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.

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

• Computer Aided Engineering
• Professional Engineering Skills
• Applied Mathematics and Programming

Semester 2

• Integrated Electro-Mechanical Systems and Practices
• Material Science and Testing

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 15th September 2025 - 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. 

 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 17th September 2025. 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.

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:

• Challenger: The Final Flight
• Megastructures: Engineering Marvels