Engineering (X11)
Open UniversityEngineering (X11) FD is an undergraduate degree at Open University, based in Milton Keynes, taught distance learning over 4 years.
About this course
This foundation degree combines academic skills with the needs of your workplace. Boost your career if you’re working in an engineering-related job at a technical level. Build on your existing skills and experience to support your professional development plans. You’ll apply the study of engineering fundamentals to the solution of real-life problems. Topics include design, electronics, energy, manufacturing, materials, mechanics and structural analysis. It also develops your maths skills, crucial to successful engineering studies.
Key features of the course
- Tackle real problems by applying your study of engineering fundamentals
- Build on your existing skills and experience with two work-related modules
- Gain a solid foundation for further study, with the option to top up to an accredited honours degree – see our Top-up BEng (Honours) (Q78)
Career Prospects
Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations. Click through for salaries, employment rates and other UK degrees that lead there:
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Foundation Degree - FD
- Study Mode
- Distance learning
- Duration
- 4 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Milton Keynes
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- Engineering and technology
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