Performance Car Technologies

BEng (Hons) Performance Car Technology

One key focus of our automotive engineering courses, is high performance cars: their design, the way they’re engineered and the electronics that make them function so smoothly.

Key facts

Outstanding industry links. Jaguar, Toyota, System ST and Anglesey Racing Circuit are just some of the companies we work closely with
Access to facilities including ProEngineer solid body modelling and FEA suite, Abaqus FEA suite, AutoCAD, Fluent CFD software, electronics labs and engine test cell and wind tunnel facilities
Gain an in-depth knowledge of industry-standard software packages, including MATLAB & Simulink, Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio, Analog Devices VisualDSP, Altium Designer, Xilinx ISE, Altera MAX+PLUS II, Microchip MPLAB and Vector CANanalyser
The opportunity to develop models by using Rapid prototyping software and equipment in our project workshop
Use a Westfield Megabird as a project development car, a road-going track day race car and one of the fastest accelerating road cars in the world. Other performance vehicles which the team runs includes the Van Dieman RF79 and award-winning solar vehicle and a gravity racer
Undertake practical electronics work on a Jaguar X-type car in our specialist motor vehicle workshop

Career opportunities

The exciting range of career options open to you when you graduate includes working with car manufacturers and their supply network, in automotive research and development, in consultancy, engineering management, automotive design and in motorsport industry.

There’s a national shortage of fully-qualified electronic engineers in the automotive industry; with a degree in automotive electronics technology you’ll stand out from the crowd when it comes to finding employment.

Opportunities include:

race car dynamics
motorsport electronics
chassis engineering
performance car structures
vehicle networks
entertainment and multimedia systems
electronic technologies
performance engines and microprocessor systems

Accreditation

Degrees accredited by the Engineering Council through one of the UK professional engineering institutions offer you a fast-track route towards Chartered Engineer status, a world renowned qualification. To become a Chartered Engineer you will need to graduate from an accredited BEng Programme with further learning.

All of our undergraduate programmes meet the educational standards required for the Chartered Engineer professional qualification. Increasingly, industry is looking for graduates who have the academic qualifications leading to professional recognition. This means that you or prospective employers can be assured that your University of Wales degree from Glyndŵr University has been successfully benchmarked against the Chartered Engineer standard.

Course content

Focus your studies fully on the structures, electronics, dynamics and design of the performance car. Study topics including chassis engineering and motorsport electronics, and focus on an area of your own interest in the third year of your degree.

Assessment

During the course of your studies you will undertake phase tests, written assignments, practical work on computers, portfolio of work, logbooks, presentations including assignments and laboratory experiments. A combination of these will form part of your assessment, alongside time-constrained examinations.

Course duration

Entry requirements and applying

The academic requirement for this degree is 240 UCAS points at A2 level or equivalent. (To include A level in Mathematics or a relevant science subject or equivalent and GCSE Mathematics Grade C or equivalent).

From 2012 our general academic requirement for an honours degree will be 240 UCAS points, and for a foundation degree 120 UCAS points. If you do not have the points required your application will still be considered. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and with a range of experiences.

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