Advanced Mechanical Engineering (Online) | University of Aberdeen

Course summary

Earn your MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering online and ready yourself for careers in a range of sectors. Study with experts and industry, in a flexible degree that fits around full-time work. This flexible online Masters degree is designed to improve your employability in a variety of industries.

In this degree, you’ll build the advanced skills and knowledge demanded by the world’s leading employers in the automotive, energy, defence, aerospace, and manufacturing sectors. You’ll focus on the application of computational techniques and packages to solve complex mechanical engineering problems.

With teaching and support from expert engineers, academics, and industry itself, you’ll develop the advanced, transferable skills required in demanding technical careers.

A flexible curriculum
Choose from a broad range of advanced subjects across the mechanical engineering discipline, including courses in marine and wind energy, riser systems and hydrodynamics, and project management.

Tailor your learning
Through optional courses and individual projects, tailor your learning to your career goals and academic background.

Hand-in-hand with industry
This degree is developed and reviewed by an Industry Advisory Board. These experienced industry professionals ensure your learning is informed by the latest industry needs, technologies, and career opportunities.

Who can join this online Masters in Mechanical Engineering?
This distance learning MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering is open to graduates from a range of engineering disciplines, including:

Civil
Materials
Chemical
Aerospace.

Modules

Course Modules

Teaching is delivered through MyAberdeen, our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It holds all the materials, tools and support you’ll need in your studies. You can access your learning materials on computer, smartphone and laptop, 24 hours a day.

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Entry requirements

A UK Honours Degree at 2:2 (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Civil, Materials, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering.

Key subjects you must have covered: Mathematics and mechanical subjects.

English language requirements

Test	Grade	Additional details
IELTS (Academic)	6.5	Overall - 6.5 with: Listening - 5.5 or above; Reading - 5.5 or above; Speaking - 5.5 or above; Writing - 6.0 or above. IELTS Indicator or IELTS General Training are not accepted.
TOEFL (iBT)	90	TOEFL iBT and TOEFL Home Edition: Overall - 90 with: Listening - 17 or above; Reading - 18 or above; Speaking - 20 or above; Writing - 21 or above. DI code is 0818
PTE Academic	62	Overall - 62 with: Listening - 59 or above; Reading - 59 or above; Speaking - 59 or above; Writing - 59 or above. Online Test is not accepted
Institution's Own Test	Pass	Academic English Pre-sessional Programme (PSE) - Pass (valid for one year) Academic English Preparation Programme undertaken at other UK HEI - accredited by BALEAP and within 1 year of start of course

To study for a postgraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen it is essential that you can speak, understand, read, and write academic English fluently. These skills will allow you to understand lectures, produce high standards of written work, and perform well in examinations. We can assess your English language proficiency through a variety of means: through your nationality, through the qualifications you gained in high school, through the degree you undertook or are undertaking at university, or through a recognised English language test. Postgraduate Standard requirements are used by the Schools of Biological Sciences; Engineering; Geosciences; Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition; Natural and Computing Sciences; and Psychology. Please note certification must be within the two years prior to commencement of your course, unless otherwise stated.https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/international/requirements-pg-266.php

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Fee information is not yet published for entry in Academic Year 2027/2028. For guidance, the fees on the University Online Prospectus website are for 2026/27.

Sponsorship information

Aberdeen Alumni Discount - PG

This scholarship is available for students registered for online programmes and on-campus programmes delivered at our Aberdeen campus.

A special ‘loyalty discount’ of 20% off the cost of any element of self funded graduate study is available to University of Aberdeen graduates who wish to undertake further study at the University of Aberdeen. The discount applies to a range of taught graduate programmes (Masters, Diploma, Certificate and Short Course), and the year one of a full time research programme (years one and two for part time research students). It is available to both UK/EU and International students.

Please see Eligibility at the link provided.

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/funding/69