Programme Specifications

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• The aim of the programme is to provide a postgraduate programme to give broadening and deepening modules in a field of engineering relevant to and tailored to each student’s working needs.
• Postgraduate students are intended to receive appropriate grounding in relevant engineering skills and their practical assessment according to industrial needs.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

Benchmark statements for Engineering.

Industry input to steer programme content and delivery has been through an Industrial Liaison Committee which meets annually.

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of the programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the capabilities and limitations of modern technology appropriate to a particular industry.
• Understand capabilities and limitations of computer based methods.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Select appropriate mathematical methods and apply them in complex engineering situations.
• Use scientific principles to solve unfamiliar engineering problems.
• Model and analyse complex engineering systems.
• Undertake independent research under supervision.
• Apply appropriate engineering management practices.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of the programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate essential skills such as decision-making processes and other facets of a rational approach to managing complex engineering projects.
• Apply effectively a wide range of engineering methods.
• Collect and analyse objective data and draw pertinent conclusions.
• Select and use appropriate computer based tools.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Generate and analyse data to solve complex engineering problems.
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of the use of IT tools in engineering.
• Coordinate presentation techniques and information to maximum effect.
•  Learn new concepts and communicate them to engineering and non- specialist persons.

4. Programme structure

4.1 Students are required to select taught modules from the list below. Students are responsible for consulting with the programme administrator to ensure their selected modules do not clash. Modules denoted by * are provided through distance learning. All other modules are taught in one-week blocks.

School  of Electronic & Electrical Engineering 

WolfsonSchool of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Department of Materials

* denotes module studied through distance learning.

The School reserves the right to offer or withdraw any module or amend the list of modules. Not all modules may be available in any one session. Students may take any other modules from the University’s postgraduate catalogue of modules subject to their availability and the agreement of the Programme Director. 

4.2          MSc Project Module

All part-time students take project module MMP504. Project submission should normally be within three years of registration on the project module. 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

5.1 In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XXI.

5.2 Candidates who have the right of re-assessment in a module may be offered an opportunity to be re-assessed in the University's special assessment period.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification