Entry requirements

You should have a first or strong second-class Bachelor's honours degree or international equivalent.

To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automotive engineering and vehicle engineering.

We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.

If your first language is not English but within the last two years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Combine specialist knowledge in engineering with advanced business skills to impact the future of vehicle engineering in the automotive sector.

Our course allows you to develop more in-depth knowledge in automotive engineering and combine this with business management skills.

You’ll advance your technical knowledge in areas such as propulsion systems and how they'll influence the future of vehicle engineering. You'll explore the impact of a range of applications and technologies, analysing past failures and predicting future challenges. Using a systems-thinking approach, you’ll look at wider issues affecting the automotive sector including moral, ethical and sustainability.

A topical automotive theme is set at the start of the course and carried through to group projects. This ensures that subject-based units are relevant to professional practice in industry. It also gives you the benefit of a personalised learning pathway.

Alongside engineering studies, you'll learn about business and management in industry, focusing on the automotive sector. This includes resource management, business processes and theory, and change management. All this will help you to develop skills useful for your future career, whatever that might be.

Creating a collaborative and transdisciplinary learning environment is key to our course. We do this through group projects where you'll work with with students across our suite of automotive courses. Our consultancy project also allows you to work on a real engineering management challenge with an industrial partner.

Learn from experts in the field

We’ve carried out research in the automotive sector for over 40 years so you'll learn from academics contributing to the latest research in automotive engineering. They're dedicated to applying this knowledge to your learning experience so you get the benefit of their expertise. As well as academic support, you’ll benefit from our links with industry. Your consultancy project is sponsored by a company with a real problem they want you to solve and an industrial mentor to help you.

Use specialist facilities

Throughout the course, you'll attend laboratory sessions run on our bespoke facilities that demonstrate the principles of current and future vehicles. You'll also draw on the staff expertise and facilities of our Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS).

Start your future here

Supporting you to graduate ready to advance your career is important to us. As part of your course, you’ll study professional development to build your research, communication and project management skills.

We expect graduates from this course to go on to work as managers in the automotive industry. They'll work in roles that draw upon both their technical expertise and ability to manage resources at large vehicle manufacturers, tier 1 suppliers and large consultancies. Our past engineering graduates have secured jobs as:

Calibration engineer, Ford Motor Company Ltd
Product engineer, Renault
Engineering consultant, D'Appolonia

Information for international students

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components

You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course.

If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.