Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering MSc

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Overview

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MSc

  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500
  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 1800 per 30 credit module
  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500
    International applications are closed for 2024

MSc with Placement Year

  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500
  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 1800 per 30 credit module
  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500
    International applications are closed for 2024

MSc

  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500
  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500

MSc with Placement Year

  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500
  • MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1/2 years
    • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500

What makes this course different

Extensive skills range

We'll give you a solid grounding in engineering principles, analysis and design as well as skills including research and project management.

Industry 4.0

Future industries require students trained to be able to integrate electronics, controls, computers, and moving parts. In 2019, automation and robotics/ mechatronics engineers were the second most in-demand. The demand is also expected to grow rapidly in the next 10 years.

Links with industry

The programme is designed to advance your industry readiness through engagement with industry experts and real work experience.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Your future career

Your future career

There is an acknowledged shortage of skilled mechatronics engineers with the right qualifications and experience. We have designed this course to fill this skills gap and give you a competitive edge when it comes to your career.

Some potential destinations for students are, aerospace, automotive, railways, defence, manufacturing, and marine engineering. In your career, you will design, develop, maintain, and manage engineering systems that have cutting-edge sophisticated technology. You will have a key role in areas such as design, research, and development, sales, production management, safety, and quality. You could apply new solutions to industrial problems using mechanical and electronic engineering and computer technology; such as for robotic vehicles for underwater exploration.

Our Docklands location means that we are uniquely placed for links to industry employers, and we have strong contacts with organisations in the local area, including Crossrail, Thames Water, and the London Borough of Newham.

Within our School, we also have a dedicated careers advisory service as well as an active alumni network able to facilitate contact with prospective employers.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

What you'll learn

The course includes a number of self-contained, taught modules organised around the various areas of mechatronics engineering. There is a wide range of modules from which the students can choose which includes: Highway and Railway Engineering, Automation and Robotics, Smart Industries and Digital Manufacturing, Intelligent Transport Systems, Wireless Signal Propagation, and Machine Learning on Big Data.

The taught modules are complemented by a research dissertation project that you will undertake at the end of your course. This dissertation is your route to becoming an accredited chartered engineer.

There is a highly practical emphasis on our MSc. You will learn the theory and then apply it through working on projects in our extensive laboratories and during fieldwork.

These projects will provide you with the learning opportunities and practical skills you will need in your future career. You will graduate with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the most up-to-date practices in mechatronics engineering.

How you'll learn

All modules include coursework, for which you will have opportunities to apply your knowledge to engineering projects related to real-life situations.

This coursework will include analysis and design projects, research reports, group and seminar presentations, and a research dissertation project. You will also attend lectures, seminars, and tutorials and you will work both individually and in groups. To support the hands-on nature of this course, we have an impressive range of facilities. You will have access to superb computer facilities and the very latest design software.

Expert feedback and support are always on offer from our dedicated team of academics, all of whom are experts in their particular fields. As well as having strong academic credentials, many have extensive industrial experience as practicing engineers. Dr Jaswinder Lota has been involved in research that includes vehicle-vehicle communication, IoT, and future communication technologies such as 5G. Our MSc courses are some of the most flexible around. Engineers already employed in the industry have found that studying part-time can easily be tailored to suit their personal requirements.

How you will be assessed

You'll be assessed through a written exam, laboratory-based coursework, and a dissertation or a major project. The written exam will be to test your theoretical knowledge and understanding.

Coursework will assess your practical skills, while the dissertation will be for applying learning outcomes to a project related to design and development with applications in the industry.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering.

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.