Advanced Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) for Undergraduates
Please note: If you are applying under the China Partnership Agreement, please see the ATAS for China Partnership applicants information.
Who needs to apply for an ATAS certificate?
You do not need an ATAS certificate if:
- You are a UK national, a national from an exempted country or you hold Indefinite Leave to Enter/Remain in the UK.
- The undergraduate programme to which you are applying for is not listed below.
You need an ATAS certificate if:
- You are currently in receipt of an offer to study one of the following undergraduate programmes at this University.
- MEng Aeronautical Engineering - CAH3 code: CAH10-01-04
- MEng Automotive Materials - CAH3 code: CAH10-03-02
- MEng Biomaterials Engineering - CAH3 code: CAH10-03-02
- MEng Chemical Engineering - CAH3 code: CAH10-01-09
- MEng Energy Engineering - CAH3 code: CAH10-01-09
- MEng Materials Science and Engineering - CAH3 code: CAH10-03-02
- MEng Mechanical Engineering - CAH3 code: CAH10-01-02
- MPhys Engineering Physics - CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01
- MPhys Mathematics and Physics - CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01
- MPhys Physics - CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01
- MPhys Physics with Computing - CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01
- MPhys Physics with Theoretical Physics - CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01
- and you require a student Visa, Entry Clearance or Extension of Stay to study in the UK
How to Apply
You can submit an application once you have received the official Loughborough University offer letter, as the information needed to apply is in your letter.
Once you have your offer letter you should go to the ATAS Website where you will be able to apply online.
Please email Admissions if you have any further questions.
Core and Optional Modules
ATAS also require information on the modules contained in the programme for which you have an offer. Loughborough University has informed ATAS of the core modules for the programme, but you will also be asked to provide a list of the optional modules which you may want to take when you register as a student. This is only an indication as you will not be required to choose the specific modules until you arrive and register at the University.
The optional modules for the programme you are being offered are given below. Please click your programme name from the list below to go to your optional modules listing:
MEng Aeronautical Engineering
(CAH3 code: CAH10-01-04)
University Supervisor name: Dr Christopher Harvey
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Aerodynamics
- Aircraft Design
- Finite Element Methods
- Flight Control Systems
- Gas Turbine Design 1
- Gas Turbine Design 2
- Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Language
- Machine Intelligence
- Noise Control
- Principles of Composite Materials & Structures
- Sensor Fusion for Intelligent Vehicles
- Spacecraft Engineering
- Stress & Structural Analysis
- University Module Catalogue – at an appropriate level
- Battery Technology
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Advanced Reliability, Availability and Maintainability
- Aerospace CFD
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Experimental Fluid Mechanics
- Propulsion Design for the Environment
- University Module Catalogue – at an appropriate level
MEng Automotive Materials
(CAH3 code: CAH10-03-02)
University Supervisor name: Dr Christopher Harvey
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules: Two from:
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Sustainability, Recycling and Environmental Issues
- Nanomaterials
- Language module of appropriate level
- Industrial Case Studies
- Other level 6 module from the University module catalogue with agreement of the Programme Director
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules. Two from:
- Nanomaterials and Composites
- Technological Entrepreneurship
- Advanced Joining Methods
- Other level 7 module from University module catalogue with agreement of the Programme Director
MEng Biomaterials Engineering
(CAH3 code: CAH10-03-02)
University Supervisor name: Dr Christopher Harvey
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules: One from:
- Materials Characterisation
- Language* with the approval of the Programme Director
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules. Three from:
- Language module of appropriate level
- Industrial Case Studies
- Nanomaterials
- Advanced Processing Methods
- Sustainability, Recycling and Environmental Issues
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Other level 6 module from the University module catalogue with agreement of the Programme Director
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules. Two from:
- Research Methods
- Materials Modelling
- Nanomaterials and Composites
- Technological Entrepreneurship
- Colloid Science and Engineering
- Polymer Science
- Advanced Joining Methods
- Other level 7 module from University module catalogue with agreement of the Programme Director.
