualification, allowing the final stage of study to be tailored to background and interests. Areas include communications, design, electronics and environmental management.

Duration: 2 years part-time or 1 year full-time (120 credits)  |  Study mode: part-time distance learning  |  Location: Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

One 120-credit stage with optional modules including Innovation: designing for change (T317), Electronics: signal processing, control and communications (T312) and Environmental management: pathways to sustainability (T330).

Career pathways

Develops the ability to use specialist knowledge to solve problems creatively, collaborative working and communication skills, project management skills and the ability to turn concepts into reality.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must have passed, within the last eight years, one of the OU Foundation Degree in Engineering (X11), Diploma of Higher Education in Engineering (W11), Foundation Degree in Materials Fabrication and Engineering (X12) or Diploma of Higher Education in Materials Fabrication and Engineering (W12). Alternatively, a completed vocational qualification in engineering or a closely related subject that includes 240 credits at FHEQ levels 4 and 5 (SCQF 7 and 8), such as a DipHE, HND or foundation degree.

Duration: 2 years part-time or 1 year full-time (120 credits)

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