MSc Mechanical Engineering with Professional Practice

Wolverhampton sits inside one of the UK’s most concentrated manufacturing and automotive engineering regions — exactly the kind of network a placement-based masters depends on.

• Established employer links, put to direct use. The School works with a range of local, national and international companies, giving Vocational Placement students a genuine route into industry rather than a cold start.
• Investment you can see and use. A recent £10m programme has delivered solid and fluid mechanics laboratories, subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels, advanced materials and composites analysis, and additive manufacturing engineering facilities at our Springfield Site.
• Support before, during and after your placement. You’ll get help preparing placement applications, a named personal tutor and course leader throughout your studies, and academic sign-off to ensure your placement genuinely relates to your course.
• Funding built for postgraduates. University of Wolverhampton graduates progressing directly to this masters can receive a 20% Postgraduate Loyalty Discount in their first year, alongside standard postgraduate funding routes.
• A course built around one clear, full-time structure, so you know from day one how your taught modules, placement and dissertation fit together.

As with our standard MSc, every module maps to course-level learning outcomes built around the UK Engineering Council’s AHEP framework — but here, your placement adds a further layer of applied, workplace-tested skill. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Apply advanced mathematics, statistics and engineering science to solve complex problems at the forefront of mechanical engineering practice.
• Formulate and analyse complex problems, using sound engineering judgement to work with data and information that may be uncertain or incomplete.
• Select and apply computational and analytical modelling techniques, critically evaluating their limitations in both academic and workplace settings.
• Design original solutions to complex problems, balancing societal, user, business and commercial needs alongside health, safety, sustainability and industry codes of practice.
• Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of engineering solutions across their full lifecycle, and identify ways to minimise adverse effects.
• Operate professionally in a real workplace or research environment, reflecting critically on your own performance and development through a structured placement portfolio.
• Communicate complex engineering matters clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including colleagues, supervisors and placement employers.

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years of study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

Students should normally be educated to honours Degree level, with a minimum classification of 2:2 in Mechanical Engineering, General Engineering, Technology, Physical Sciences or a closely related derivative.

RPL will be granted, if appropriate, as part of the admissions process and then ratified by the FSE RPL committee. All non-standard applicants to this course will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. In this instance, substantial and demonstrable professional experience can substitute for graduate status.

New teaching facilities are an integral part of a recent £10m investment at the University of Wolverhampton’s City Campus, which meets the teaching and learning requirements of students on this MSc course. All the specialist equipment needed for the delivery of the course including solid mechanics and fluid mechanics laboratories, subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels, advanced materials and composites analysis and advanced additive manufacturing engineering facilities are located at our City Campus. The course is underpinned by high quality teaching from highly experienced and qualified members of academic staff who are at the cutting edge of research in their respective fields.

The course has been developed according to the UK Engineering Council's benchmark requirements for professional engineering, to ensure that our students enter the workforce with the broad expertise and relevant capabilities that employers value.

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.

Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.

Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts. Please contact Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Aid. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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