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Introduction
This foundation degree combines academic skills with the needs of your workplace. Boost your career if you’re working in an engineering-related job at a technical level. Build on your existing skills and experience to support your professional development plans. You’ll apply the study of engineering fundamentals to the solution of real-life problems. Topics include design, electronics, energy, manufacturing, materials, mechanics and structural analysis. It also develops your maths skills, which are key to the successful study of engineering.
Key features of the course
Tackle real-life problems by applying your study of engineering fundamentals.
Develop your maths skills, the key to the successful study of engineering.
Build on your existing skills and experience with two work-related modules.
Gain a solid foundation for further study, with the option to top up to an honours degree.
A nationally recognised qualification in its own right, this foundation degree is also equivalent to the first two-thirds of an honours degree
Accessibility
We make all our qualifications as accessible as possible and have a comprehensive range of services to support all our students. The Foundation Degree in Engineering uses a variety of study materials and has the following elements:
studying a mixture of printed and online material – online learning resources may include websites, audio/video media clips, and interactive activities such as online quizzes and remote experiments
face-to-face tutorials/day schools/workshops and/or online tutorials
using mathematical and scientific expressions, notations and associated techniques
working in a group with other students
using and producing diagrams or screenshots
practical work
working with specialist reading material
finding external/third party material online
using specialist software (for example the Open Engineering Studio, EduPack, ANSYS)
continuous and end-of-module assessment in the form of essays, short answer questions, and in some cases an examination
using feedback: continuous assessment involves receiving detailed feedback on your work from your tutor and using this feedback to improve your performance
engagement with learning and assessment within a pre-determined schedule or timetable – time management will be needed during your studies and the University will help you to develop these skills throughout your degree.
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About the School
Want to achieve your ambition? Study with us and you’ll be joining over 2 million students who’ve achieved their career and personal goals with The Open University.
We’ve pioneered distance learning f
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Want to achieve your ambition? Study with us and you’ll be joining over 2 million students who’ve achieved their career and personal goals with The Open University.
We’ve pioneered distance learning for over 50 years, bringing the university to you wherever you are so you can fit study around your life, with expert tutor support every step of the way. In fact, our students rated us 88% for overall student satisfaction and we were ranked third in the 2021 National Student Survey. Meaning when it comes to realising your ambition, you couldn’t be in better hands.
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