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HND Manufacturing Engineering for England HTQ

HND Manufacturing Engineering for England HTQ

Award

Higher National Diploma

Start Date

To be confirmed

Duration

4 years

Mode

Part-time

Location

Bolton College

UCAS Points

48

Equivalent to two years of a university degree, this HND Manufacturing Engineering for England (HTQ) course taught at Bolton College offers you the practical and personal skills needed for a role in the sector or progression to higher-level study.

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Course Overview

This HND Manufacturing Engineering for England course is taught by Bolton College on behalf of the University of Bolton.

This Level 5 HND in Manufacturing Engineering for England, Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ), is designed to develop your knowledge and skills across a broad range of engineering technologies essential to businesses in this rapidly evolving and dynamic sector of the economy. The course has been designed by the industry to support a wide range of manufacturing engineering roles and aims to help you gain key transferable skills that employers highly value.

Throughout the course, our team of dedicated experts will guide you as you gain knowledge and understanding, as well as practical, professional and subject-specific skills. Initially, your studies will focus on the core knowledge required by manufacturing engineers, such as engineering design, engineering maths, production engineering for manufacture, computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) and industrial robots. You'll then build on this learning with specialist units that concentrate on developing your understanding and skills in the essential areas of manufacturing engineering, including professional engineering management, further mathematics, distributed control systems, industrial systems, manufacturing systems engineering, lean manufacturing, advanced manufacturing technology and sustainability.

You'll also undertake a professional engineering project, where you'll have the opportunity to develop and apply your knowledge, practical ability and design skills. Overall, we'll support you as you develop cognitive, intellectual and thinking skills and gain valuable key, personal and transferable skills ready for employment or further study.

Highlights

Key Features

Entry Requirements

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

Career Opportunities

If you choose to complete our Level 5 HND in Manufacturing Engineering for England, you're likely aiming to go on to employment or progress to a final year at university. We have developed this qualification in close collaboration with experts from professional bodies and businesses to ensure you gain the skills and knowledge you'll need to succeed in the future – whichever route you take.

What can I do with this qualification?

This HND is designed to prepare you for a range of careers in areas such as Senior Technician (Manufacturing Engineering), Senior Technician (Production), Manufacturing Engineering Project Manager, Junior Engineer (Manufacturing) and Junior Engineer (Production).

If you successfully complete this HND in Manufacturing Engineering for England, you'll be able to progress to a higher-level qualification. For instance, you'll be eligible to apply for advanced standing to bachelor's degrees, such as relevant BEng (Hons) programmes at the University of Bolton.

Alternative career options

Diploma holders can also use the qualification to enter a range of other careers. Some of these roles may require relevant experience and/or further study. Some possibilities include:

  • Teaching
  • Research and development
  • Finance
  • Business
  • Government and Civil Service
  • Military
Fees & Funding

When completing your student finance application, please list your institution as 'University of Bolton', not 'Bolton College'.

Home/EU Fees

Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £2,996 for the academic year 2024/25.

International Fees

No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.

Bursaries

Click here for more information about the scholarships and bursaries available to University of Bolton students.

Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2024-25 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.

The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.

How to apply

Home Applicants

You may apply directly to the University using the University's online application form. Please select your chosen start date from the list below:

You should have to hand:

  • Details of the educational establishments you attended and dates

  • Your certificates for the qualifications you are using to gain entry to the course – you will need to enter the completion date and upload copies

  • Details of any employment history including name, address, dates and role

  • Personal statement – this can be either input into the relevant field or uploaded separately

  • Details including e-mail addresses of two referees, at least one of which should be someone who can provide an academic reference

Please make sure any documents you wish to upload in support of your application are in pdf or jpeg format. Personal statements may be word documents.

Please ensure your data is correct at each stage of the application before you proceed to the next page. If you use the back button at any time during the application, you should check the validity of the data you have already input.

