MSc Automotive Engineering with Extended Professional Practice

This MSc in Automotive Engineering is specifically designed to enhance the employment and promotional opportunities of graduates in mechanical and automotive engineering. The programme considers in depth key areas of automotive technology. Its integrated design covers both the technical and management aspects of the motor industry. The programme aims to:

• equip you with the theory and the practice of relevant materials, technologies and analytical tools to provide solutions for automotive design and manufacturing problems
• provide the opportunity for you to use creativity and innovation in the application of technology to the development of the automobile
• focus on the links between vehicle programmes and the supporting skills of project management
• develop your skills and application experience through case studies and project work
• enhance your prospects of professional employment within the industry.

Why choose this course?

• The University has been running automotive degree courses for almost 40 years and is very well-established within the automotive industry.
• We have some 250 undergraduate and postgraduate students reading automotive engineering so are one of the largest providers of automotive engineering degree courses in the UK.
• We have excellent facilities in automotive engineering technology including in-house engine dyno facilities, a rolling road, a four poster shaker rig and a Cruden driver in the loop vehicle simulator
• 7th for engineering and technology in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, 2024).
• During your placement year, you'll gain hands-on industrial experience, applying the skills learned during your studies.