Swansea University

Computer Modelling in Engineering, MRes

Swansea UniversityBay Campus, United Kingdom

Course overview

This MRes programme consists of two streams: students may choose to specialise in either structures or fluids. The taught modules provide a good grounding in computer modelling and in the finite element method, in particular. Computer simulation is now an established discipline that has an important role to play in engineering, science and in newly emerging areas of interdisciplinary research.

Using mathematical modelling as the basis, computational methods provide procedures which, with the aid of the computer, allow complex problems to be solved. The techniques play an ever-increasing role in industry and there is further emphasis to apply the methodology to other important areas such as medicine and the life sciences. The Zienkiewicz Institute for Modelling, Data and AI, within which this course is run, has excellent computing facilities, including a state-of-the-art multi-processor super computer with virtual reality facilities and high-speed networking.

This course is suitable for those who are interested in gaining a solid understanding of computer modelling, specialising in either structures or fluids, and taking the skills gained through this course to develop their career in industry or research. If you would like to qualify as a Chartered Engineer, this course is accredited with providing the additional educational components for the further learning needed to qualify as a Chartered Engineer, as set out by UK and European engineering professional institutions.

Key highlights

  • Choice of two specialist streams: structures or fluids
  • Taught modules grounded in computer modelling and the finite element method
  • Run within the Zienkiewicz Institute for Modelling, Data and AI
  • Multi-processor supercomputer with virtual reality and high-speed networking
  • Accredited further learning towards Chartered Engineer status
  • Applications extend to medicine and the life sciences

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:1 — 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

  • Computational engineer
  • Finite element analyst
  • Computational fluid dynamics engineer
  • Structural analysis engineer
  • Simulation engineer
  • Research engineer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £5,238 per year | International: £23,800 per year

Admission

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