Course summary
Prepare yourself for a successful career as an engineering professional with an MSc at the University of Huddersfield. Our Engineering Control Systems and Instrumentation course will equip you with the essential skills needed to excel in a modern engineering manufacturing environment, ensuring that you are ready to thrive in the world of work. This advanced course is ideal for you if your study or research interests include:
- The manufacture or use of machine tools and automated equipment for the production of precision engineering components
- Process control systems and measurement instrumentation
- Manufacturing control, measurement control and computer aided engineering applications
- Honing your development and project management skills so you can step into roles in technical design, controls systems and instrumentation and more
Modules
Our MSc in Engineering Control Systems and Instrumentation offers a wide range of modules across each year of the course, including many optional modules. Course modules include: • Process Measurement and Control • Manufacturing Systems Automation • Project and Finance Management.
Assessment method
This course is taught via lectures, tutorials and laboratory practical sessions and demonstrations. Computational, practical and tutorial work is carried out in one of the School’s well-equipped laboratories. Project work is frequently carried out using the same equipment and test rigs that are used for advanced research at the University. You may have the opportunity to carry out your major project under the supervision of researchers who are nationally or internationally recognised in their field. Modules are taught over a twelve week period and assessment takes place during, or at the end of, that period. Assessment is via assignment only or a combination of examination and assignment. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course. Assessment will include coursework and peer review and reflect the emphasis of the course on the ability to apply knowledge and skills. Feedback (either written and/or verbal) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on final coursework is available on request after the publication of results Further information The teaching year normally starts in September with breaks at Christmas and Easter, finishing with a main examination/assessment period around May/June. Timetables are normally available one month before registration.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Engineering Council
- Engineering and Technology, Institution of
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for this course are normally: * An Honours degree (2:2 or above) in Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering or similar, or in a closely related science subject area such as physics or mathematics or an equivalent professional qualification. You are also encouraged to apply if you have other qualifications and/or experience and can demonstrate that you are equipped with knowledge and skills equivalent to Honours degree level.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent.
Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements pages.
https://hud.ac.uk/international/courses-and-entry-requirements/international-entry-requirements/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9900* | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9900* | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9900* | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9900* | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9900* | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9900* | Year 1 |
| EU | £18700* | Year 1 |
| International | £18700* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
The information provided below is for those applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2025/26. Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. This webpage will be updated with 2026/27 tuition fees as information becomes available.
Tuition fees for UK students will cover the cost of your study at the University. For more information about funding, fees and finance for UK students, including what your tuition fee covers, please see our Fees and Finance - https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-finance/
If you are an EU or international student coming to study at the University of Huddersfield, please visit the International Fees and Finance pages for full details of tuition fees and support available - https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/
Please email the Student Finance Office ([email protected]) or call 01484 472210 for more information about fees and finance.
Sponsorship information
For further information please visit (https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding-studies/)
Provider information
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH