Teaching & Assessment
By joining our School of Engineering you'll become part of our approachable and inclusive community and be supported by staff and students alike.
The academics who teach you work at the forefront of their subjects and are making internationally significant advances, so you'll encounter the latest thinking and most up-to-date knowledge while you study at Warwick.
Teaching and learning
We take an enhanced learning approach to enable practical, experiential, reflective, flipped, interactive and peer-to-peer learning.
You will experience face-to-face and online teaching and learning activities, such as lectures, interactive sessions (eg seminars and workshops), design and make, practical and experimental (laboratory) activities.
The mix of activities and mode of delivery are selected according to the content of the individual modules, and multiple face-to-face sessions are normally provided weekly.
Overall workload
The expected total study time is normally 1200 hours per year.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 (MEng) | |
| Lectures, seminars and similar | 350 hours | 320 hours | 260 hours | 260 hours |
| Independent study | 750 hours | 640 hours | 640 hours | 640 hours |
| Project work | 100 hours | 240 hours | 300 hours | 300 hours |
Assessment
You will experience a variety of assessment methods, and can expect to mostly take (face-to-face or online) examinations and complete coursework assignments.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 (MEng) | |
| Coursework | 20% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Practical/Project | 20% | 25% | 35% | 35% |
| Exam | 60% | 50% | 40% | 40% |
Please note:
The figures above are based on a typical pathway through the course and could vary significantly, particularly from year two onwards. The hours and assessment methods will heavily depend on module/course choices and are subject to change.
Computer Systems EngineeringLink opens in a new window is a joint course in conjunction with the Department of Computer ScienceLink opens in a new window and follows a different course structure. The information on this webpage may therefore not be relevant to this joint degree programme.