First Year Regulations

Examinations

There are eight core courses each with a written examination: Hardware, Architecture, Logic, Reasoning about Programs, Mathematical Methods, Discrete Structures, Graphs and Algorithms, Databases.

Continuous Assessment

There is an integrated programme of coursework in the first two terms.

Programming is assessed by on-line tests and project work.

There is research course, Computing Topics, which runs in the second term. This is assessed by a web page and presentation.

 

 

 

Progression 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.
4. A minimum of 40% overall.

Supplementary Qualifying Tests

At the discretion of the Examiners, Supplementary Qualifying Tests may be offered to a student who marginally fails to achieve the above requirements.

Second Year Regulations

Courses

There are six core courses:

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

There are three optional courses and students select two from these three:

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

Continuous Assessment

Lecture courses have associated coursework, contributing 15% of the marks. The rest is assessed by written examination.

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

Credit

Project Breakdown

Laboratory Breakdown

Component	Marks	Share	Element
Team Skills			1%
Attendance	1	25%
Video Presentation	3	75%
	4	100%
Introduction to Prolog			9%
Coursework	36	100%
	36	100%
Introduction to C++			14%
Coursework	56	100%
	56	100%
Laboratory 2			58%
Linkload	14	6%
WACC - Front-End	58	25%
WACC - Back-End	58	25%
Pintos - Task 0 (Codebase Preview)	14	6%
Pintos - Task 1 (Scheduling)	44	19%
Pintos - Task 2 (User Programs)	44	19%
	232	100%
Advanced Laboratory 2			18%
WACC - Extensions	29	40%
Pintos - Task 3 (Virtual Memory)	43	60%
	72	100%
Total	400		100%

Progression Requirements

In order to pass the second year and qualify to progress to the third year, the candidate must achieve:

1. A minimum of 40% for each examinable course.
2. A minimum of 40% in the Laboratory component.
3. A minimum of 40% overall.

Supplementary Qualifying Tests

At the discretion of the Examiners, Supplementary Qualifying Tests may be offered to a candidate who marginally fails to achieve the above requirements.

Third Year Regulations

Courses

Students select seven courses from an approved list of options. Students may include as one of their options a course from the Imperial College Business School or Horizons programme.

Coursework

Each lecture course has associated coursework. The weighting is normally 15% although for some more practical courses the weighting is 33%. The rest is assessed by written examination.

Projects

Students participate in a group project in the first term.

Progression requirements

In order to progress to the fourth year a student must pass the group project. Students who fail the group project will normally be required to transfer to the BEng degree for the remainder of the third year.

To qualify for the fourth year students must normally obtain an overall mark of at least 40% in the third year, including at least 40% in the group project. Students who fail to achieve this will normally be required to transfer to the BEng degree and complete an individual 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