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Cardiff University, MSc, Advanced Mechanical Engineering

 United Kingdom

 

Study mode Start date Duration Fee international Fee UK/ EU Fee study period Year of study
Full-time Sep years: 1 £18980 £8500 Whole course 2017 - 2018

This MSc course will provide you with an advanced qualification which will enhance your career prospects and extend and update your skills and knowledge. The course actively encourages the understanding and practice of inter-disciplinary systems engineering thinking that brings together mechanical engineering subjects in a way that reflects the needs of industrial and academic problem solving.

This degree course will prepare you for entry into careers in research or industry. In addition to technical skills, you will acquire professional skills such effective communication with technical, management and non-technical audiences, project planning, evaluation and prioritisation.

The close involvement with industry, particularly at the project stage, ensures that the experience the course provides has both relevance and meaning. Lecturers delivering the modules are working with some of the world's most renowned engineering companies. Partners include Airbus, Bosch, Daimler, Fiat, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Renault, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Silicon Graphics, The Highways Agency, Microchip, and WS Atkins.

Why choose this course?

  • Renishaw PLC has equipped and supports a state of the art Metrology laboratory to underpin the teaching and projects offered in this course. This laboratory also supports post-graduate research collaboration and on-going doctoral level projects.
  • Research-led advanced mechanical engineering projects are made available to all students in collaboration with current industrial partners.
  • The opportunity for you to learn in a research-led teaching institution while accessing facilities commensurate with a top-class research unit. This is reinforced by the participation of research-active staff in programme design and delivery. Included in this context will be the opportunity for you to undertake project work in a successful, research-based environment.
  • The course benefits from substantial industrial input to the programme through invited lecturers and industrially based projects.
  • Open and engaging culture between students and staff. 

Career prospects

When you graduate you will be equipped to apply for management level roles across a broad spectrum of mechanical and related engineering fields. The material presented during the course will provide an excellent foundation for any career in mechanical engineering or related discipline. 

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Location

Cardiff is located on the coast of South Wales, which has beautiful national parks and beaches only 30 minutes away. Cardiff is approximately 230km (145 miles) west of London and is easily accessed by train in about 2 hours. Cardiff has excellent transport links (ranked 1st in the UK for the most transport friendly city) with an international airport that has flights to many cities in Europe.