This highly flexible course is designed to strengthen your knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering. It offers a wide selection of optional modules, allowing you to tailor your studies to reflect your interests, and graduates go on to work in many areas of engineering. You’ll also have the chance to further explore a subject that interests you through your individual research project.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject with relevant modules.
Subject requirements
We accept degrees in the following subject areas:
Chemistry
Manufacturing Automation
Mathematics
Mechanical Design
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Vehicle Engineering
We may also consider other related engineering subjects.
Module requirements
You should have studied at least one module from two of the four areas below:
Area 1 Solid Mechanics
Design of Machine Elements
Fracture Mechanics
Materials Mechanics
Materials under Stress
Mechanical Design
Mechanics/Strength of Deformable Solids
Mechanics/Strength of Materials
Solid Mechanics
Stress/Structural Analysis
Structural Mechanics/Integrity
Area 2: Dynamics
Applied/Theoretical/Engineering Mechanics
Control
Dynamics
Mechanics of Machines
Mechatronics
Theory of Machines
Theory of Mechanisms
Vibration
Area 3: Thermo
Aero-Engine Theory
Aero Propulsion
Air Conditioning
Automobile Engine
Diesel Engine
Internal Combustion Engines
Reciprocating Engines
Refrigeration
Thermodynamics
Any other module with the words 'Heat', 'Thermal' etc.
Area 4: Fluids
Aerodynamics
Fluids
Gas Dynamics
Hydraulics
Pneumatics
NB: Modules containing the words 'Experiment/Experimental' or 'Lab' are unacceptable
We also consider a wide range of international qualifications
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