Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc (Eng)

Course overview

This course offers a broad range of advanced subjects to develop your knowledge across the mechanical engineering disciplines. If you’re a graduate engineer who wishes to pursue a career in industry using advanced engineering techniques or want to gain in-depth knowledge for a career in research or academia, this course will help you do that.

We emphasise the application of computational and experimental methods, and packages in mechanical engineering analysis, design and manufacture to solve complex engineering problems. You’ll be supported in developing advanced engineering skills, selecting particular modules based on your own background and will also choose from a wide variety of modules that allow you to tailor your studies to suit your own interests or career ambitions.

Our School’s Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) is actively engaged in ensuring this course meets the needs of industry and reflects trends in the sector. IAB members also contribute to talks that feed into our taught modules and project work, ensuring the curriculum is challenging and relevant.

This means that, once you graduate, you’ll be fully equipped with the most up-to-date practices and industry-relevant knowledge to pursue an exciting career in this area.

Applying

Entry requirements

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a related engineering discipline. Applicants should have strong grades in relevant modules including advanced mathematics, fluid mechanics, strength of materials and dynamics.

We may ask for further detailed module information if these are not clear on your transcript. Some optional modules will also require studies covering thermodynamics but this is not essential to gain entry onto the course.

International

We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information, please contact the Admissions Team.

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.

Improve your English

International students who do not meet the English language requirements for this programme may be able to study our postgraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.

This pre-sessional course is designed with a progression route to your degree programme and you’ll learn academic English in the context of your subject area. To find out more, read Language for Engineering (6 weeks) and Language for Science: Engineering (10 weeks).

We also offer online pre-sessionals alongside our on-campus pre-sessionals. Find out more about our six week online pre-sessional and our 10 week online pre-sessional.

You can also study pre-sessionals for longer periods – read about our postgraduate pre-sessional English courses.

Career opportunities

This course will give you the opportunity to not only study advanced engineering skills but specialise in an area that suits your interests through optional modules from across the different areas of the discipline.

This will open up career opportunities across different sectors of mechanical engineering such as robotics, aerospace, automotive, design and manufacture, biomedical or even academia.

By the time you graduate from this MSc, you will be an all-rounded mechanical engineer with a specialist skill set and the in-depth knowledge sought after by many employers in industry.

Plus, the University of Leeds is in the top 5 most targeted universities in the UK by graduate recruiters, according to High Fliers’ The Graduate Market in 2024 report.

Here’s an insight into some of the job positions and organisations previous graduates in advanced mechanical engineering have secured:

• Mechanical Engineer, ACSSB
• Senior Project Manager, AECOM
• Project Engineer, Translift Sdn. Bhd.
• Design Engineer, Hinduja Tech Limited
• Mechanical Project Engineer, Firth Rixson
• Lead Engineer, Bentley Motors Ltd
• EMEA Project Manager, IMI Norgren
• Engineering Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)
• Product Design Engineer, Cameron Engineering & Motorsport
• Control Systems Engineer, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.
• Scientist/Engineer, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
• Mechanical Static Engineer, PETRONAS