Engineering

The MSc is a milestone to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). You’ll develop a professional approach to your work and extend your engineering skills. You’ll also develop a range of transferable skills, such as creative problem-solving, effective communication, project management and concept realisation. As part of a small project team, and during a UK-based residential school, you’ll design and present a solution to a real-world engineering problem.

Modules
To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits.

For a full list of modules available go to:
http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/postgraduate/qualifications/f46

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

However, some option modules do have entry requirements. We’ll ask you to prove you meet them when you register for any of these modules:

Calculus of variations and advanced calculus (M820)
Although this qualification has no entry requirements, we recommend you have:

A UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a subject with a high mathematics content.
Minimum IELTS (International English Language Testing System) scores of:
Reading: 5.5
Writing: 5.5
Speaking: 5.5
Listening: 5.5
Overall: 6.0.

Our free course, Succeeding in postgraduate study, helps you develop the skills and confidence to manage the requirements and demands of postgraduate study

180 credits

3.5 – 4 years

How long it takes
• Most students complete this qualification in five years.
• The maximum time you may take to complete this qualification is eight years.

See Course Web Page link for next start date.

Career relevance

The knowledge and practical experience you gain during your postgraduate studies mean you’ll be well placed to take advantage of the many senior engineering and technology employment opportunities available in the UK and abroad. At the same time, you’ll be developing capabilities that are highly prized by employers in a variety of other sectors, where your logical thinking, numeracy skills, and team working abilities will be in demand.

Accreditation
This degree has been accredited by the professional institution(s) below under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. Accreditation is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC). An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng). Some employers recruit preferentially from accredited degrees, and an accredited degree is likely to be recognised by other countries that are signatories to international accords.

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).

Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer when combined with an accredited honours degree like our own Bachelor of Engineering (Q65).

Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully mee