MSc (technical)

The Aims and Objectives
  1. To extend existing engineering and science knowledge beyond the level covered at the BSc Honours degree level and to move to a professional, Master’s output.
  2. To widen existing engineering and science knowledge and to include areas not covered in the BSc Honours degree level.
  3. To develop the skills required for team-working (and, for CEng, leadership), social and business awareness, through further studies, such as law, finance, management, risk
    assessment and environmental issues.
  4. To gain experience of teamwork, ideally with cross-disciplinary elements, integrating topics covered in the BSc level and centered on real professional and business issues.
Accreditation

MSc (Technical)

This degree is accredited as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired a partial CEng accredited undergraduate first degree.

See www.jbm.org.uk for further information.

Regulations and Entry Requirements

An MSc candidate in Civil Engineering must normally have a BSc Civil Engineering Honours degree, and those for the MSc Civil with Environmental Engineering Degree must normally have a BSc Civil with Environmental Engineering Honours Degree, or an equivalent qualification.

A candidate for any MSc degree must normally pass a course in research methodology.

Structure of Programmes

Offered part-time
It is an evening programme with lectures and tutorials being delivered face-to-face between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays.

Duration of Study
Minimum of three (3) semesters or a maximum of six (6) semesters.

Students failing to complete all course requirements for the MSc programme within the specified period but have obtained 28 or more credits may be granted a Post Graduate Diploma in Civil Engineering or Civil with Environmental Engineering upon request. 
Students who are awarded the post graduate diploma shall not be able to apply any of these credits for earning the MSc in Civil Engineering and /or MSc in Civil with Environmental Engineering.

Credits for the post graduate diploma shall comprise the following:

  1. Twenty-eight (28) credits from the core courses; AND
  2. At least three (3) or four (4) other credits from the list of optional courses (or any other course approved by the Head of Department).

No. of Credits Required: 40 or 41
The credits required to complete the programme are dependent on the electives chosen. The Semester 1 workload is 16 credits, Semester 2 has 15 or 16 credits and emester 3 (May to July) has 9 credits.

Course Listing
For detailed course listing please review the Postgraduate Information Guide Postgraduate Information Guide

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