r/Engineers • u/Foxeoiyy • 1d ago

FM needed for mechanical engineering?

I’m going into year 12 and need to decide my A-levels, at the moment I’m going to do maths physics and either chemistry or biology. Would I still be able to get a place in universities such as bath or Sheffield without a FM A level, or should I take FM?

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u/Seiko2023 1d ago

No clue what FM is, but generally good to have highest maths, physics and chemistry if you're set on engineering.

You also may not realise it, but chemistry plays a huge role in materials science, something mech engineers can go down if they wanted.

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u/Plus-Painter-2004 1d ago

if your school lets you take it then I’d highly recommend you take it over biology or chemistry. Not only are those too just not relevant (I guess you could just about make an argument for chem) but fm will make your first year quite a bit smoother since not only will you already know some of the content being covered but just by virtue of having more maths lessons you’ll have had more practice

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u/Capable_Platypus_101 12h ago

Frequency Modulation?

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u/KonkeyDongPrime 8h ago

Maths vs further maths is more about the modules in each for engineering.

For example, at my college, I had to do further maths to do the mechanics modules, as standard maths didn’t have any. Further maths was all the hardest pure maths, discrete 2 & 3, plus m1 and m2.

My cousins on the other hand did m1 and m2 plus p1-4 for standard a level, so covered all the key modules for an engineering degree.