Entry requirements

You should have a first or strong second-class Bachelor's honours degree or international equivalent.

To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automotive engineering and vehicle engineering.

We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.

If your first language is not English but within the last two years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Combine specialist knowledge in engineering with advanced business skills to impact the future of vehicle engineering in the automotive sector.

Our course advances your technical knowledge in areas such as propulsion systems and how their development influences vehicle engineering. You'll explore the impact of a range of applications and technologies, analysing past failures and predicting future challenges. Using a systems-thinking approach, you’ll look at wider issues affecting the automotive sector including moral, ethical and sustainability.

Alongside engineering studies, you'll learn about business and management in industry, focusing on the automotive sector. This includes resource management, business processes and theory, and change management. All this helps you to develop skills useful for your future career, whatever that might be.

At the start of the course, we set you a topical automotive theme that carries through to group projects. This ensures that subject-based units are relevant to professional practice in industry. It also gives you the benefit of a personalised learning pathway.

You'll experience transdisciplinary learning in group projects where you'll collaborate with students across our suite of automotive courses. You’ll also tackle a real engineering management challenge with an industrial mentor on our industry-linked business consultancy project. Here, you’ll explore new and existing business models. This includes innovative and conscientious partnerships that balance economic growth with the impact of their activity on society.

Learn from experts in the field

We’ve carried out research in the automotive sector for over 40 years so you'll learn from academics contributing to the latest research in automotive engineering. They're dedicated to applying this knowledge to your learning experience so you get the benefit of their expertise. As well as academic support, you’ll benefit from our links with industry. Your consultancy project is sponsored by a company and supported by an industrial mentor.

Use specialist facilities

Throughout the course, you'll attend laboratory sessions run on our bespoke facilities that demonstrate the principles of current and future vehicles. You'll also draw on the staff expertise and facilities of our Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS).

Start your future here

We expect graduates from this course to go on to work as managers in the automotive industry. You could work in roles that use your technical expertise and ability to manage resources at large vehicle manufacturers, tier 1 suppliers and large consultancies. Our past graduates secured jobs at companies such as AVL, JLR, McLaren Automotive and Rolls-Royce. They've held positions including:

Component Engineer
SQD Engineer
Battery Cooling Component Engineer
Control Systems Engineer

Information for international students

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components

You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course.

If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.