Mechanical Engineering MSc

If you would like to broaden and deepen your understanding of mechanical engineering and gain the management and business skills necessary to take on leadership roles in major engineering projects, this course is ideal.

It will provide you with a strategic overview of engineering and management issues, enabling you to develop a wider perspective and understanding of the issues facing the engineering industries, including subjects such as engineering digital simulations, business resource management, risk assessment, health and safety and environmental design issues.

This degree has been accredited by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council, as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired an accredited CEng (Partial) BEng(Hons) degree.

Those students with an IEng accredited, or unaccredited, undergraduate degree will have their undergraduate programme modules reviewed by IMechE, upon completion of this MSc, and may be required to take further learning (if any) for CEng registration.

See www.imeche.org for further information.

Accreditation is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC). Some employers recruit preferentially from accredited degrees, and an accredited degree is likely to be recognised by other countries that are signatories to international accords.

Please check the Engineering Council course search for more information

What will you study?

You will gain a broad understanding of the practical requirements of mechanical engineering, as well as knowledge of the subjects that are both specific and complementary to mechanical engineering, such as e-engineering, advanced CAD/CAM and the issues of green engineering and energy efficiency.

You will develop the ability to solve the deeper problems that arise in mechanical engineering such as computational fluid dynamics, finite elements analysis, mechanism system design and analysis and control.

You will also learn about management issues and improve your evaluation and project management skills.

The Industrial Project Review and Analysis module is normally taken in industry and provides you with the challenge of undertaking a real-world problem in an engineering environment. You will also develop an awareness of work in a multidisciplinary team within an engineering organisation with real industrial constraints.

Studying this course means you'll have opportunities to be involved with organisations outside the University. Our excellent industrial links have developed over many years and throughout many countries.
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Many engineering academic staff are engaged in a range of research and consultancy activities funded by the Research Councils, the European Union, the government, trade unions and industry. These activities ensure our staff are in touch with the latest industry thinking and bring best practice to your studies.
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Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.

Core modules

• Business Resource Management
• Industrial Project Management

• Industrial Project Management

  This skills-based module teaches you how to:

  • undertake industrially relevant projects;
  • manage resources; and
  • keep track of project progression.

  You gain expertise in various project management techniques, such as PERT and CRP, as well as other suitable software systems.

  
   
• Information Systems for Engineers

• Information Systems for Engineers

  This module helps you to understand:

  • the importance of information to organisations;
  • the need for an information strategy to support the business strategy; and
  • the range of facilities that information systems may provide.

  You also learn about methods and tools for developing appropriate systems to professional standards.

  
   
• Green Engineering and Energy Efficiency
• Industrial Project Review and Analysis (MSc only)

• Industrial Project Review and Analysis (MSc only)

  This module bridges theoretical engineering and its practical implementation. You work in a context of real resource, personnel and other regulatory constraints, including health and safety, quality and environmental issues.

  It enables you to:

  • critically analyse and reflect upon your own experiences in industry;
  • develop your own views on industrial management (based on and/or in the context of available academic models); and
  • be able to present and defend those views to peers.
  
   

Technical broadening modules (choose two)

• E-Engineering with Internet Applications

• E-Engineering with Internet Applications

  This module introduces you to the fundamentals of e-commerce and its potential benefits and impacts, particularly in different engineering companies. It explores:

  • how to use the internet to help meet engineering design and management objectives; and
  • the development of a web strategy for engineering companies.
  
   
• Integrated CAD/CAM Systems

• Integrated CAD/CAM Systems

  This module develops a fundamental understanding of 3D solid modelling and the core technologies of part modelling and parametric modelling. This will enable you to develop complex geometry, which defines many of today's engineering and product models.

  The module also develops an understanding of:

  • the state-of-the-art engineering philosophies of concurrent engineering, collaborative working and virtual product development; and
  • the role of contemporary engineering computing tools to support these.
  
   
• Advanced CAD/CAM Systems

• Advanced CAD/CAM Systems

  This module develops your understanding of the techniques required to extend the capabilities of a 3D solid modelling system by using the embedded application program interface available in many Windows compliant products.

  This enables you to develop an additional functional capability by accessing the modelling kernel within the CAD system and integrating functions across multiple systems (typically databases). This is achieved using Visual Basic as a programming language.

  
   
• Total Quality

• Total Quality

  This module introduces students to:

  • the management and improvement of quality in products and processes; and
  • supporting tools and techniques.

  The module has a bias towards statistical methods, but we do not assume any prior knowledge of statistics.

  
   

Technical deepening modules (choose two)

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

  This module gives you the knowledge base you need to apply computational fluid dynamics to simple flow problems.

  
   
• Advanced Stress & Finite Elements Analysis
• Mechanical Motion and Control
• Advanced Materials Processing

• Advanced Materials Processing

  This module looks at:

  • the importance of modern materials in advanced manufacturing processes;
  • materials and processes that are available or in development; and
  • aspects of quality assurance related to advance materials.
  
   
• Mechatronics and Automation Systems

The Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing teaches this course.

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The range of events and lectures in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing enhances your studies and adds an extra perspective to your learning.

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