what are postgraduates?

is an example of such for instance, i study a three year Beng degree, graduate and then go back to uni as a postgraduate to 'upgrade' my degree to a Meng?

It would be, but postgraduate MEng students are pretty rare, I'd have thought.

why is this?

you see, i want to study a three year Beng as IMO it will take pressure off me and there is no more commitment after the third year.

why is this?

i want to study a three year Beng as IMO it will take pressure off me and there is no more commitment after the third year.

Because after a BEng you would do a seperate MSc, not a top-up to MEng as the latter is just an undergraduate degree.

i get you. however, if i chose to do simply the undergrad 3 year Beng, then decided to stay on one more year to upgrade to a masters, would i be able to walk out at the end of the third year outright with the beng, or would i have to complete the fourth year (and pass) to be able to leave that institution with any kind of qualification?

It isn't necessarily as simple as that. Many such courses involve switching at the end of the second year. I doubt many allow you to simply tack a year on at the end to upgrade.

that makes sense.

i can become chartered (professional status) by working in industry after graduation. however i am unsure if i should take the chance of the extra year to gain the masters (and chartered status) as I feel it is extra commitment and risk somewhat.

are you an engineer?

It would be pretty silly do study a vocational course such as Engineering only do BEng.

Do the Masters as well. Cos that's the field you're going into, so learn all you can.

There are two reasons not to do that: (a) you don't have the grades to get onto an MEng course and (b) you don't want to be an engineer (the course is perfectly acceptable for many other vocations).

It would be pretty silly do study a vocational course such as Engineering only do BEng.

Do the Masters as well. Cos that's the field you're going into, so learn all you can.

No, but my son is doing an MEng.

Fair play.

What other vocations do you mean?

son? for some odd reason I didnt think some of the Mods were like around 40 yrs old.