First Year Regulations

Examinations

There are seven written papers: Hardware, Architecture, Logic, Reasoning about Programs, Mathematical Methods, Discrete Mathematics and Databases.

Continuous Assessment

Lecture courses have coursework associated with them.
Programming is assessed by a series of on-line tests.

Subject to College approval. 

 

 

Requirements

In order to pass the Part I examination and qualify to progress to the second year, the candidate must achieve:

1. A minimum of 40% for each exam-based component.
2. At least 40% in the Coursework component.
3. At least 40% in Programming component.

Supplementary Qualifying Tests

At the discretion of the Examiners, Supplementary Qualifying Tests may be offered to a candidate who marginally fails to achieve the conditions laid down for a pass in the Part I Examination.

Second Year Regulations

Examinations

The required core examinations are:

1. Operating Systems
2. Networks and Communications
3. Software Engineering Design
4. Compilers
5. Models of Computation
6. Probabilty and Statistics

Two optional subjects must be taken from the following:

• Software Engineering Algorithms
• Computational Techniques
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

There is also an integrated programme of laboratory exercises that runs in the first two terms and a summer term project.

The taught courses are assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework which count for 85% and 15% of the course assessment respectively. There are eight such exam-based components together with the laboratory and project work which are assessed as follows:

 

 

Laboratory Breakdown

Component	Marks	Share	Element
Team Skills			1%
Attendance	0.6	25%
Video Presentation	1.9	75%
		100%
Introduction to Prolog			9%
Coursework	22.5	100%
		100%
Introduction to C++			14%
Coursework	35	100%
		100%
Laboratory 2			58%
Linkload	8.7	6%
WACC - Front-End	36.2	25%
WACC - Back-End	36.2	25%
Pintos - Task 0 (Codebase Preview)	8.7	6%
Pintos - Task 1 (Scheduling)	27.6	19%
Pintos - Task 2 (User Programs)	27.6	19%
		100%
Advanced Laboratory 2			18%
WACC - Extensions	18	40%
Pintos - Task 3 (Virtual Memory)	27	60%
		100%
Total	250		100%

Requirements

In order to pass the Part II examination and qualify to progress to the third year, the candidate must achieve:

1. A minimum of 40% for each exam-based component.
2. At least 40% in the Laboratory component.

Supplementary Qualifying Tests

At the discretion of the Examiners, Supplementary Qualifying Tests may be offered to a candidate who marginally fails to achieve the conditions laid down for a pass in the Part II examination.

Third Year Regulations

Students will be offered a choice of computing courses from the approved course list. Students take six courses in total, including compulsory professional material, each of which is examined by written paper or coursework. In addition to the required course "Management and Business for Computing Engineers", as well as selective courses, students may study one optional course offered by another department in the Engineering Faculty, the Imperial College Business School or Imperial Horizons.  Students are expected to participate in a group project.

Coursework

Each lecture course has assessed coursework associated with it.
There is also supporting project work which is assessed.

 

Group Project Breakdown

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Component	Marks	Share
CO302	88	20%
CO362	352	80%
Total	440	100%

 

Requirements

In order to secure a place on the MEng degree course a student must pass the Group Project submitted in the Autumn Term of the third year. Failure in this component of the course will ordinarily lead to discussion and negotiation about transfer to the BEng degree for the remainder of the third year.

To pass Part III and qualify for the fourth year students must obtain an overall mark of at least 40%. Furthermore, they need to obtain a mark of at least 40% for the Group Project.

Fourth Year Regulations

Students will be offered a choice of courses from the approved course list. Students take seven options, each of which is examined either by a written paper or by essay/coursework. The mark of a course assessed by essay/ coursework is considered as the mark of a written examination. Students may study up to two optional courses offered by other departments in the Engineering Faculty, the Imperial College Business School or the Humanities Department. Students must also submit an outsourcing report which is unassessed, and an individual project, and must also give an individual presentation.

Coursework

Each lecture course has assessed coursework associated with it.
There is also supporting project work which is assessed.

*Two Half courses are counted as one full course 

Industrial Placement Breakdown

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Component	Marks	Share
Presentation	34	17%
Log Book	0	0%
Report	166	83%
Total	200	100%

 

Honours Classification (All MEng programmes)

The marks for all components of the four years of the course are aggregated into an overall mark. The class of Honours awarded depends on this overall mark, with the proviso that candidates must have achieved at least 40% overall in Part IV and normally at least 40% in their individual project.

In addition to these requirements, candidates are normally expected to successfully complete the MEng degree programme in four continuous years.

For each year, the total possible marks are:

Year 1 total	850
Year 2 total	1700
Year 3 total	1700
Year 4 total	3400
Total over 4 years	7650