Course summary
This course has been developed in close partnership with employers, focused on development skills that employers specifically demand. WHY MIGHT YOU WANT TO DO THIS COURSE? You love engineering! You’ll be looking to advance your managerial skills, alongside your technical ability. But more than that, you want to know how to apply this in the industrial world. COURSE CONTENT You will develop competency and skills that include the latest advances in engineering disciplines of energy and power, manufacture and design. In addition to covering the latest engineering technology, you will be equipped with the creative, commercial, business and management skills that are necessary to be an innovator, entrepreneur and industry leader. INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIP Students on the MSc with Industrial Internship programme will spend a minimum of 36 weeks of their second year (third year with the part-time option) on placement with an engineering company. It is the responsibility of each student to arrange his or her own Industrial Internship. Internships must be approved by the University in accordance with agreed Health, Safety and Welfare requirements. Students can avail of a School based employability programme focusing on relevant skills such as CV writing and interview skills to support their applications for industrial internships. Successful completion of the industrial internship element will require students to submit a satisfactory placement portfolio at the end of their internship. Students who are unable to secure, or satisfactorily pass, their industrial internship will be completed on the MSc Mechanical Engineering and Management.
Modules
For more information please see http://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-taught/mechanical-engineering-management-industrial-internship-msc
How to apply
International applicants
Evidence of an IELTS* score of 6.5, with not less than 5.5 in any component, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University is required (*taken within the last 2 years) International students wishing to apply to Queen's University Belfast (and for whom English is not their first language), must be able to demonstrate their proficiency in English in order to benefit fully from their course of study or research. Non-EEA nationals must also satisfy UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) immigration requirements for English language for visa purposes. For more information on English Language requirements for EEA and non-EEA nationals see: www.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs.
Entry requirements
Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a suitable engineering discipline, including substantial Mathematics and engineering content at 2.2 Honours level or equivalent standard, acceptable to the School. Applicants holding a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a suitable engineering discipline with performance in key modules below 2.2 Honours standard may be considered on an individual basis. Such applicants will be required to demonstrate a minimum of two years professional experience. A 2.1 Honours degree in Mathematics or Physics or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University will be considered. Applicants with non-standard qualifications will be considered on an individual basis. The University's Recognition of Prior Learning Policy provides guidance on the assessment of experiential learning (RPEL). Please visit http://go.qub.ac.uk/RPLpolicy for more information.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
For tuition fee information relating to this course please see the University's Postgraduate Tuition Fee website - http://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/PostgraduateStudy/TuitionFees
Sponsorship information
For more information on funding and scholarships for Postgraduate study, please see http://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/PostgraduateStudy/FundingandScholarships/
Provider information
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN