Arnie
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 08:43 PM |
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College/University courses
My son is interested in taking a colleage or university course that involves car design/construction etc. Does anyone know of or have taken part in
this type of course (i.e. location, course name etc.) . Any help you could offer would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Arnie.
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 08:49 PM |
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Take a look at the courses offered at the university of Kent at Canterbury.
I believe this is the uni that has the best reputation for this sort of course.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!! 
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 08:55 PM |
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i have been looking into this and 2 me it seams like there lots of different areas, ie motorsport, body disign(ie what art studants think) etc
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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flak monkey
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 09:03 PM |
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Brunel do a motorsport degree (a good one at that, and a university with a name synonomous with engineering)
I also believe Warwick are starting one up in the near future...
The best thing you can do is get on the UCAS website and use their course search to look for courses in vehichle aerodynamics, automotive engineering
and the like.
I would warn you/your son that motorsport engineering is a limited feild, and one that jobs are not easy to come by in. I am not trying to put you
off, just be aware of the risk of doing a very specialist degree from the ouset, rather than taking on the specialism as a set of postgraduate studies
after completeing a generic degree such as mechanical or manufacturing engineering.
David 
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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tom_loughlin
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 09:34 PM |
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Coventry uni do a lot of automotive courses as far as i know, a mate has done one - he loved it - very hands on apparently, but i havent spoken to him
for a while, so cant really say how he got on.
all the best
Tom
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clbarclay
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 10:24 PM |
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University courses
Chris' dad here as clbarclay aka Chris has just gone to Harper Adams University College in deepest Shropshire doing a degree in "Off Road
Engineering". It used to be an Agricultural college when I was there in the early 70's, but it now does a lot of engineering courses.
As the students are a mix of Agriculture and Engineering the is a high degree of specialization in partying/alcohol abuse. No, no, I'm sure they
don't abuse it, just consume vast quantities of it.
As a down side I now have a farm workshop with a half completed Locost taking pride of place in the middle of the floor. As Chris has taken my old
Range Rover to college I've no farm runabout, so eldest son suggest I finish the Locost so I've got something to get about in. Does
anybody know how many 1/2 tonne bags of seed you can get in a Locost along with several drums of diesel and a dog?
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 10:24 PM |
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Was just about to mention Coventry.
Bolton also do (10 years ago) a very good course. At the time Jag would only sponsor two uni's. They choose Coventry and Bolton giving them both
cars to play with.
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Messenjah
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 11:02 PM |
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Bath is also a great engineering uni hard to get into with top a level grades needed ....
do automotive design and engineering in a range of styles ....
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bigbriglasgow
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 07:40 AM |
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Hi mate,
Clydebank college used to do a course. Not sure if its still running at the moment but they built a locost from the book. might be worth a look. think
it was only a NVQ but these guys in there are certanly worth a call. if you want drop me a line and i will give you the right names and numbers of the
people that you are looking for.
Cheers
Brian
coz its a bit of an animal
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Arnie
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 08:24 AM |
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Thanks very much for all the info and help it is really appreciated.
Regards,
Arnie.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 10:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by clbarclay
Chris' dad here as clbarclay aka Chris has just gone to Harper Adams University College in deepest Shropshire doing a degree in "Off Road
Engineering". It used to be an Agricultural college when I was there in the early 70's, but it now does a lot of engineering courses.
As the students are a mix of Agriculture and Engineering the is a high degree of specialization in partying/alcohol abuse. No, no, I'm sure they
don't abuse it, just consume vast quantities of it.
As a down side I now have a farm workshop with a half completed Locost taking pride of place in the middle of the floor. As Chris has taken my old
Range Rover to college I've no farm runabout, so eldest son suggest I finish the Locost so I've got something to get about in. Does
anybody know how many 1/2 tonne bags of seed you can get in a Locost along with several drums of diesel and a dog?
Ahhh good to hear that somebody on here is going to my old college!!!
Certainly plenty of drinking to be done there!
I did the agricultural engineering degree there and was lectured by Alex Keen who (I think) will be taking a fair bit of the offroad vehicle design
course.
There were a lot of easy to get on with people at that college, I wouldn't put Alex in that category but he does still have very good knowledge
and expertise in an area not really covered at any other college in the country.
hope he has a good time there and if Geoff Wakeham is still there, he's just a bloody genius!!! You may have met him on an open day if you went
there, very eccentric and hugely knowledgeable!!
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greggors84
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 01:44 PM |
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Im currently doing a BEng in Automotive Engineering at Oxford Brookes, its not very hands on except for one module in the first year and the formula
student project in the final year. There is alot of maths and physics, but that is an engineering degree these days. The BSc are usually not so theory
heavy and a bit more hands on such as motorsport technology and you can still take part in formula student.
I think most automotive university courses concentrate on the theory behind the design of the car and don't worry about how the car will
actually be built, which i think is the most interesting part. I wish they taught us alot more about manufacture and general engineering techniques as
they are something we will use in the real world, even from my placement at Nissan (where i sat at a computer all day) I learnt that.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 01:52 PM |
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Suspect that If some of the current car designers actually had any hands on experience then modern cars would be a lot easier to work on , Best of
luck , hope he finds what he's looking for.
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dnmalc
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 05:02 PM |
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Guys you have left out Loughborough one of the best engineering unis in the country and has been running auto eng degrees since the 70's.
Of course its not been the same since the let the jocks in but then I supose the women will be fit
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 8/10/05 at 05:26 PM |
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i went to loughborough
but only to the college to do the HND motor vehicle , that and coventry are where most people get recruited from .
the only other one that has a good reputation i think is imperial college london - have a wind tunnel etc - other than that southampton .
i personally did my degree at swansea institute , it was actually acredited by the university of the west of england - BATH
i went to swansea because they were involved in the BRDC GT series , i got lots of experience from that - and ended up working for Darrian cars -
even more experience .
and i wont forget living in a cold caravan on a farm in the middle of wales either !!!
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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clbarclay
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 01:29 PM |
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The important thing not to forget is that engineering is engineering, not matter what shape or form. Regardless of the place or exact modual its all
the same stuff. Of all my lectures at the moment, just 2 a week are specific to off road vehicles.
By the way, I do appolagise now for any daft or obseen posts left by this user name, whalst the cat is away the mouse will play (At least he
hasen't started building my car yet).
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