Welcome to Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) and congratulations on beginning your General Engineering course at Canterbury Christ Church University. Over the next three years you will learn skills from different areas of Engineering such as Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Systems and more, which will help you develop your problem solving skills. Working with a diverse team you will get to apply your knowledge in solving different real-world issues and work towards improving the planet and the technologies in it.

Adil Imam
Course Director

Key dates

Course start date: 16 September 2024

Academic Calendar: Semesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.  

Welcome and induction

Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and student life at CCCU, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.

It is important to check your Welcome Schedule for all the activities you are required to attend during the week.

Your teaching timetable 

UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities on a course. Your individual timetable will be available via MyTimetable and is personalised to show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend.

Your individual student timetable can only be produced once you have engaged with online registration and created your computing account. It is essential you complete these tasks when invited, so that your course team can assign you to your teaching activities and publish your individual timetable.

Find out more about all aspects of timetabling for new students including user guides.

Welcome

Welcome to General Engineering at Canterbury Christ Church University. We hope to help you enhance your engineering skills over the course of your degree and get you prepared for academia or industry and hopefully help you apply the skills to the industry of your liking.

Please be assured that you will be fully supported when you start at CCCU to make sure that your transition to higher education is as smooth as possible and you will find the engineering staff friendly and readily available to support you with your studies. You will be allocated a personal tutor to provide you with academic and personal support and they will signpost you to other relevant departments for any additional help you may need.

You will have some induction activities at the beginning of the academic year that will help to get you organised and settled in and these continue throughout the year.

Getting started

The academic year at Canterbury Christ Church University is split into two semesters – one running from September to January and a second one from late January to May.

Each Semester you will study different modules covering different areas of General Engineering.

Year 1 Core Modules

Semester 1

  • Mathematics and Computing for Engineers
  • Introduction to Engineering Design
  • Introduction to Elec/Mechanical Systems and Practice

Semester 2

  • Introduction to Material Engineering Characteristics & Manufacture
  • Professional Practical Engineering (With Mechatronics Project)

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16th September 2024 - we look forward to meeting you then.

If you're keen to start hearing about things going on at the University you can follow the Student Union on Twitter/X - @christchurchsu. 

You can also stay up to date with what's happening in our Faculty with the Faculty Instagram!

 Community

On the social side, the Student Union (CCSU) has a huge range of clubs and societies – all of which have unique social calendars of their own and offer endless opportunities to make lifelong friends and discover new hobbies. And you can always create your own society and cultivate your own community!

CCSU will be hosting their Welcome Fayre on Wednesday 18th September 2024. Make sure you keep checking the CCSU website for further details and how to get involved.

We understand that you may be nervous about your first few weeks on campus but rest assured - you'll be joining a nurturing and supportive environment where diversity, equality and individuality are part of everything we do.

You can find out more about our welcoming community and making friends here at CCCU.

If you are an International Student joining us then please see our International Student Support pages for further information and guidance.

Pre-course reading

Detailed reading lists for each module and the course will be provided during Welcome Week and will be included in your module handbooks.

However, here is some reading and visual recommendations that may give you a further insight into engineering and how its has changed the world:

Book recommendations:

  • Hill, D., 2013. A history of engineering in classical and medieval times. Routledge.
  • Haake, S., 2018. Advantage Play: Technologies that Changed Sporting History. Birlinn Ltd.

Visual recommendations:

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

Contact details

If you have any queries, please feel to contact the engineering team at

Engineering@canterbury.ac.uk