Year One (Forth Valley College)
- Communication: Practical Skills
- Thermofluids
- Dynamics
- Fundamentals of Control Systems and Transducers
- Statics & Strength of Materials
- Engineering Skills
- Computer Aided Draughting for Engineers
- Engineering Principles
- Materials Selection
- Quality Management: An Introduction
- Pneumatics and Hydraulics
- Engineering Mathematics 1
- Engineering Mathematics 2
- Engineering Mathematics 3
- Engineering Mathematics 4
- Engineering Mathematics 5
- Mechanical Engineering: Graded Unit 1
Year Two (Forth Valley College)
- Manufacturing: Process and Equipment Selection
- Mechanical Engineering: Graded Unit 2
- Plant Systems
- Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Practice and Design
- Applied Industrial Plant Maintenance
- Strength of Materials: Advanced
- Project Management
- Information Technology: Applications Software 1
- Business Awareness and Continuing Professional Development
- Engineering Drawing
- Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
- Mathematics
In the second semester of Year two, Forth Valley College students participate in a design project at Heriot-Watt.
Year Three (Heriot-Watt University)
Students transfer into the third year of the degree programme. Subjects include:
- Fluid Dynamics
- Materials Engineering
- Design and Manufacture
- Control Engineering
- Instrumentation
Year Four (Heriot-Watt University)
Students choose specialist subjects from:
- Fluid Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Strength of Materials
- Machine Dynamics
Mandatory courses include a year-long individual project plus Engineering Design and Manufacture that includes an industrial project. Other options such as Petroleum Engineering and Automotive Technologies are available.