This MSc in Engineering Design will build on your current skillset and knowledge to ensue you are delivering engineering projects efficiently and to a high-standard. You’ll gain an advanced critical understanding of theoretical concepts to help you solve problems in existing and emerging technologies.
Upon graduating from this course you will be able to seamlessly use creative techniques, analytical skills and engineering principles to solve design challenges.
Why study MSc Engineering Design at BNU?
Comprehensive degree
Engineers not only make things but also manage products, facilities or services. The engineering discipline offers intellectual challenge and the high level of satisfaction that comes from problem solving. There is a shortage of engineering skills in the UK and the demand for engineers is growing.
With sustainability, innovation, and emerging technologies at the core of this postgraduate degree’s curriculum, you’ll graduate with a crucial industry insight, that will help you to step into a managerial position.
With a history of delivering engineering design or related course for more than 25 years, Buckinghamshire New University is the perfect place to reach your full potential and thrive.
Facilities
On this MSc Engineering Design course, we have a range of state-of-the-art-facilities for you to get hands-on with. This mix of traditional and highly creative learning environments will enable you to learn the skills you need to take your professional career to the next level.
You’ll benefit from access to our brand-new Engineering and the Built Environment facilities, including;
- Building Services Lab, to include Air Conditioning Trainer, Hydro-electric Turbine and Photovoltaic Cells
- Concrete & Geotechnical Testing Lab, to include Slump Test, Concrete Density, Porosity, Flexural and Compression Testing, Soil Shear, Grading and Moisture Tests.
- Fluids/Thermo/Hydraulics Lab, to include Pneumatics Workstation, Digital Hydraulic Bench, Axial Flow Pump and Surface Tension Balance.
- Mechanical/Structural Lab, to include different Structural Test kits that will measure Deflection of Beams & Cantilevers, Bending Stress and Bending Moments
- Electronics and High Voltage Lab, to include Power and Energy Electronics, Modern Electrical Machine Systems, Three Phase Power Systems
- Automation/Manufacturing/General Workshop, to include 3D Metal Printer, Hardness Tester, Universal Tensile Testing, Impact Tester and and Dobot Smart Industry 4.0 Workstation
- CAD Lab and Design Studio
- Immersive Virtual Reality Lab
You are expected to take ownership of your learning and are required to spend time outside the contact time with tutors undertaking independent study. That’s why we offer a four-storey library filled with all the articles, books, research papers, computers and printers that you may need during your studies.
Expert-teaching
Led by a dedicated and experienced course team, you’ll benefit from their industry knowledge, industrial collaborations, and research in related fields, which will feed into your teaching and learning experience. As well as this you’ll have direct access to the professional network they bring with them.
Our array of industry practitioners and working alumni will be involved in delivering guest lectures, masterclasses and workshops, site visits and where possible, contribute to the assessment of your work.
Your network
You’ll study in a close-knit tutor group where everyone’s input is recognised and valued. Not only will you make friends for life, you’ll also make important connections that will last through your career, and you’ll form a network, just like you’d find in the working-world.
With London only a short train ride away, you’ll have the opportunity to visit galleries, museums, and sites of historical and contemporary interest.
What will I study?
Engineering provides a rewarding career with exciting roles using science and creativity to make new things or improve on existing ones in a variety of fields such as food, medicines, cars, aeroplanes or buildings, bridges and roads - aimed at the betterment of society and life in general.
In this evolving industry you must have a well-rounded knowledge of the state-of-the art design practices and technologies in engineering, and be able to deliver engineering projects efficiently, sustainably, ethically, and safely. This course offers modules which covers these areas, ensuring upon graduation you have a comprehensive knowledge in key areas that employers look for, from project management to Manufacturing Automation, Robotics and IoT.
This MSc Design Engineering course is designed to give students who have achieved an undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent the opportunity to extend their engineering skills and develop further understanding and knowledge on how to employ management and technical tools, and the skills and confidence to spearhead and manage the development of new products and projects within the engineering industry.
You’ll learn to identify business issues and develop systematic, original, and creative intellectual skills to formulate solutions. Taking a holistic approach, you’ll investigate issues or problems on a topic of professional relevance. Using your learnt skills and knowledge you’ll show how these issues can be resolved through design engineering.
On this course you’ll look at the key themes of Design/Technology, Project Management, Business Alignment and Complex Problem Solving in an engineering context. extends knowledge and skills in specialist and contemporary areas of design and technology to deal with complex engineering problems
The transferable skills you learn with this degree provides you with an understanding of commercial/financial management and modern tools and processes required for competitive product design and manufacture. It will also help you develop both project and people management skills. In addition, you'll gain the enterprise skills necessary to launch brand new products to market.
Upon graduating this course you’ll be capable of evaluating business needs and constraints covering both strategic and operational issues, through the application of an enhanced understanding of technical sign-off responsibilities.
How will I be taught and assessed?
To ensure you have the necessary base and study skills to benefit fully from the course, we hold a comprehensive induction programme for the first month of the course.
During this degree, a variety of assessment vehicles will be used as appropriate to the modules you take, including assignments carried out in your own time, in-class assignments, workshops and presentations. Assessments will be appropriate to the task, achievable, motivating and vocationally focussed, forming a constructive part of your learning process.
We also aim to provide industry brief opportunities for you to apply your knowledge, skills and understanding into real-world contexts. The theoretical underpinning of practice encourages the development of critical perspectives in relation to the language of design. At all levels of the course, employability skills have been built into the programme to prepare learners to gain work experience and acquire skills to secure employment on graduating.
Delivered through lectures and tutorials, each of the modules you study will focus on empowering you to think critically and learn how to analyse and evaluate solutions to complex, real-life problems.
You'll also learn through:
- seminars
- online resources
- independent learning
- laboratory exercises
- practical CAD/CAM sessions
- Dissertation
This course is delivered on a part-time mode, which allows the delivery, with some self-directed learning, for a period of 18 months followed by the project. This means that it would take two academic years to complete the programme of study.