MEng Chemical Engineering
(CAH3 code: CAH10-01-09)
University Supervisor name: Dr Christopher Harvey
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules. One from:
- University-Wide Language Programme
- Introduction to Materials Processing
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules. One from:
- University-Wide Language Programme
- Food Engineering
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules. Two from:
- Business Systems
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Data Analysis
- The circular economy in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Healthcare Engineering
- Operations Management
- Polymer Engineering – Processing and Manufacture
- Water Resources, Sustainability and Climate change
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules. Three from:
- Process Intensification and Integration
- Colloid Science and Engineering
- Product Design
- Technological Entrepreneurship
- Drug Delivery and targeting
- Fundamentals of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
MEng Energy Engineering
(CAH3 code: CAH10-01-09)
University Supervisor name: Dr Zhengyu Lin
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Sustainability, Recycling and Environmental Issues
- Sustainable Engineering
- Systems Engineering Applications Theory
- Energy Systems Analysis
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Waterpower
- Bioenergy
- Data Analysis for Smart Energy Systems
- Building Energy Supply Systems and District Energy Networks
- Control and Commissioning for Low Energy Buildings
- Net Zero Building Design
MPhys Engineering Physics
(CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01)
University Supervisor name: Dr Mark Everitt
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
- Materials Modelling
- Manufacturing Technology
- Mechanics of Materials 1
- Electrical Powers and Machines
- Control System Design 1
- Manufacturing Process Technology
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Nano materials
- Advanced principles of materials
- Functional materials
- Laser materials processing
- Mechanics of materials 2
- Computational fluid dynamics 1
- Fracture and failure
- Composite materials
- Electronics
- Interfacing for Mechatronic Systems
- State Space Control
- Control System Design 2
- Manufacturing Automation and Control
- Control System Design 1
- Engineering Management: Finance, Law and Quality
- Medical Physics
- High Energy Particle Physics
- Physics of Nanodevices - from semi conductors to magnets
- Advanced Statistical Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
- Nuclear Physics
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Digital signal processing
- Information theory and coding
- Solar power
- Wind power
- Mobile network technologies
- Antennas, Radar and Metamaterials
- Radio frequency and microwave integrated circuit design
- Advanced processing of materials
- Nanomaterials and composites
- Materials modelling
- Advances in biomaterials
- Systems architecture
- Mechatronic System design
- Validation and verification
- Holistic engineering
- Laser and Optical Measurements
- Computational Fluid Dynamics 2
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Instrumentation using Computer Control
- Healthcare Engineering
- Additive Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering
MEng Materials Science and Engineering
(CAH3 code: CAH10-03-02)
University Supervisor name: Dr Christopher Harvey
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules. One from:
- Introduction to Chemical, Biochemical Processes and Sustainability
- Language module of appropriate level
- Vehicle Design and Development
- Biomaterials 1 (Biomaterials for tissue engineering)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules. Two from:
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Sustainability, Recycling and Environmental Issues
- Automotive Crash Protection
- Language module of appropriate level
- Biomaterials 2 (Biomaterials for drug delivery)
- Biomedical component design
- Vehicle and Component Design
- Other level 6 module from the University module catalogue with agreement of the Programme Director
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules. Three from:
- Materials Modelling
- Nanomaterials and composites
- Polymer Science
- Advanced Joining Methods
- Colloid Science and Engineering
- Clean Energy Materials and Sustainability
- Technological Entrepreneurship
- Advances in Biomaterials
- Other level 7 module from University module catalogue with agreement of the Programme Director
MEng Mechanical Engineering
(CAH3 code: CAH10-01-02)
University Supervisor name: Dr Lewis Jones
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Fracture and Failure
- Energy Vectors for Transport
- Instrumentation using Computer Control
- Robotics and Control
- Energy Systems Analysis
- Laser Materials Processing
- Materials in Service
- Finite Element Analysis
- Polymer Engineering – Processing & Manufacture
- Computational Fluid Dynamics 1
- Vibration and Noise
- Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery
