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Foundation Degree (FdSc) Power Engineering // Undergraduate

Do you want to be part of an industry that is being transformed by renewable technologies and by the increased demand for electrical power? This two-year Foundation degree links directly with the skills needed by employers such as Northern Powergrid and Siemens.

The course combines broad-based engineering modules with specialist modules related to the power industry. The broad-based modules include ‘Engineering Principles’, ‘Electrical and Electronic Principles’, ‘Measurement and Control’ and ‘Electronics Systems’.

The specialist modules include ‘Power Plant Systems’ and ‘Power Distribution’. There is also a group project and an individual project that are specifically targeted at the power sector. Both of them are hands-on opportunities to put your new learning into practice. Like all foundation degrees, there is an emphasis on employability and skills that you can immediately use in the workplace.

Course content

Modules on this course include:

Year 1 (national level 4)

• Mathematics for Engineers
• Electrical and Electronic Principles
• Engineering Principles
• Power Distribution
• Power Industry – Business and Practice
• Integrative Group Case Project

Year 2 (national level 5)

• Electrical Machines and Power Systems
• Measurement and Control
• Electronics Systems
• Power Plant Systems
• Individual Project

Entry requirements

Our typical offer is for 100 points from a minimum of one A Level in a relevant subject. Equivalent qualifications to an A Level include:

BTEC Certificate/Diploma
Modern Apprenticeship (NVQ level 3 plus Key Skills)
NVQ Level 3
We also require three passes at GCSE grade C or above, which must include Mathematics and English Language, or a minimum of Level 2 Key Skills in Communication and Application of Number.

Applicants without formal qualifications may qualify for entry through relevant work-based experience. We may ask you to attend an interview and present a portfolio of evidence.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching is concentrated into 12 blocks a year with each block lasting for two weeks. Hands-on projects are an important element in both years of the course, focusing on group work (Year 1) and individual work (Year 2). 

Assessment is through a combination of coursework and written examinations. 

Progression and careers

This course is specifically designed to meet the needs of employers who are looking for well-qualified engineering staff to fill the skills shortage within the power engineering sector.

Employers in the sector include engineering giants like Siemens, high-tech renewable energy providers, and power generation and supply companies.

At the end of the course you could immediately apply for a job. Alternatively you could ‘top up’ your qualification to a BEng honours degree at the University of Sunderland with just one more year of study.

Awarding body

This programme is run in partnership with the University of Sunderland. The qualification you will receive is awarded by the University of Sunderland.

TyneMet College working in partnership with the University of Sunderland.

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Student numbers

In order to help ensure that the student experience is maintained at a high level across the life of partnership programmes, there is a minimum of 12 students required to enrol in year 1 of each programme offered by TyneMet College in partnership with the University of Sunderland in order for it to run. In the event that this minimum is not reached, the University reserves the right to either close this programme and withdraw offers made on it or, if appropriate to the programme, apply conditions to the programme in order to allow it to run with reduced student numbers. If the programme is closed, the University will use reasonable endeavours to help affected students switch to a suitable alternative programme or alternative HE provider if they wish to do so. If a decision is taken to apply conditions to the programme in order to allow it to run with reduced student numbers, consultation will take place with affected students. Conditions may include things like studying some of the programme at a different venue or merging study with other similar programmes where there is overlap. If these conditions are not acceptable to all students, the programme will close.

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