Our Automotive Engineering MSc is designed to provide a sound education in advanced topics of relevance to the rapidly changing automotive sector, such as sustainable vehicle powertrains, vehicle electrification, autonomy and embedded intelligence, and vehicle aerodynamics.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop skills to critically review the literature and apply them to scientific and engineering problems;
  • Develop knowledge and understanding of data analysis techniques and their application;
  • Gain an understanding of and how to apply the ideas to measure unknown quantities.

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide an introduction on essential programming skills for engineering and automotive engineering within the Matlab/Simulink and the Python environments.
  • To provide the student with the capacity to transfer engineering and automotive engineering problems into working computer code and obtain and interpret results from the simulations.

The aims of this module are to:

  • introduce key aspects of the systems engineering approach to vehicle engineering
  • develop these aspects within the context of vehicle straight-line performance
  • introduce the underlying principles of the powertrain system modelling
  • understand the construction, design, technology and performance parameters of automotive hybrid electric powertrains
  • develop supporting engineering principles and analysis tools.

Optional modules (select one)

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce the constructions, function, and performance of Power Electronics, Machines and Drives in a mobile application context.
  • To appreciate the opportunities, the engineering choices, and the trade-offs inherent in the application of complex electric machines.

The aim of the module is to develop an understanding of vehicle dynamics concepts, from the fundamentals of vehicle handling, through to development of simple and more complex vehicle handling models. The module also examines core areas of tyres, suspension and steering, and introduces motorcycle modelling. Students will also experience objective testing on a vehicle proving ground.

Compulsory modules

The aim of this module is for the student to carry out background research, preparatory work, planning, and preliminary investigations to support the completion of the automotive project module in semester 3.

The aim of this module is to develop understanding of technology for low emission and zero emission automotive powertrain systems.

Optional modules (select two)

This module considers the latest design issues in car body engineering. The fundamentals of several related topics are introduced, including: vehicle loading; advanced mechanics of stress and strain analysis; crash structure, failure and crash impact response, and biomechanical tolerance of humans to crash forces; and advanced finite element method (FEM) techniques including for nonlinear and dynamic transient analyses, and the use of specialist commercial FEM software.

The aims of this module are to provide an overview of autonomous vehicle systems and to familiarise the student with autonomous vehicle control methods, sensor fusion techniques, autonomous path planning/following algorithms and basic autonomous functions.

The aims of this module are to introduce key aspects of the aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics and applications in relation to their application in the automotive industry.

Compulsory modules

The aim of this module is to give experience of managing and conducting a substantial research project.