University of Sussex

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with an industrial placement year) MSc

University of SussexOn campus - in person, United Kingdom

Course overview

Rapidly develop skills and expertise in robotics on this conversion course. Benefit from industry connections, fully equipped labs and placement opportunities.

Key highlights

  • Conversion course developing robotics skills and expertise rapidly
  • Designed for graduates from non-engineering analytical subjects
  • Industrial placement year included within the two-year programme
  • Benefit from industry connections throughout your studies
  • Hands-on learning in fully equipped robotics labs

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — or above; You are suited to this course if you are a non-engineering graduate and your degree-level qualification is in a subject including or related to mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, agricultural engineering, and a subject with a high analytical content such as economics, experimental psychology, and physical geography. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing

Scholarships

  • Cate Haste Scholarship in History

    £3,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £3,000
  • Cate Haste Scholarship in Media and Film

    £3,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £3,000
  • Chancellor's Masters Scholarship

    £3,000 for applicants assessed as 'Home' for fees or £5,000 for applicants assessed as 'Overseas' for fees.

  • Jan Metzger Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc

    £12,550 fee waiver

    Up to £12,550
  • John Kinghorn Scholarship in Engineering

    £10,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £10,000
  • MBA Impact Scholarship

    £2,500 - £5,000 towards tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £2,500
  • Sanctuary Scholarship (Masters)

  • Shan Vaswani Borgartz Scholarship in Media

    £5,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £5,000
  • Stuart Hall Scholarship

    £5,000 tuition fee discount.

    Up to £5,000
  • Sussex Alumni Scholarship

    £3,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £3,000
  • Sussex Progressive Futures Scholarships

    £10,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £10,000
  • The University of Sussex Business School International Masters Award

    £2,000 will be awarded as a fee waiver to all overseas fee-paying students who start a full-time Masters course at the Business school.

    Up to £2,000
  • The University of Sussex Engineering and Informatics International Masters Award

    £2,000 will be awarded as a fee waiver to all overseas fee-paying students who start a full-time Masters course at the School of Engineering & Informatics.

    Up to £2,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Robotics engineer
  • Autonomous systems engineer
  • Control systems engineer
  • Automation engineer
  • Machine learning engineer
  • Embedded systems engineer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £15,350 for full-time students, including placement | International: £32,400 for full-time students, including placement

Admission

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