Online United Kingdom
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 10,803 *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* total cost: £10,255–£10,803
Key Summary
Introduction
The MSc is a milestone to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). You will develop a professional approach to your work and extend your engineering skills. You will also develop a range of transferable skills, such as creative problem-solving, effective communication, project management and concept realisation. As part of a small project team, and during a UK-based residential school, You will design and present a solution to a real-world engineering problem.
Key features
- Develop your planning, organising, data collecting, analysing and writing skills
- Extends your knowledge of recent research
- Leads to professional qualifications
- Ideal preparation for a research degree
How long it takes
3.5 - 4 years
Accreditation
This degree has been accredited by the professional institution(s) below under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. 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).
An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng). 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.
- Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) on behalf of the Engineering Council to fully meet the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).
- Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council to fully meet the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).
- Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) on behalf of the Engineering Council to fully meet the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).
- Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council to fully meet the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).
Program Outcome
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of this master's degree, you will be able to:
- Contribute new knowledge to existing bodies of knowledge in relevant engineering disciplines and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of those disciplines through systematic responses to engineering challenges
- Act authoritatively and responsibly in your professional work with regard to appropriate social, commercial, ethical/legal and management practices in contemporary engineering.
Cognitive skills
On completion of this master's degree, you will be able to:
- Solve engineering problems that require a thorough and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of underpinning scientific principles, mathematical methods and engineering practice
- Develop innovative engineered solutions to a user’s needs and preferences that are cost-effective and demonstrably fit for purpose in terms of production, operation, maintenance and de-commissioning.
Practical and/or professional skills
On completion of this master's degree, you will be able to:
- Develop and implement solutions to a set of end-user requirements using a range of engineering skills, including a working knowledge of particular materials, equipment, processes and products, workshop and laboratory methods, technical literature and other information, taking into account appropriate quality standards, codes of practice, industry standards, and intellectual property and contractual issues
- Initiate and lead engineering projects responsibly, professionally and ethically, with regard to environmental risk and sustainability, and the framework of relevant legal requirements (covering issues such as personnel, health, safety, etc.)
- Contribute to your chosen specialism individually and collaboratively using an extended understanding of engineering principles, new and emerging technologies, and current professional practice as applied to engineering problems, whether novel, unfamiliar or complex in nature.
Key skills
On completion of this master's degree, you will be able to:
- Practise a range of transferable skills (including problem-solving, communication, working with others – especially teamwork – IT skills, information retrieval, planning self-learning and career development, and reflection), in the context of managing a significant project at a level appropriate to a senior professional engineer.
Curriculum
To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits as follows:
Stage 1 (120 credits)
30 credits from List A:
- Finite element analysis: principles and applications (T808) NEW
- Manufacture materials design (T805)
Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules T804, T881 and T884.
60 credits from List B:
- Calculus of Variations and Advanced Calculus (M820)
- Environmental Monitoring and Protection (T868)
- Finite Element Analysis: Principles and Applications (T808)
- Making Environmental Decisions (T891)
- Making Strategy with Systems Thinking in Practice (TB871)
- Managing Change with Systems Thinking in Practice (TB872)
- Manufacture Materials Design (T805)
- Project Management (M815)1
- Strategic Capabilities for Technological Innovation (T849)
- Sustainable Organisations: Theory and Practice (T892)
- Technology Innovation Management (TB801)
- Mathematical Methods and Fluid Mechanics (MST326)2
- Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamics (MS327)2
Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules T804, T846, T848, T867, TU811 and TU812.
1 If you intend to follow the professional route in Stage 2, don’t choose M815 in Stage 1 – you’ll study it later on.
2 You may choose only one of these two modules. While the 30 credits you achieve will contribute to the 180 credits required for this qualification, the grade you get won’t contribute to the overall classification.
30 credits from:
- Team engineering (T885)3
3 To begin T885, you must have completed all other modules in Stage 1.
Stage 2 (60 credits) – you must complete Stage 1 first
You will choose either:
- A Research route
- A Professional route
Research route
60 credits from:
- Research project (T802)
Professional route
60 credits from:
- Project management (M815)
- MSc project: researching in context (T803)
Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued module T847.
You should note that the University’s unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that the 60 credits from the Research project (T802) must be unique to this qualification and not already counted towards any other OU qualification that has previously been awarded to you.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Teaching in the MSc programme is essentially restricted to that required to guide students through the process of undertaking an extensive piece of personal research work.
Assessment strategy
Specific skills, knowledge and understanding relevant to the topic being researched are developed by the student under the guidance of a tutor/supervisor and assessed through a series of progress reports and a final dissertation.