Mechanical Engineering, MSc
Swansea UniversityBay Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our MSc in Mechanical Engineering provides you with a comprehensive understanding of modern mechanical engineering techniques, introducing you to examples from across disciplines and industries. This programme delivers research-informed and industry-aligned postgraduate education, that develops your advanced technical capability and creative design skills, while improving your professional judgement, ready for modern engineering practice. The course mirrors the structure of our MEng pathway while offering specialist MSc-level modules that provide deeper analytical, sustainable and research-focused learning.
You also have the opportunity to undertake an additional year for an industry placement or project, providing you with valuable additional work experience.
Key highlights
- Optional additional year for an industry placement or project
- Research-informed and industry-aligned postgraduate teaching
- Specialist modules in deeper analytical, sustainable and research-focused learning
- Develops advanced technical capability and creative design skills
- Builds professional judgement ready for modern engineering practice
- Examples drawn from across engineering disciplines and industries
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2.2.
- Degree: 2nd class — to include Mechanical Engineering; or above
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Mechanical Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Research and Development Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Project Engineer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £12,100 per year | International: £23,350 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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