Engineering and Business Studies

A passport to technical, business and finance roles in industry and commerce

This degree provides the opportunity not only to study with a leading school of engineering but also one of the most prestigious business schools in Europe. You start your degree spending two years studying with our engineering students and then transfer to Warwick Business School for your third year to study with the business students.

The degree provides a broad introduction to both disciplines and will equip you with technical and business skills for a career in management, business or commerce but does not lead to a career as a chartered engineer. Whilst in Engineering you can take business or engineering related optional modules – for example, our module on the rights and wrongs of the engineering profession or a biomedical engineering module.

In your third year you can choose from a range of different business modules including economics, marketing, finance and accounting and entrepreneurship. The degree opens up a wide range of graduate job opportunities, for example in accounting, as well as postgraduate opportunities to further develop your business skills.

More about the Engineering and Business Studies Degree

Modules

The Degree Structure and Content Explained

Modules currently available in the Engineering Department include Design for Function, Economics and Structure of Industry, Biomedical Engineering, Multimedia Technology, The Aesthetics of Design, Starting and Running a Business, Computer Systems, Automation and Robotics and Systems Modelling & Control.

Options vary between courses and are subject to change.

For more details about the modules on offer at this time, take a look at the following:

Assessment

Through written and oral assessments, including project work, essays and examinations.

Student Profile: Oliver Newth, 3rd year, Civil Engineering

Oliver Newth

'One of the best aspects of Warwick’s Engineering course is that it allows us to become multidisciplinary – you are not tied to an Engineering stream right from the beginning. I have learnt about parts of electrical, mechanical, civil and manufacturing engineering, as well as business and even Arabic!

The School’s willingness to invest in its students is evident. My idea to change the way student resources like lecture notes are distributed to students received funding, was developed and has now been launched.

I have participated in many sports and activities, including working backstage for an opera in the Arts Centre, competitively rowing and playing dodgeball! My most memorable time was having the opportunity to teach in Ghana through the Warwick in Africa programme'.

UCAS Code: H1N1 BSc/EngBS

TYPICAL OFFERS

The typical offers listed below are for 2012 entry. Offer levels are not set until just before the application cycle, so those applying for 2013 entry should go to www.warwick.ac.uk/go/ugoffers to check the latest offer levels.

A level: AAB normally including Mathematics and Physics.

A levels in Applied Subjects and Mixed Portfolios: Candidates considered on an individual basis. Grades required will be similar to those for candidates taking academic A and AS qualifications.

International Baccalaureate: 36 points normally including 5 in Mathematics and Physics at Higher level.

Scottish Qualifications: Advanced Higher AB + Higher BBB in three other subjects.

Cambridge Pre-U: D3 D3 M2 normally including Maths and Physics

Welsh Baccalaureate: See here

Overseas Qualifications: See here

Advanced Diploma: Grade A overall in Advanced Diploma in Engineering, to include at least B in A2 Mathematics in the Additional Specialist Learning.

Access/BTEC Courses: Access to HE Diploma (QAA‑recognised) and BTEC National Diplomas in appropriate subjects considered, if offered with a grade B in A2 Maths. Distinctions normally required in Access and BTEC qualifications

Warwick HEFP: Applicants taking the Science and Engineering programme will be considered.

General Studies/Critical Thinking: Offers normally exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking.

Other Qualifications: Applications are encouraged from candidates with a wide range of educational backgrounds and academic qualifications. More details on typical offers.

ESSENTIAL SUBJECTS

Mathematics and Physics are ideal subjects for Advanced or Higher level study but those taking only one of these are welcome to apply. Applicants with Physics only must have demonstrated strong mathematical capability in their most recent mathematics qualification at GCSE, AS or equivalent. This entry route for strong candidates with higher level Physics but without higher level Mathematics requires candidates to take a Foundation in Mathematics module in place of their optional module in the first year.