- Computer Aided Engineering
- Advanced Heat Transfer
- Contact Mechanics: Tribology
- Ballistics and Rocket Propulsion
- Industrial Machine Vision
- Sustainable Engineering
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Structural Integrity
- Polymer Engineering 2: Properties and Design
- Drive Train Dynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics 2
- Project Leadership
- Healthcare Engineering
- Sports Engineering
- Computer Aided Engineering
- Ballistics and Rocket Propulsion
- Laser & Optical Measurements
- Additive Manufacturing for Product Development
- Additive Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering
- Non-Linear Dynamics
- Sustainable Engineering
- Robotics and Control
- Contact Mechanics: Tribology
- Mechatronics and Machine Control
- Industrial Sustainability
- Industrial Machine Vision with Al
- Optical Diagnostics for Fluid Mechanics
MPhys Mathematics and Physics
(CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01)
University Supervisor name: Dr Mark Everitt
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
- Number Theory
- Graph Theory
- Introduction to Dynamical Systems
- Introduction to Differential Geometry
- Linear Differential Equations
- Game Theory
- Mathematics Report
- Physics of Devices
- Nuclear Physics
- Advanced Statistical Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
- Modern Optics
- Medical Physics
- High Energy and Plasma Physics
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- Physics of Complex Systems
- Superconductivity and Nanoscience
- Quantum Computing
- Mathematical Methods for Interdisciplinary Science
- Mathematical Modelling I
- Mathematical Modelling II
- Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
- Elements of PDEs
- Spectral Theory
- Characterisation Techniques in Solid State Physics
MPhys Physics
(CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01)
University Supervisor name: Dr Mark Everitt
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Advanced Statistical Physics
- Modern Optics
- Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
- Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
- Introduction to Dynamical Systems
- Medical Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physics of devices
- Elementary Particle Physics
- Nuclear Physics
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- Superconductivity and Nanoscience
- Quantum Computing
- Characterisation Techniques in Solid State Physics
- Mathematical Methods for Interdisciplinary Science
- Physics of Complex Systems
- Fluid Mechanics
- Mathematical Modelling I
- Mathematical Modelling II
- Elements of PDEs
- Spectral Theory
- Monte Carlo Methods Applied to Medical Physics
MPhys Physics with Computing
(CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01)
University Supervisor name: Dr Mark Everitt
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Advanced Statistical Physics
- Modern Optics
- Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
- Data Mining and Machine Learning
- Physics of devices
- Elementary Particle Physics
- Nuclear Physics
- Medical Physics
- High Energy and Plasma Physics
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- Superconductivity and Nanoscience
- Quantum Computing
- Characterisation Techniques in Solid State Physics
- Mathematical Methods for Interdisciplinary Science
- Physics of Complex Systems
- Mathematical Modelling I
- Mathematical Modelling II
- Programming and Numerical Methods (MAP102)
- Statistics for Large Data (MAP103)
- Statistical Methods and Data Analysis (MAP501)
- Computational Methods in Finance (MAP203)
- Stochastics Calculus and Theory of Pricing (MAP204)
- Programming for Specialist Applications
- Programming for Data Science
- Computer Vision
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
- Machine Learning
- Applied Machine Learning
- Cryptography and Secure Systems
- Data Mining
- Robotics and Intelligent Systems
- Monte Carlo Methods Applied to Medical Physics
MPhys Physics with Theoretical Physics
(CAH3 code: CAH07-01-01)
University Supervisor name: Dr Mark Everitt
Year 1 (Part A) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 2 (Part B) Optional Modules
No optional modules, all compulsory (core)
Year 3 (Part C) Optional Modules
- Advanced Statistical Physics
- Modern Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Medical Physics
- Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
- Linear Differential Equations
- Vibrations and Waves
- Introduction to Dynamical Systems
- Introduction to Differential Geometry
- Physics of Devices
- Nuclear Physics
- High Energy and Plasma Physics
Year 4 (Part D) Optional Modules
- Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- Physics of Complex Systems
- Superconductivity and Nanoscience
- Quantum Computing
- Mathematical Methods for Interdisciplinary Science
- Programming and Numerical Methods
- Mathematical Modelling I
- Mathematical Modelling II
- Nonlinear Waves
- Fluid Mechanics
- Elements of PDEs
- Spectral Theory
- Monte Carlo Methods Applied to Medical Physics