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Automotive Engineering – (M.Sc.)
Oxford Brookes University
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
| Application Deadline: | as soon as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,507 - ≈ € 13,809 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
The MSc in Automotive Engineering provides an opportunity for in-depth study of the engineering that enables and drives forward this vital worldwide industry. The key components of the course cover:
* design, with a focus on vehicle chassis and performance
* sustainability
* reliability
* aerodynamics
* issues of comfort like noise, vibration and harshness.
Teaching is based in our purpose-designed engineering building on the Wheatley Campus.
Why Brookes?
Brookes has a long history of providing high-quality, accredited automotive, motorsport and mechanical engineering courses. These are taught by staff with exceptional knowledge and expertise in their fields. We have, for example, lecturers who are leading the world in research on sustainable vehicle engineering or who have designed and worked on winning F1 race cars.
We have close links with industry through research projects and consultancies. Our partners include the BMW MINI plant in Oxford and other local businesses. As well as the traditional aspects of motor car design and manufacture, we have lively and well-funded research programmes in areas of current concern such as vehicle end-of-life issues, and modern composite materials. We also have a growing involvement in electric vehicles.
Students have the chance to join our very successful Formula Student team and put theory into practice by racing against other universities from around the world.
Career prospects
Our graduates enjoy the very best employment opportunities, with hundreds of engineering students having gone onto successful careers in their chosen industry. Many of our students go on to work with leading automotive or motorsport companies in the UK and worldwide.
Contents
Course length
Full-time: 1 year (12 months)
Part-time: 2 years
The course is structured around three periods: Semester 1 runs from September to December, Semester 2 from January to May, and the summer period completes the year until the beginning of September.
To qualify for a master's degree you must pass the compulsory modules, one of two alternative-compulsory modules and one optional module, along with the dissertation and research and study methods.
Compulsory modules:
* Advanced Chassis Engineering will give you a thorough understanding of the relevant theoretical and practical considerations associated with tyres, straight-line braking and acceleration together with ride and handling of a vehicle.
* Performance Vehicle Design is a group research and development project on a topic relevant to vehicle engineering.
* Sustainable Vehicle Engineering presents the concepts of sustainability and applies them to issues facing vehicle engineering and transport, such as the manufacturing processes, carbon foot-printing, materials of construction and choice of powertrain.
* Advanced Engineering Management provides you with an understanding of the management skills and knowledge that are important in engineering industries.
Alternative-compulsory modules (you must pass at least one of these):
* Noise, Vibration and Harshness looks at the analysis, quantification, characterisation and diagnosis of the noise, vibration and harshness of automotive components and assemblies.
* Vehicle Crash Engineering will give you an understanding of material, component and structural behaviour when subjected to medium-to-high-impact events. This includes the design, testing and modelling of motorsport and automotive vehicles with regard to crash worthiness.
Optional modules (you take one of these, unless you take both alternative-compulsory modules above):
* Advanced Vehicle Aerodynamics focuses on the problem of how to design vehicle shapes that produce desirable or acceptable flow characteristics.
* Engineering Reliability and Risk Management covers the principles and techniques for improving the reliability of engineering components and systems, predicting their life and managing technical risk.
* Advanced Materials Engineering and Joining Technology looks at the detailed processing and design of advanced materials for engineering products. The significance of the properties and composition of materials is explored in relation to the selection of joining processes and optimising joint design, for the manufacture of high-performance engineering products and structures.
* CAD/CAM is a master's level module that develops skills in using state-of-the-art design and manufacturing software.
* Advanced Powertrain Engineering provides an understanding of areas such as powertrain system requirements, energy flow in the driveline, engine and powertrain modelling concepts for evaluating the performance of Powertrain systems.
* Advanced Strength of Components is concerned with the prediction of the load-carrying capacity and life of mechanical engineering components by an analysis of factors such as inelastic behaviour, residual stress, stability, cracks, and fatigue and contact loading.
You will also take the following:
* Research and Study Methods underpins work carried out for the dissertation. The module, delivered in a seminar style, will provide you with research skills, planning techniques, progress management and review, and the ability to use ICT support materials. You will be given guidance on the analysis and technical presentation of research material.
* The Dissertation is an individual research and development work on a topic relevant to automotive engineering and related to your chosen course of study. The work may be undertaken in close co-operation with a research, industrial or commercial organisation.
As courses are reviewed regularly, the choice of modules available may differ from those described above.
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Requirements
You should normally hold a first degree equivalent to at least a British lower second-class bachelor's degree in mechanical, automotive or motorsport engineering or a related discipline. Applicants with relevant professional experience will also be considered.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English you must satisfy our English language requirement by providing us with evidence of a minimum TOEFL score of 80 (internet-based) or an IELTS score of 6.0.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) as meeting the academic requirements for full Chartered Engineer status.
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