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Advanced Engineering Design – (M.Sc.)
Oxford Brookes University
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,507 - ≈ € 13,586 (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
Great engineering design turns great ideas into great products. If this is your aim, then the MSc in Advanced Engineering Design will give you the skills you need to achieve it. Developing the skills to take complex products all the way from idea to fully-validated designs, you will use the most advanced CAD packages and learn the techniques required to analyse your work, testing designs in virtual reality to see how they perform and how reliable they are.
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 close links with industry through research projects and consultancies. This wealth of experience means our students benefit from being taught by staff abreast of the latest industry developments. Our wide network of contacts bring real world experiences to the courses.
For students with an interest in automotive or motorsport engineering, there is the opportunity 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
Contents
Course length
Full-time: 1 year
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, two optional modules and the Dissertation together with Research and Study Methods.
Compulsory modules:
* Advanced Mechanical Engineering Design consolidates and refines your ability to tackle advanced and complex interdisciplinary design projects. You are expected to progress with minimum guidance using your initiative and making use of your existing extensive knowledge learnt at degree level. You will work in small groups, and lecturers will act as the senior management of a hypothetical company.
* 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.
* Advanced Engineering Management provides you with an understanding of the management skills and knowledge that are important in engineering industries.
Optional modules:
* Computation and Modelling presents finite element modelling of structures containing composite materials, advanced simulation techniques using ADAMS and an introduction to MATLAB.
* CAD/CAM is a master's level module that develops skills in using state-of-the-art design and manufacturing software.
* Advanced Materials Engineering and Joining Technology takes further 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.
* 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.
* Noise, Vibration and Harshness looks at the analysis, quantification, characterization 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.
* 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.
You will also take:
* 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 motorsport 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 programmes 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 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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