BEng (Hons) in Precision Engineering

Precision engineering is the high-level manufacturing of engineering parts and assemblies for the medical, aerospace, automotive, oil and gas exploration and related industries. It is a combination of Mechanical engineering and design and high-level manufacturing and production technology. Students learn to work effectively with manual and CNC machines to produce parts from an initial design to a final product. Parts are designed using CAD systems to develop solutions to engineering problems and when completed the accuracy will measure specialised measurement equipment such as co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM).Work Placement in the third year offers the opportunity to learn about the industry and gain valuable experience in this vital industry.Students will work as individuals and in groups on a variety of industrial standard engineering projects. Students will use some of the newest CNC technologies such as advanced CNC machining, robotics in manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, materials engineering and Lean engineering technology. This programme has been validated by Engineers Ireland.