Course content
You’ll take four taught modules that cover a broad range of activities involved in designing and validating new products and machinery.
You’ll choose a major personal project for the submission of a written thesis. The subject area can meet your career aspirations and interest.
Professional body accreditation
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Candidates must hold a CEng accredited BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree to comply with full CEng registration requirements.
This course has been accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) up to and including the January 2027 intake.
This course has been accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) up to and including the January 2027 intake.
Re-accreditation is currently being sought for intakes from September 2027 onwards, due to curriculum updates to ensure the course’s alignment with industry.
Modules
The tables provide an indicative list of the modules that make up the course for the current academic year. Each module is worth a specified number of credits. Our teaching is informed by research, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline. We aim to ensure that all modules run as scheduled. If for any reason a module cannot be run we will advise you as soon as possible and will provide guidance on selecting an appropriate alternative module.
Renewable And Sustainable Energy Systems
This module explores the role of energy efficiency and renewable technologies in the modern energy industry. You will study key renewable systems, including solar PV, wind power, hydro and marine energy, biomass, geothermal technologies, and energy storage, alongside low-carbon solutions such as carbon capture and combined heat and power (CHP). You will examine how these technologies are integrated into industrial processes and energy networks to support cost-effective, net-zero pathways. The module also addresses the technical and economic challenges associated with deploying these systems at commercial and utility scale. Laboratory-based experimental work provides hands on experience with renewable and low-carbon technologies, including PV performance testing, wind turbine evaluation, fuel cells, hydrogen systems, and thermal energy analysis.
Module code: MECH73161
Engineering Project Management And Research Methods
In this module you will evaluate your engineering prowess and project management acumen. This comprehensive module is designed to equip professionals with essential skills to thrive in todays dynamic engineering landscape. This module covers five main areas: research methods, research analysis, project management, engineering ethics and team working. You will be exposed to writing research projects, structure and formatting of professional reports, presenting results scientifically to a technical audience; advanced project management methodologies and tools to efficiently plan, execute and control group-based engineering projects; explore ethical considerations in engineering emphasising the importance of integrity and responsible conduct.
Module code: ENGG73114
Sustainable Product Design And Digital Manufacture
Studying this Sustainable Product Design and Digital Manufacture module, you will have the opportunity to work in a team, having been introduced to team formation strategies to prepare you for working on a set brief. You will have the opportunity to analyse, test, measure through a Lifecycle assessment in order to support and justify the develop of a new product. You will use a variety of design simulation tools to develop a prototype solution that will be documented in your design portfolio. You will have the opportunity to present your work as a team.
Module code: ENGG73117
Msc Individual Project
This is your chance to design and implement your own large-scale project of investigation, experimentation and analysis. Your project will need to have practical and investigative elements, meaning you will have the opportunity to evaluate existing background, theories and knowledge as applied to a design problem or the development and improvement of new or existing processes and products. By using the wide-ranging skills, you have developed during your course you will be able to use practical measurement, design, implementation and above all, creativity, to devise and develop a solution based on sound engineering principles.
Module code: ENGG73113
Engineering Modelling And Simulation
This module provides detailed study of the process of Structural Analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics and how such processes can be used to solve real-life problems. Design and analysis case studies and design problems will be considered, and the applications of different system implementation technologies will be discussed. Software-based modelling and simulation techniques to create complex systems will be studied. Industry standard software will be used for detailed analysis and complex modelling and simulations during this module.
Module code: MECH73160