Knowing how to code would surely be a massive advantage but you do learn it from ground up technically. A lot of the modules require a lot of time to do well so knowing how to code before hand can free up time to give more time to other modules or do the set out tasks better and quicker.

Chose the ones closest to the college. Woodward wasn’t even on the list but still got Woodward.

You just have to decide whether you want it. The interviewer will find out whether or not you are fit for the course :)

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It’s a single fee that the government helps you afford with a student loan. The modules are all a part of the same course. The course is very intense and quite jam packed.

Hello Anvesh, of course I do! How are you doing?

@@kerimtaskn6297 doing good mate! :)

glad to see your creations!

@@anveshrajeshirke285 there’s a lot more on my Instagram channel, Sweren.ltd :) nice to hear from you!

That’s a good idea. I may make a video with me and another friend explaining the differences... no promises though. I don’t have that many friends that I can ask

But I can assure you its not “too practical”. There’s a lot of theory. The practical sides are mainly there to reinforce the theory. It’s a powerful learning style that I think is much more effective and useful than purely theoretical courses

I personally wasn’t asked in the interview to present anything which I was actually a bit upset about. If you are asked to bring something I would recommend you to still bring something, it’s important to follow instructions. As to what you can bring, I would recommend projects you have built if you have any (or pictures and drawings etc.) If you can’t bring these then any product design related drawings may be beneficial. Anything that shows your ability and interest in design and engineering.

Hello Anika, Job prospects from the course seems to be very promising but I can’t yet speak from experience. People have found jobs and internships in many different areas. I know someone who found an internship at Apple as a mechanical engineer (I think it was mechanical). I also know someone who worked with N26 (finance sector). We learn about larger systems, human centred design and a range of engineering principles in order to be successful in the execution of our designs, we also learn strong communication skills. So you can imagine the vast array of jobs one can apply for, like electrical engineer, computer engineer, product designer, system designer, graphic designer, advertiser, project manager. Ideally I would be looking for an executive, project manager job if I was seeking to be employed. In order to utilise all my skills I have learnt to the max. I heard that graduate salaries as a design engineer is around £30000 a year. Internships would obviously be much lower at around £18000 a year.

@@kerimtaskn6297 thank you! :)

You’re welcome :)

You want to see the work we did or just an explanation?

@@kerimtaskn6297 the work + explanation if possible

@@jt4225 the video is on its way

@@kerimtaskn6297 thank you!!!

@@jt4225 they’re up :)

Thanks Austin for all your support and also big thanks for filming.

Hey Nick! Thank you so much :) if you have got Instagram please feel free to follow me at Sweren.ltd as I post videos on a much more regular basis. You can also watch the beginning to end posts I have done in each stage. And God bless you too Nick, hope to see you soon and hope you’re doing well

I think further maths will help you much more than chemistry for this course specifically. I had a pretty chill interview with Nicholas, one of the computing lecturers and of course we had to write a personal statement which I’m assuming is read carefully by the team. Other than that for our cohort, there was no other assessments. Social life, is very hard to have but if you time your self well and get things in order (which for this course will be challenging again) then it’s more than possible. I found that the main obstacle to having a social life isn’t so much to do with less time but rather high stress due to many deadlines. Again, due to the nature of the projects, you’re never really fully “done” with assignments and there’s always more to do. This makes it hard to allow students to know when to quit the work and chill.

@@kerimtaskn6297 ah thank you! Ive already dropped chemistry leaving with an AS grade A. May i ask how the interview went through the application process?

@@jt4225 it was very chill. I was asked a few questions (as it happens in interviews) but I felt like the main thing I was tested on was my character, the way I respond to correction and not getting things ‘right’. My advice would be, be you, be friendly, show your interest, ask questions you may have, most importantly be teachable. If they correct you, you’re gonna show them MAX interest in what they’re about to teach! Cause you really are interested. :) don’t fake things, they’re smart and they’ll know. I was asked the following, What components do you think a hair drier is made from If you were to add all your hairs together to make one long line, how long would it be? Draw this spoon (30seconds) Why imperial college? I got one of the questions completely wrong (the hair one due to a small error) but I talked through my entire thinking process. They want to know how you think.

@@kerimtaskn6297 thank you, did they talk specifically about books or aspects that u mentioned in your personal statement?

@@jt4225 not in my interview as far a sI can remember but I obviously can’t guarantee they won’t with you.

