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Firstly look on www.ucas.com
Its the universities application process and will give you all the info you need about applying, the various courses at the uni's and the entrance requirements.
Interviews are depending on the situation, some me mates had to have them (more of an informal chat) and others didnt.
The more popular courses will probably have them ____________________ Now owner of a 1200 Bandit |
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University will give you a Higher Education, resulting in a Degree. This makes you very employable in a profession, rather than a trade.
Colleges can't give degrees, but award other qualifications like HND/HNC/City and Guilds, and tend to focus on more practical or vocational "trades" like mechanics, carpentry, electrics and plumbing.
Universities require a higher standard of education to get in, and some require an interview.
You can expect a university degree to take between 3 and 5 years depending on the course (7, or 8 years in some cases, eg Law/Architecture, although they usually include a year or two of on-the-job training/education before the degree is awarded, hence the long time)
A university graduate in a 'profession' such as medicine, engineering,sciences, accounting and some business courses can expect a starting salary after graduation of around 20k, and then go up quickly.
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havn't really thought about it yet, but closest one i could think of is Greenwich, yer i'll give them a call during the week.
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'Engineering' involves maths, no matter what type of engineering it is, unless it's computer engineering, which isn't really engineering but they felt left out.
You'll find a list of engineering disciplines here:
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Mechanical Engineering is pretty much the most broad, non-specialised type of engineering there is. It is anything and everything to do with mechanical things, be they structures, machinery, robots, vehicles, pipelines, take your pick. You need a certain type of analytical mindset and lateral thinking to pick up engineering skills quickly imo.
If you do not have A-Level Maths and Physics, you will not get onto one without taking an Access course/ Foundation Year. If you can do A-level maths, you should be able to do the degree level stuff with enough work and a decent lecturer and tutors.
A solid engineering degree can take you a long way and should provide a good way of getting your foot in the door. I know for instance, that any decent engineer would get snapped up in the engineering department where I work and similarly in a whole host of places in the industry. They want to employ me, but I'm currently involved in actually selling the things they design and also in getting them to design things in the first place.
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Get a decent, valuable degree, for which you work hard and it will count for a lot towards you. Do the work, it is worth it. Doing a degree instead of a vocation can be a big mistake in plenty of situations though. I've wanted to be an engineer since the age of about 14, so I've always had a good idea of generally what I was doing, it was just a case of choosing the field to specialise in (at which I had about three attempts). ____________________ I must not be a troll...
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Thanks guys, i havn't really looked into yet but just came up with Mechanical Engineering on the search. I don't want to design stuff or build robots but i want to do something with all types of engines a simple mechanic. Do i need to go to college for this or do uni's also do mechanics as it's only coming up with Mechanical Engineering.
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Thank you, so they don't do 'normal' Mechanics at Uni then, just the Mechanical Engineering courses. What do i get if i complete the college course then?
I was actually trying to aoid college because of all the chavs & idiots that go, my last course was carpentry & i was stuck with a group of idiots & couldn't concentrate.
Thanks.
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Like an apprentiship, that would be better i guess. Well i'll wait for an open day & have a look.
Does this just come under Mechanic then?
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