Overview

The Engineering MSc degree from The Open University UK will help you develop a professional approach to your work and extend your engineering skills. You’ll also develop a range of transferable skills such as the ability to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, manage projects and turn concepts into reality.

Key facts:

Develops your planning, organising, data collecting, analysing and writing skills
Extends your knowledge of recent research
Leads to professional qualifications
Ideal preparation for a research degree

Career opportunities:

The knowledge and practical experience you gain during your postgraduate studies mean you’ll be well placed to take advantage of the many senior engineering and technology employment opportunities available in the UK and abroad. At the same time, you’ll be developing capabilities that are highly prized by employers in a variety of other sectors, where your logical thinking, numeracy skills, and team working abilities will be in demand.

Accreditation

Combining an accredited honours degree with our MSc in Engineering will fulfil the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer status. We have accreditations with:

The Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE)
The Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Calculus of variations and advanced calculus
Environmental monitoring and protection
Finite element analysis: basic and applications
Making environmental decisions
Making strategy with systems thinking in practice
Managing for sustainability

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-11 00:00:00
Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-08 00:00:00
Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-12 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

General Engineering & Technology View 46 other Masters in General Engineering & Technology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

For Stage 1, you should normally hold a UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a subject with a high mathematics content. If you don’t have an honours degree, you may still be able to study this qualification by demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level
Your spoken and written English must be of an adequate standard for postgraduate study. If English is not your first language, we recommend that you will need a minimum overall score of 6 and minimum score of 5.5 in each of the four components: reading, writing, speaking and listening under the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

5191 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

3827 GBP / year

≈ 3827 GBP / year

Additional Details

National : £10,860–£11,481
International: £14,711–£15,575

Funding

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