Yukyu Chan not sure what they are exactly looking for with the personal statements but personally, I talked about some of my previous projects I did in my own time. I also talked about my exchange year and what that added to me. I also talked about participating in the maths Olympiad... those are the things I can recall but I would do more research to find what they are looking for. I think imperial has their very own video on this topic.

account Random yes, the course has had its first graduates quite recently, the course has also been accredited and has received positive feedback by the people who give the accreditation.

I found the content to be pretty dense with all technical modules we have had so far and this was quite challenging especially in the second term. I can’t compare it to mechanical engineering as I don’t know what they learn. But to put it in context, we have people who have studied high level maths that would still find maths challenging (mainly for the second term). The way it is, is they give a very broad range of skills and information with a fair amount of depth but you’re not really expected to understand everything to too much depth and detail.

@@kerimtaskn6297 Would you say your are limited to design roles from picking this course? Do you learn enough technical things to be able to go into electrical or mechanical engineering?

@@aodoemela very good question, but I don’t think I can give you a reliable answer as I haven’t been in any employment yet other than my design business. I think you would be “qualified” enough to go into almost any field of engineering but of course to get past the interview stage and get the job, you would need to give some extra time for the desired module. It will be very challenging for most people to learn every module to such a high standard that’s on offer. They want students to become “T” shaped engineers meaning they want you to have some level of understanding of many fields of engineering but then a very deep understanding of a desired and focused area.

Madelaine Wood laptop! But much better, the new 2018 iPad Pro (256gb). What ever you get, make sure it’s light weight, long battery life and powerful enough. Laptops are meant to be around 256 gb min (ssd is highly recommended) The IPad Pro is super good! I spend around %95 of my ‘technology time’ on my iPad. A laptop is still essential for things like solid works and coding but when it comes to note taking, sketching, some 3D modelling then the IPad is really convenient!

Imperial college: Design engineering Brunel university: something like product design York university: electrical engineering Loughborough: Product design Bath: industrial design engineering

Lily Owuye hello! Thank you for your question. I applied to Bath, Bristol, loughborough and York other than imperial. The workload will really vary for each person. Really depends on how enthusiastic you are and how much of the modules you really want to learn. I found you can surface learn a lot of things and still pass exams. This obviously would take a fraction of the time you would need to learn everything in depth! So I don’t think I will be able to give you a definite amount of hours. However, imperial gives us a guideline to how many hours they are expecting us to give each course from our own time. You may find these online, I can also share if I come across them.

Lily Owuye also, I took... maths, physics and 3D design A-Levels. In general, I think the workload is bearable. Like I said, it’s all up to you how much effort you want to put in each task and module.

kerim taşkın Thanks so much for your reply. The final thing I wanted to ask was do you think that applicants without Physics A-Level would struggle with the content? I study Mathematics, Chemistry and Product Design but I’m aware that the only entry requirement is Maths, but many applicants will have Physics I assume? Lily ☺️

Lily Owuye hello once again! Personally I don’t think it would make any significant difference to your studies (not having studied physics) The only place where I found physics helpful was in our mechanics module where we calculated moments in beams etc. They choose a variety of students to have diversity in the class. Don’t at all worry about which a levels you have! It’s chill!

Harry DE Hello Harry! Thank you for your question. I think it depends. I do believe that they have some flexibility. I have met someone who had an offer of A*A*A, she got A*AA and was accepted. Please feel free to ask more questions, I can even do more videos!

@@kerimtaskn6297 hello, thank you for your reply. Do you think the course is much harder than equivalent ones at less prestigious universities? And do you think it's more important to be clever or to work hard to be successful doing the course? Thanks

Harry DE , personally, if you get the offer and you meet the criteria, believe it or not you are clever enough for the course! They choose students pretty well. For me, I found that it wasn’t necessarily about how hard I worked, or how clever I was that go me through till now. It was more to do with mindset, organising things, motivating yourself... these are the challenges and things you will need to learn during the first year. One thing they will not do is spoon feeding! You are left to yourself with sometimes quite ambiguous tasks. They train you to learn on your own, navigate yourself through the unknown. This is how a design engineer is meant to be able to think and they train you well in this! Is it hard work? Well yeah... it’s Imperial. It will be challenging. It’s designed to challenge some of the countries hardest working, smartest people. When it comes to other courses, I can’t say. I do get the feeling that Imperial is very fast pasted. You will learn A LOT in small amounts of time and on top have projects to do. I feel that this may be something quite unique to Imperial in general. One of my recommendations is, for the first year, don’t stress, enjoy the learning, don’t worry about the grades you get at all. It counts to only %11.