The taught part of the course consists of major engineering themes such as:

• sustainable energy management
• manufacturing materials and processes
• engineering design
• computational methods
• engineering software

You will complete a research project as part of the course. You can choose your project from an extensive range of subjects. Recent areas for project work include:

• design and manufacture
• thermo-fluid dynamics
• composite materials
• bioengineering and biomaterials
• microelectronic-mechanical systems
• mathematical and computational engineering modelling

Some research may be undertaken in collaboration with industry.

The course is delivered by the School of Engineering. The School has an established programme of research seminars. These are delivered by national and international guest speakers from academia and industry. They provide excellent insights into a wide variety of engineering research.

Effective communication is an important skill for the modern professional engineer. This course includes sessions to help develop your ability, through:

formal guidance sessions dedicated to good practice in report writing
oral/poster presentations of project work.

The taught component of the course combines:

• lectures
• tutorials/labs
• seminars

Assessment is by written examination and submitted in-course assignments.

The research project (worth 60 credits) is undertaken throughout the duration of the course. Project work is assessed by:

• dissertation
• oral presentation
• poster presentation

You will meet regularly with your allocated project supervisors.

The courses have been accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. 

The accreditation shows that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC).

An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Some employers prefer to recruit from accredited degrees. An accredited degree is also likely to be recognised by countries that are signatories to international accords.

You will be taught in the Stephenson Building. It has both general and specialist laboratories and workshop facilities used for:

• training
• course delivery
• manufacturing materials/components needed to support project work

You will have access to over 120 PCs in the Stephenson Building's computer clusters on campus. All the PCs support the specialist software used on the course, including:

• CAD
• stress analysis
• fluid dynamics
• signal processing packages

 You can also use the School’s cluster of 60+ PCs, which are used for instrumentation and data acquisition laboratories.

• MEC8095 MSc Project: Mechanical and Systems Engineering
• CME8113 Sustainable Energy Management
• MEC8028 Design for Human Systems Integration
• MEC8052 Manufacturing Materials and Processes
• MEC3015 Instrumentation and Drive Systems*
• MEC3019 Structural Optimisation and Crashworthiness*
• MEC8042 Mechanical Power Transmission*
• MEC8043 Software in the Professional Engineering Context*

If you have studied MEC3015 or MEC3019 as part of a previous course at Newcastle University, you will replace the modules denoted by * with the following compulsory modules:

• CME8055 Energy Sources and Storage
• MEC8026 Robotics
• MEC8029 Design of Mechanical Power Transmissions
• SPG8501 Ideas for Business Enterprise for Postgraduates in Science, Agriculture and Engineering

UK

Full time: £10,620

EU

Full time: £10,620

International

Full time: £22,710

• 6 week Pre-sessional entry: IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills)
• 10 week Pre-sessional entry:  IELTS 5.5 overall (with a minimum of 5.0 in all sub-skills)

You can study our Pre-sessional English course at the INTO Newcastle Centre.