BEng (Hons) Robotics with Foundation Year

Discover employment and further study opportunities that you could consider once you graduate with a robotics degree.

What can you do with a robotics degree?

• Develop your skills with a variety of modules including analogue and digital electronics, microprocessors, electrical power systems and programming in the context of eco-focused embedded systems. We have a strong emphasis on both hardware design and software development.
• Draw on our strong industry links and benefit from industry participation in course development, delivery and project sponsorship.
• Develop highly practical skills and learn through doing.
• Immerse yourself in a degree accredited by the Institution for Engineering and Technology (IET) and meet the educational requirements for becoming a chartered engineer (CEng).
• Benefit from free IET membership while you are on the course.
• Take advantage of our flexible course, allowing you to switch between electronics and robotics until your final year, as your interests develop.
• Advance with a course with some of the highest satisfaction rates in the UK. Highlighted by consistently excellent scores in the National Student Survey and the Key Information Statistics.
• Take part in our final year student project open day, showcasing the excellence of the engineering skills development and the high levels of achievement of our undergraduates, with many industrially sponsored prizes awarded.
• Immerse yourself in hands-on laboratory sessions and a final year project module.
• Make use of our well-equipped undergraduate laboratory space, one of the largest undergraduate laboratories in the country.
• When our new engineering and design facility is launched, students in engineering, science and the arts will have access to a range of specialist equipment and innovative laboratories.
  
• There is a possibility of transfer to BEng after the first year and MEng after the second year, subject to you demonstrating satisfactory progress.
• Progress towards becoming a chartered engineer with appropriate professional training and experience.
• Experience being part of the University from the start, taught by staff who’ll teach you on your degree courses.
  
• Take advantage of one-to-one mathematics support during term with our SUM:UP scheme.
• Develop an innovative engineering or robotics project. Examples of previous projects include building an FM frequency bug, a small robot with on-board computer, and an electronic synthesiser.
• Discuss with your lecturers which degree to select towards the end of your first year of study.
• To complement your formal learning we offer regular PALS sessions that provide the opportunity for you to learn with and from your peers. Share knowledge, discuss ideas, and ask questions in a relaxed and friendly environment.
• The foundation year is an integral part of the extended degree. Completion of the foundation year will not lead to a separate award or qualification its own right but will provide access to Year 1 of your degree.

• Foundation year

• Taught by University lecturers on campus, you’ll be part of the University of Plymouth from day one. You'll study six modules over the foundation year, including mathematical methods, applied mathematics (mechanics), physics and electronics. The year is geared towards helping you to progress onto one of our degrees in electronic engineering or robotics. You’ll take about 17 taught hours per week, and put in at least the same amount of time in independent study.

  Core modules

  • Mathematical Methods I (MATH051)

    This module is intended to show how mathematics is a fundamental part of the world of engineering, science and computing as well as of the world around us. Assuming a base of GCSE grade C, the lectures and assessments are designed to lead to an understanding of the application of mathematics to GCE A Level grade C and above.

  • Mathematical Methods II (MATH053)

    This module is intended to show how mathematics is a fundamental part of the world of engineering and science as well as of the world around us. It extends the mathematics taught in MATH051 to include complex numbers, differential equations and numerical methods.

  • Applied Mathematics (MATH058)

    This module provides an introduction to applied mathematics. The focus of the module is on the use of mechanics to solve basic problems of an engineering and scientific nature in the real world. Topics studied are: modelling; forces; vectors; kinematics in one and two dimensions; Newton's laws; moments and energy.

  • Physics I (PHYS050)

    This module provides an introduction to physics and its applications in science and engineering. This module assumes little previous knowledge of physics.

  • Physics II (PHYS051)

    This module continues the work in Physics I, providing an introduction to physics and its applications in science and engineering.

  • Robotics (ROCO051)

    The module introduces basic electronics with applications to control of robotics. Lectures, laboratory measurements and practical construction experience underpin the learning. Lecture materials have a close link with practical works in the laboratory.

Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.

The following programme specification represents the latest course structure and may be subject to change:

BEng Robotics With Foundation Year Programme Specification 6585

UCAS tariff

32 - 48

A level: from minimum of 2 A levels. Excluding general studies.