Foundation diploma - Engineering
- 1 year
- Duration
- Upon request
- Price
- Sept 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Foundation
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
You can earn degrees in mechanical, automotive, robotic, and motorsport engineering with the help of our engineering foundation.
Our education blends technical know-how with imagination and creativity. Before you enter the workforce, we help you advance your technological expertise.
You will learn:
- the mathematical and scientific principles in engineering and technology
- basic principles in post-GCSE mathematics
- engineering
- engineering applications
Additionally, you will have access to industry-standard workshops, labs, and computers as well as first-hand experience with actual engine components.
Students can choose the specialization they like. For instance:
- Automotive
- Electro-mechanical
- Mechanical
- Motorsport
- Robotics
Typically, our program leads to either a BSc (Hons) in engineering or a BEng (Hons) in engineering, as well as good employment opportunities.
Program structure
Year 1
- Fundamentals and Applications of Technology (double)
- Basic Mechanical Engineering Principles
- Basic Electronic Engineering Principles
- Foundation Engineering Mathematics 1 (FEM 1) - prerequisite for FEM 2
- Foundation Engineering Mathematics 2 (FEM 2)
- Engineering Applications
Optional Modules
- Basic Data Analysis
- Introductory Mathematics (alternate to FEM 1 and FEM 2) (Alternative compulsory)
- Foundations of Computer Programming
Price
Upon request
Requirements for applicants
General Entry Requirements
- Acceptable passes in five subjects (exceptionally four subjects) at GCSE or GCE including:
- one 12-unit vocational A-level, or
- two A-levels or two 6-unit vocational A-levels, or
- one A-level or 6-unit vocational A-level plus two AS-levels, or
- two 3-unit vocational A-levels
- A National Certificate or Diploma at a good standard.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 24 points) or the European Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 60%).
- Five subjects in SCE with two at Higher level or one at Advanced Higher level.
- Three subjects in Scottish Highers or two at Advanced Higher level.
- Any other qualifications considered by the Academic Board to be of equivalent standard.
- A recognised access course.
Specific entry requirements
- IELTS: 6.0 overall with 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in listening and speaking
- GCSE: Maths at grade 5/B
- English Language at grade 4
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
