Engineering Labs

Things like that are going to be entirely down to the University's individual policy on degree progression... and it will probably vary within University deparments and may well vary degree by degree.

From my own experience of Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow:

1) If you fail a module, there is a resit in August. If you fail the resit, you may be allowed to retake the module again the following year in parallel with your new subjects without failing the whole year, but depending on the importance of the subject and how many modules you fail, you may be stopped from progressing to the next year until you pass those modules.

2) We didn't have any graded labs. We did labs, and sometimes we had to write lab reports based on those labs which contributed towards your final mark in the module. In some modules it was not necessary to complete this to pass the module, and in other modules it was.

3) Labs vary by subject. In labs for thermodynamics and propulsion we ran experiments with propeller engines and jet engines in the wind tunnels. In aerodynamics we did experiments with wings in the wind tunnels, as well as other fluid experiments. In design labs we designed and built prototypes of our designs. In dynamics/statics/structures labs we analysed and conducted experiments with dynamical systems, structures, aircraft components, etc. In electronics labs we built and tested analogue and digital electrical circuits, as well as designing them using circuit board design software. In MATLAB labs, we learned how to model systems in MATLAB. In CFD labs we learned how to use fluid dynamics modelling software packages like Numeca.

But, really, all of this information is useless to you unless you're doing the same specific degree course at the same university. And even then, I gather that things will probably have changed at Glasgow since I graduated (in fact, I'm sure they have).

No, you're wrong. This is quite useful.
You're right about changes and every school being different, I thought as much.
I hoped that more people might have replied and given me a broader view.

Thanks for the answer anyway.
did you do any relevant extra curricular stuff before you started your degree?? And if you did, what was it.
I'm first year sixth form by the way.

Kinda late but, meh.
Hopeful engineering applicant for the near future.

I have heard that if you fail a module you don't necessarily fail the whole course and you can retake the module at a later time.
I have also heard that if you fail a lab you have to retake the whole year. This is really worrying as from what I can tell, engineers have a lab every two weeks or so.
Is it true, do you have to retake the whole year??
And also, what exactly do you do in labs?? How long are your lab report?? And how hard are labs anyway??

Kinda late but, meh.
Hopeful engineering applicant for the near future.

I have heard that if you fail a module you don't necessarily fail the whole course and you can retake the module at a later time.
I have also heard that if you fail a lab you have to retake the whole year. This is really worrying as from what I can tell, engineers have a lab every two weeks or so.
Is it true, do you have to retake the whole year??
And also, what exactly do you do in labs?? How long are your lab report?? And how hard are labs anyway??

At least in Imperial, if you fail any piece of your coursework (even insignificant one) you are in big trouble