Certificate of Higher Education in Engineering

The Certificate of Higher Education in Engineering (CHEE) is designed to give students insight into and prepare them for a wide range of engineering disciplines from Mechanical to Electrical, Electronic, Automotive, Chemical, Architectural, Civil, Energy and Robotics, Autonomous and Interactive Systems.

Progression

Successful completion of this certificate will see students articulate seamlessly into the second year of any of these more specialist degree programmes that are offered to BEng (Hons) level.

The options are:

• BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• BEng (Hons) Robotics, Autonomous and Interactive Systems
• BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
• BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
• BEng (Hons) Automotive Engineering
• BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering
• BEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering
• BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

Why study BEng Engineering at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus?

A career in engineering offers great challenges, matched only by the opportunities and rewards of this creative and innovative profession. The challenges faced by society and the role of the engineer is very varied, depending on the discipline.

The Certificate of Higher Education in Engineering offers a unique opportunity to study introductory courses in each discipline (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical and Electronic, Architectural, Civil) before deciding to specialise.

Course content

DETAILED COURSE GUIDE

In this first year, all students will:

• Study two courses in Maths for engineers and scientists
• Be introduced to each engineering discipline offered at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai (Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical, Chemical, Architectural and Civil)
• Study either physics (for all degree programmes other than Chemical Engineering) or chemistry (for the Chemical Engineering degree programme) in preparation for entrance into the second year of one of the engineering degree programmes offered at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai.