LAUNCH YOUR FUTURE IN ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROGRAMME
the building blocks for your future career in engineering
A career in engineering offers limitless possibilities. At CATS Cambridge, we are ideally placed to inspire and educate high-achieving students who are looking to pursue an engineering degree at a top UK university
Engineering is a diverse field, with many different academic and career paths that can be pursued. To ensure our students can discover the engineering path they desire and ensure they have options when selecting a university, we have developed the Engineering University Foundation Programme taught exclusively at CATS Cambridge
DEVELOPING
FUTURE ENGINEERS
The UFP Engineering course is suited to students wishing to study an Engineering related discipline at university. This course aims to provide the necessary knowledge of Physics, Mathematics and Materials Science to enable progression to Higher Education
A knowledge and understanding of aspects of Physics, Mathematics and Materials Science relevant for many areas of Engineering
001
Analytical and critical thinking skills, including applying these to practical concepts
002
A commercial awareness and understanding of construction projects, including short term and long-term financial decisions
003
The skills of communication, collaboration, presentation, analysis,
interpretation, application and evaluation within areas of the syllabus
004
Practical skills through conducting practical experiments
005
UFP Engineering is designed to develop each students' practical skills and knowledge in key academic areas
This course is designed to be delivered in conjunction with the University Foundation Programme (UFP) for Mathematics and Chemistry as the course content and assessment styles complement and support the student in their progression through UFP Engineering.
MASTER ENGINeERING CONCEPTS
Reporting and Mechanics
001
Energy and Power
002
Waves
003
Electric Circuits
004
Physics for Engineering
005
Further Trigonometry
006
Through 11 specially tailored subjects
Further Calculus
007
Complex Numbers
008
Vectors
009
Matrix Algebra
010
Numerical Methods
011
Further Trigonometry
Understand and use the definitions of secant, cosecant and cotangent and of arcsin, arccos and arctan; their relationships to sine, cosine and tangent; understanding of their graphs; their ranges and domains
Understand and use double angle formulae; use of formulae for , and ; understand geometrical proofs of these formulae.
Understand and use expressions for in the equivalent forms of
and
006
UNIVERSITY progression
50%
75%
23
OF CATS STUDENTS WENT ON TO ATTEND A TOP 20 UK UNIVERSITY
24
OF THE TOP 20 UNIVERISTIES FOR ENGINEERING IN THE UK HAVE ACCEPTED CATS STUDENTS
RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITIES HAVE ACCEPTED CATS ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Our large purpose-built campus is designed to give you the best environment for both studying and living in the city of Cambridge – providing everything you need to succeed both personally and educationally.
CATS Cambridge
A Campus Engineered for Success
Cambridge is renowned for it's world-class university and is one of the fastest-growing economies in the UK, being home to many technological and engineering global organisations, such as Apple, Microsoft Research, and Samsung.
The city has great transport connections with both central London being just a 50 minutes train ride and London Stansted Airport being only a 20 minutes train journey.
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Martin Blake
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COURSE STRUCTURE
Engineering UFP is taken alongside two other subjects such as Chemistry and Mathmatics to form a full University Foundation Programme
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Throughout the academic year there will be opportunities to develop key skills in the areas of group work, presentation skills, research methods and report writing
Poster Coursework
20%
10%
20%
20%
ASSESSMENT
The Engineering UFP assesses students in a variety of ways on their ability to recall and apply knowledge.
Why students choose
CaTS Cambridge
Studying at CATS has given me direction. I have become more focused because of the help I got from teachers and the student community
Darius from Nigeria completed A levels and progressed to study Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London
What I love about CATS College is that it offers these higher education sessions. Each week you get talk to someone about your university choices
Janika, CATS A-level Student 2020
I wanted to study in the UK because I felt it would help me to gain a better understanding of UK university life and develop a future career in UK Engineering. I hope to work in the automobile sector, Formula 1 is my main goal
Vallabhbhai CATS Cambridge A Level Student 2020, Now studying Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Glasgow
Engineering courses CATS students go on to study include:
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering
Bioengineering
Since 2012, CATS students have progressed to 80 out of the top 100 universities ranked in ‘The Times Good University Guide 2020’ guaranteed progression to top universities
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Reporting and Mechanics
Solve problems involving the work done by a force
State the principle of conservation of energy
Understand how to carry out an investigation to show the conservation of energy from GPE to KE
002
Energy and Power
Explain and discuss qualitatively the diffraction of waves at apertures and obstacles
Define simple harmonic motion (SHM) and state the defining equation as
Describe and solve problems of standing (stationary) waves.
003
Waves
Be able to solve problems using the equations:
Investigating combinations of resistors in parallel and series circuits
Be able to design an experiment affecting one or more factors that affect resistance in a wire
004
Electric Circuits
Understand and use moments in simple static contexts
Understand and use Young’s modulus
Understand and use properties of materials, including financial factors
005
Physics for Engineering
Differentiate simple functions and relations defined implicitly, for first derivative only
Construct simple differential equations in pure mathematics and in context, (contexts may include kinematics, population growth and modelling the relationship between price and demand)
Evaluate the analytical solution of simple first order differential equations with separable variables, including finding particular solutions. (Separation of variables may require factorisation involving a common factor)
007
Further Calculus
Solve any quadratic equation with real coefficients; solve cubic or quartic equations with real coefficients (given sufficient information to deduce at least one root for cubics or at least one complex root or quadratic factor for quartics)
Understand and use the complex conjugate; know that non-real roots of polynomial equations with real coefficients occur in conjugate pairs
Use and interpret Argand diagrams
008
Complex Numbers
Use vectors to solve problems in pure mathematics and in context, including forces and kinematics
Calculate the scalar product and use it to express the equation of a plane, and to calculate the angle between two lines, the angle between two planes and the angle between a line and a plane
Calculate the cross product and use it to find a perpendicular vector in 3D
009
Vectors
Use matrices to represent linear transformations in 2-D; successive transformations; single transformations in 3-D (3-D transformations confined to reflection in one of x = 0, y = 0, z = 0 or rotation about one of the coordinate axes) (knowledge of 3-D vectors is assumed)
Calculate determinants of 2 x 2 and 3 x 3 matrices and interpret as scale factors including the effect on orientation
Interpret geometrically the solution and failure of solution of three simultaneous linear equations
010
Matrix Algebra
Solve equations approximately using simple iterative methods; be able to draw associated cobweb and staircase diagrams
Solve equations using the Newton-Raphson method and other recurrence relations of the form . Understand how such methods can fail
Understand and use numerical integration of functions, including the use of the trapezium rule and estimating the approximate area under a curve and limits that it must lie between.
011
Numerical Methods
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Teacher of Science, Assistant Programme Director (Upper Sixth)
Ken Wheeler
MA (Hons)
Teacher of Mathematics
Rob Mathers
MMath
Head of
Mathematics
CAMBRIDGE FOR eNGINEERING
Martin studied for a BSC in Archaeology at Bournemouth University before becoming a teacher of Science in 2004. After teaching all three sciences for his extensive career, he is currently teaching Physics, and developing new and exciting experiments for his Science classes.
Martin Blake
Teacher of Science, Assistant Programme Director (Upper Sixth)
Ken Wheeler has an MA (Hons) in Natural Sciences (specialising in Theoretical Physics) from Cambridge University and a PGSCE from Worcester College. His previous roles inlcude being a Finance Director for media corporations, and director of a consultancy business. On his return to teaching he joined CATS, where he finds great satisfaction in teaching across all levels.
Ken Wheeler MA (Hons)
Teacher of Mathematics
Rob has a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from Durham University and a PGCE in Secondary Mathematics from Exeter University. He has been teaching at CATS College since 2009. He is currently the College’s Head of Mathematics. Rob has been rated as Outstanding during the College’s previous ISI and OFTSED inspections. He has taught all levels of Mathematics from IGCSE to STEP preparation.
Rob Mathers
Head of Mathematics
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Students are free to pick an appropriate engineering subject that interests them
Students produce a short article on why they chose this subject and why it is important to others
Students produce a 1,500-word written report discussing their research in more detail
Students produce a digital A1-sized poster on their chosen topic along with a 250-word abstract
Independent work
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Paper covering science and logistics of a construction project
Assessment will focus on mathematical and scientific justification for an Engineering model, plus a criticism of these solutions from a modelling assumption and long-term financial viewpoint.
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Students sit an exam contain questions on any topics from the Pure Mathematics content
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Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Energy and Power
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Waves
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Electric Circuits
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Physics for Engineering
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Further Trigonometry
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Further Calculus
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Complex Numbers
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Vectors
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Matrix Algebra
Sample topics include:
Identify and draw free-body diagrams representing the forces acting on an object
Explain Newton’s laws and solve problems
Fluid resistance and terminal velocity
001
Numerical Methods
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