Engineering

Mechanical engineering is perhaps the broadest of the engineering disciplines. Innovative and responsive, mechanical engineers fashion the world about them to shape and improve almost every aspect of our daily lives. Using a combination of expertise and imagination, the mechanical engineer can be found making significant impacts in a diversity of applications from aerospace and automotive industries to precision medical equipment, from manufacturing and processing to advanced technology. This MSc is designed to offer an advanced level of study in specific aspects of mechanical engineering which are in demand from industry.

What you study

The course is structured around five compulsory core modules and two further modules chosen from the options available for the given academic session(s). The full-time route comprises two academic terms of taught modules followed by examinations. This is then followed by an extended project over the summer. The part-time route follows an analogous structure over two years.

How you learn

You have a range of lectures, tutorials and hands-on laboratory and practical sessions. You also undertake a substantial research-based individual project.

The course has been designed to provide a number of contact teaching and assessment hours (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, projects and examinations) and you are expected to supplement this with self-study, for example, to review lecture notes and slides, read around the material using recommended texts, prepare coursework and assignments, work on projects and revise for assessments.

The MSc consists of modules totalling 180 credits. Each unit of credit corresponds to ten hours of learning and assessment (contact hours plus self-study hours). This means that during one year of full-time study you can expect to have 1,800 hours of learning and assessment.

How you are assessed

Assessment varies from module to module. The assessment methodology could include in-course assignments, presentations or formal examinations

Professional accreditation

Accreditation by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers towards CEng membership is currently under review.

Career opportunities

Mechanical engineers typically secure employment in structural engineering, research and development, automotive engineering and design, the aerospace industry, manufacturing, processing and chemical industries, as well as management positions.

Entry requirements

Applicants, for both full-time and part-time routes, should normally hold an honours degree (minimum 2.2) in an appropriate related discipline or an equivalent relevant qualification.

For additional information please see the undergraduate and postgraduate entry requirements in our admissions section

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