MSc Structural Engineering

The MSc course is a 12-month full-time programme with subject areas relevant to structural/civil engineering and emerging technologies and materials in the profession's future. A strong set of core engineering units will provide a common platform of underpinning skills and knowledge at a postgraduate level in advanced structural analysis, including finite element methodologies and dynamic loadings like earthquakes, and advanced structural materials and design. You will benefit from a series of seminars, as part of the Research and Professional Skills unit, learning the most recent advances in structural engineering from distinguished invited academic and industry experts.

You will select one of the two curated pathways – Composite Materials and Sustainable Design, or Asset Management and Digital Transformation – to gain specialisation in 'new' materials and sustainable design or in systems thinking approach and digital tools, respectively. Depending on your optional units, you may design composite products or bridges using computational design tools and optimisation procedures, create a project brief and assess solutions against sustainability criteria, debate state-of-the-art digital technologies for the delivery of integrated infrastructure and asset health monitoring, and use mathematical modelling towards the achievement of UN sustainable development goals.

As part of your programme, you are also required to attend a field trip within the UK to visit construction and manufacturing sites.

Having successfully completed the taught component, you will develop a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) stage 2 project, working in groups and independently, to be submitted at the end of the academic year.

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in:

• Aerospace Engineering
• Applied Physics
• Architectural Engineering
• Civil/Structural Engineering
• Engineering Design
• Geology
• Information Engineering
• Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering

Other Engineering subjects will also be considered on a case-by-case basis.

We will also consider other non-Engineering degree subjects if you have at least one of the following:

• evidence of significant, relevant work experience (minimum three years in one of the following sectors: Construction, Design, Engineering, working for international contractors ie a company that manages the whole process including design and build of projects, or roles in assessment of infrastructure );
• a relevant postgraduate qualification.

If this is the case, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.