Engineering (M04)

An integrated masters is an undergraduate degree that combines undergraduate and postgraduate study. Our Master of Engineering (MEng) fulfils the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer status. Engineering is a creative and analytical subject. You’ll develop the skills, techniques, and knowledge professional engineers need and learn the underpinning science and mathematics. The course has a common core with routes to suit your interests. You’ll work on real-life projects to create innovative solutions to challenging problems, teaming up with other students and working individually on projects.

Key features of the course

• Accredited on behalf of the Engineering Council

• Gain the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng)

• Take part in individual and team-based projects, practical activities, remote access experiments and a UK-based residential school

• Move to a different engineering qualification if your aspirations change, even after you’ve started

• ​Choose from a broad engineering route and a selection of specialist routes

• Develop your employability skills, including personal and professional development planning

Course Modules

This master of engineering (MEng) has four stages, each comprising 120 credits.

Stage 1: You’ll study four 30-credit core engineering modules at a part-time study pace over two years, gaining the foundational knowledge and skills for further engineering study and taking your first steps in personal development planning.

Stage 2: You’ll study three further 30-credit core engineering modules, developing essential engineering skills and progressing personal development planning, plus one 30-credit module from a choice of routes.

Stage 3: You’ll study 90 credits from the route you chose at Stage 2, plus one 30-credit postgraduate module with a theme of technological innovation.

Stage 4: You’ll complete a 30-credit individual-project module, study the final two 30-credit modules from the route you chose at Stage 2, and complete your MEng with a 30-credit team-project module.
Individual project

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Materials, Minerals and Mining, Institute of
• Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
• Engineering Designers, Institution of
• Engineering Council
• Engineering and Technology, Institution of