Engineering
Entry requirements
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)
- Deterministic and stochastic dynamics (MS327)
- Mathematical methods and fluid dynamics (MST326)
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.
Months of entry
May, November
Course content
The MSc is a milestone to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). You’ll develop a professional approach to your work and extend your engineering expertise, while gaining transferable skills, such as creative problem-solving, effective communication, project management and concept realisation. You’ll have the opportunity to tailor your studies by choosing an option module in applied mathematics, environmental management, innovation management or systems thinking. Working as part of a small project team, including at a UK-based residential weekend, you’ll design and present a solution to a real-world engineering problem, before concluding with an in-depth investigation of a topic of your choice.
Key features of the course
- Develop your planning, organising, data collecting, analysing and writing skills
- Extend your knowledge of recent research
- Progress to professional qualifications
- Prepare for a research degree
To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits. You'll study two 30-credit engineering modules and a 30-credit project management module, choose 30 credits from a range of option modules, and complete your degree with a 30-credit team engineering module and a 30-credit project module.
Fees and funding
For more information about fees and funding, please visit The Open University website.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MSc
- part time36 months
- Online learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- The Open University
- general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- 0300 303 5303