Online Mechanical Engineering courses
iLearn Engineering
iLearn Engineering is a UK based online engineering college with a range of accredited online mechanical engineering courses to suit most careers in engineering.
What Is Mechanical Engineering?
Mechanical engineering plays a critical role in many industries including aerospace, manufacturing, medicine, renewable energy and automotive. In fact, there is little in the world around us that isn't produced from mechanical engineering innovations, from the cars we drive to the way our food is processed.
Fundamentally, mechanical engineering is the study of objects and systems in motion, however the role of a mechanical engineer is much more. A mechanical engineer needs to take ideas and concepts and turn them into safe, practical products. They must be able to determine the forces and thermal environment that a product, or its parts, will experience and must be able to design them for functionality, aesthetics, and durability.
In our courses you will learn about engineering design, structural mechanics and dynamics, forces, machines and systems, CAD skills, and engineering materials. In addition you will cover the fundamental maths and science that underpin engineering as a whole.
What Online Mechanical Engineering Courses do you offer?
We have a range of fully accredited mechanical engineering courses:
Level 4
Higher International Certificate in Mechanical Engineering
Distance Learning
Delivered by iLearn Engineering
Level 4
Total:
£1995
Payment plans available from £92.25/mo
Level 5
Higher International Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Distance Learning
Delivered by iLearn Engineering
Level 5
Total
£2995
Payment plans available
Specialist Diplomas:
(40 credits)
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Mechanical Technology
Distance Learning
Total:
£700
(+£144 one-off registration fee)
Delivered by iLearn Engineering
Payment plans available
Engineering is often said to be the application of science, and never was it truer than in today's modern economy where it plays a pivotal role in the development of new solutions to today's global problems.
Mechanical engineering is one of the fundamental areas of engineering comprising of many sub-disciplines all of which play a significant role in shaping the solutions to many of today’s human problems. Mechanical engineering can be found everywhere from transportation, product design, energy and sustainability.
It is not surprising then that many students or keen to study mechanical engineering given the wide range of interesting careers that are on offer.
iLearn Engineering as a UK based online engineering college specialising in providing online engineering courses for the next generation of engineers on an international scale. Our courses have been developed from the ground up and are specifically created so they can be delivered online.
Why Choose iLearn Engineering?
Real Chartered Engineers
We are a team of Chartered Engineers and academics. We understand what engineers need to know and we also understand what engineering businesses expect from their engineers.
Enrol 356 days a year – start when you are ready
iLearn Engineering take a unique view to how their courses are made available to their learners. First, learning is asynchronous, meaning that learners can start their course anytime, 365 days a year.
No schedules, no classes, no deadlines, and no exams.
Instead unlike a traditional college, with iLearn Engineering the learner is in control over how long it takes them to complete their course. Students study the learning material at their own pace, fitting it in around their existing commitments, and therefore learners do not need to give up their job or other commitments to gain an engineering qualification.
Full UK Accreditation
The mechanical engineering courses that iLearn Engineering deliver have been accredited by a UK awarding body to be at levels 4 and 5 which makes them equivalent to studying the first and second years of a university course in mechanical engineering. Therefore, you can be assured of the academic rigour and quality of courses on offer.
Easy to Follow Bite-sized Learning
Our carefully developed learning material has been designed to be accessible to almost any learner from any background comprising of short videos, worked examples and practice questions to prepare the learner for their written assignments.
Tutor Support
Full tutor support is always on hand to help students that need that little bit of extra help, so you are never completely alone. Tutorials can be arranged with real engineers on a one to one basis.
Online Mechanical Engineering Course Content
Our online mechanical engineering courses consist of the core mechanical topics that you would expect in an engineering course, plus some contemporary topics to keep you at the forefront of technology.
You will start by studying the fundamental principles that under-pin all engineering:
Engineering Science to give students a grounding in the science that underpins the engineering they will study.
Engineering Maths so that students develop their mathematical skills that they will need to succeed with the rest of their course
Engineering Design to help students develop their mechanical engineering design skills.
Once these fundamental units have been completed, learners are then guided onto their specialist mechanical engineering units which comprise of:
Structural Mechanics & Dynamics where the student will study topics such as forces, stress, statics dynamics and machine theory and practise.
Mechanical Machines and Systems where students begin to understand the many different types of mechanisms, components and systems that go together to create engineering machines.
Fluid Mechanics which introduces you to the fundamental principles of how fluids operate in applications such as hydraulic devices, turbines and flight mechanics.
Engineering Materials where you deep dive more specific engineering applications of different materials, covering metallics (ferrous and non-ferrous), polymers, composites, and ceramics.
Students also have access to a range of optional units so that they can study topics that interest them which may also lie outside the field of mechanical engineering such as electrical engineering or aerospace engineering or indeed manufacturing.
It is important that engineers have an appreciation of management and research skills and so you will also study:
Engineering Management for Professionals where you will learn the important tools and responsibilities of being in a management position within the engineering industry, such as Project Management and cost and risk analysis. But also, the wider social and economic impacts of engineering companies.
Research Skills and Project Management, this will be your opportunity to demonstrate the things you’ve learnt in a 60-credit research project. You will develop a project brief, and will lead the project using critical thinking and analysis, to result in an un-biased conclusion.
UK Accredited Mechanical Engineering Qualifications
Higher International Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (EduQual Level 4) [120 credits]
This online mechanical engineering course has a total of 120 credits meaning that it is benchmarked to be equivalent to a full year of undergraduate study. Moreover, being a Level 4 mechanical engineering course means that it is benchmarked to the first year of a university degree course in mechanical engineering.
Most students are eligible to enrol directly on to this course because we teach you all the maths and science that you need to be successful with the rest of the course.
Higher International Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (EduQual Level 5) [240 credits]
This online course develops your knowledge in mechanical engineering at a deeper and more specialist level and once completed you will become eligible to apply to universities to top-up your qualification to degree level.
Students working on a part time basis can typically complete these courses in a time frame of between 1 and 3 years. However, you are in control of your own learning, and it is in principle possible to finish the course much sooner than this.
Most students are eligible to enrol directly on to this course because we teach you all the maths and science that you need to be successful with the rest of the course.
Diplomas in Engineering [40 credit]
We also offer a range of shorter online mechanical engineering courses leading to the accredited qualifications of:
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Mechanical Technology
These qualifications are ideal for learners that wish to study a specific topic of interest to them all who wish to complete the course in a shorter time frame then our full 120 credits courses above. These 40 credit qualifications can typically be completed in a time frame of between two and six months.
Fast Track Qualifications [20 credit]
For students who are looking to complete an online mechanical engineering course in the shortest time frame possible, we have the following accredited 20 credit qualification:
Certificate in Engineering (EduQual level 4/5)
Students can typically complete this fast-track engineering course online within one to three months.