Advanced Engineering – (M.Sc.)

Contents

The programme consists of taught modules and a project module and can be completed in as little as 2 years or as long as 8 years. For the MSc, depending on your choices, you will study between 6 and 9 taught modules plus a project module. Typically students will take three to four years to complete an MSc by part-time study. Fewer modules are needed for the Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate. Most modules have either a 10 or 15 credit weighting, where 10 credits equates roughly to a total of 100 hours of study. The MSc project module is 90 credits and can be undertaken as a work-based project.

Most of the modules taught on the Engineering Faculty's programmes are available for study on this Faculty-wide programme. Modules are in the following areas:

* Engineering Business Management
* Digital Communication Systems
* Manufacturing Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering and Design
* Construction and Project Management
* Chemical Engineering

Support for Part-Time Students

The Engineering Faculty at Loughborough University has considerable experience of working with industry to provide postgraduate engineering education, both through open registration programmes and bespoke courses. The Faculty has an extensive list of corporate clients, and its experience ranges from providing individual short courses tailored to meet the needs of specific engineering companies to complete postgraduate programmes for larger organisations. Postgraduate teaching takes place alongside large research activity (currently the research income for the Faculty is over £15m per year).

The University's Library offers a modern service geared to meeting the needs of part-time students who are based off-campus.

On-campus accommodation for part-time students is available, for information contact Student Accommodation Services (Accommodation for a range of budgets is also available in recommended local hotels. Loughborough is easily accessible either by train or motorway.

List of Modules

Construction and Project Management
* Lean Construction (10)
* Law for Construction Project Managers (10)
* Construction Innovation and Site Management (10)
* Off-Highway Plant (10)
* Management of the Design Process (10)
* Human Resource Management in Construction Projects (10)
* Sustainability and the Built Environment (10)
* Strategic Management in Construction (10)
* E-construction (10)
* Teamwork and Leadership (10)

Digital Communication Systems
* Digital Signal Processing for Software Radio(15)
* Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing (15)
* Communication Networks (15)
* Personal Radio Communications (15)
* Information Theory and Coding (15)
* Quality Aware Networks (15)
* Communications Channels (15)
* Communication Network Security and E-commerce (15)
* Mobile Networks (15)
* Integration of Renewables (15)
* Solar Power 1 (15)
* Wind Power 1 (15)
* Water Power (15)
* BioMass 1 (15)
* Sustainability, Policy and Environmental Management (15)

Mechanical Engineering and Design
* Structural Analysis (10)
* Engineering Management & Business Studies (10)
* Computer Aided Engineering (10)
* Software Engineering (10)
* Industrial Design and Human Factors (10)
* Engineering Design Methods (20)
* Sustainable Development: The Engineering Context (10)
* Sustainable Product Design (10)
* The Innovation Process & Project Management (10)
* Industrial Machine Vision (10)
* Introduction to Control and Mechanisms (10)
* Mechatronics (20)
* Thermofluids (10)
* Introduction to Electronics (10)
* Design of Machine Elements (10) (Distance Learning)
* Design for Assembly (10) (Distance Learning)

Manufacturing Engineering
* Global Business Strategy and Systems (10)
* Lean and Agile Manufacture (10)
* Product Lifecycle Management - Software Support (10)
* Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Technology (10)
* Rapid Prototyping, Tooling and Manufacturing (10)

Chemical Engineering
* Applied Heterogeneous Catalysis (15)
* Computer Methods for Water Pollution Monitoring (15)
* Filtration (15)
* Concepts of Chemical Product Design (15)
* Mixing of Fluids and Particles (15)
* Colloid Engineering and Nano-Science (15)
* Separations and Downstream Processing (15)
* Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (15)

Engineering Business Management
* Business Strategy (10) (Distance Learning)
* Marketing for Engineers (10) (Distance Learning)
* Operations Management (10) (Distance Learning)
* Lean and Agile Manufacture (10) (Distance Learning)
* Quality Management (10) (Distance Learning)

Award of Credits

To obtain credits for modules studied, students will be required to sit an examination paper and/or complete assignments. The requirements for each module will be specified when enrolling for the module. A number of the modules are examined entirely by coursework assignments.