If you experience difficulties during the application process, contact the Admissions Team on 01204 903394 or admissions-team@bolton.ac.uk

International Applicants

International applications are not possible for this course

As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the restrictions on your visa.

We offer a wide range of full-time courses in lots of different subjects, many of our courses start in September and January. If you would like to see what courses are available please visit our Course Search.

Partner Organisation Applicants

University of Bolton Group Partners

Bolton College
University Collegiate School
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University of Bolton

For valued members of the University of Bolton Group and progressing students, we try to make our application process as simple and as fast as possible.

By selecting the link for your chosen course from the list shown below, you will be taken directly to our online application form. Please read the user guidance before completing this, and ensure you upload all supporting documents such as certificates and your personal statement when you apply.

When you are asked to add a contact email address, please ensure you add your college/university email account address as well as your personal address. If you do not add your college address as your contact address, we will be unable to identify you as a partner and offer you the benefits of being part of our group.

If you are ready to apply directly, please select your chosen start date from the list below.

Before applying, please read the entry requirements section of this page.

If your course runs at multiple locations or has various start dates, please be sure to select the correct application link from the list below.

Before beginning your application, you should have the following information to hand:

  • Details of the educational establishments you attended and dates

  • Your certificates for the qualifications you are using to gain entry to the course – you will need to enter the completion date and upload copies

  • Details of any employment history, including name, address, dates and role

  • Personal statement – this can be either input into the relevant field or uploaded separately

  • Details including email addresses of two referees, at least one of which should be someone who can provide an academic reference

Please make sure any documents you wish to upload in support of your application are in pdf or jpeg format. Personal statements may be word documents.

Please ensure your data is correct at each stage of the application before you proceed to the next page. If you use the back button at any time during the application, you should check the validity of the data you have already inputted.

If you experience difficulties during the application process, contact the Undergraduate Admissions Team on 01204 903394 or admissions-team@bolton.ac.uk

We look forward to receiving your application and you continuing your academic journey with us!

Teaching & Assessment

The varied nature of this HND programme means that we use a wide range of teaching and learning methods. To ensure you acquire and develop the appropriate concepts, knowledge and skills, we combine timetabled classes with student-centred and independent learning. You can expect to attend lectures, practical sessions, workshops, tutorials and informal group study sessions. There will also be opportunities to go on site visits to view state-of-the-art projects, and attend guest lectures by specialists from industry, professional bodies or other academic institutions.

There are significant opportunities to spend time with the tutors and technicians during timetabled classes, practical work and tutorials. However, we'll still expect you to devote a significant amount of time to personal study. For example, this time might be spent engaging in general background reading, revisiting practical work, attending technical meetings and lectures provided by professional bodies or working on assignments.

We use a range of assessment methods depending on the learning outcome in question and the type of module content being assessed. You'll have opportunities to test your understanding of subjects informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark or grade. Each module/unit will normally contain at least one piece of practice or 'formative' assessment for which you'll receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental, and any grades/marks you receive for them do not count toward your module/unit mark or grade.

There is formal or 'summative' assessment for each module/unit. Methods include a range of assessments such as exams, essays, reports, portfolios, presentations, and a final year sustainability project. The grades from the formal assessments count towards your module/unit mark or grade.

Modules

The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.

  • Engineering Design
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Managing a Professional Engineering Project
  • Production Engineering for Manufacture
  • Quality and Process Improvement
  • Computer Aided Design and Manufacture (CAD/CAM)
  • Industry 4.0
  • Industrial Robots
  • Professional Engineering Management
  • Further Engineering Mathematics
  • Distributed Control Systems
  • Manufacturing Systems Engineering
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Sustainability
  • Industrial Systems

Assessment methods

Level Assessment method
Level 1 Coursework 87%
Written exams 13%
Level 2 Coursework 87%
Written exams 13%

Learning Activities

Level Activity
Level 1 Guided independent study 60%
Scheduled learning and teaching activities 40%
Level 2 Guided independent study 60%
Scheduled learning and teaching activities 40%

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

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