Taught course

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with a Masters industrial placement)

Institution
University of Sussex · School of Engineering and Informatics
Qualifications
MSc

Entry requirements

You should normally have a lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above.

You are suited to this course if you are a non-engineering graduate and your degree-level qualification is in a subject including or related to mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, agricultural engineering, and a subject with a high analytical content such as economics, experimental psychology, and physical geography. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The world of robotics is exciting and fast paced – revolutionising the way we live, work and play.

This is a conversion course designed for non-engineering graduates wishing to work for engineering companies. This MSc will give you the skills needed to work for employers developing or applying:

  • devices and systems for robotics and automation
  • smart systems with autonomous capability
  • ubiquitous and wearable devices.

You build on your individual responsibility, critical awareness and creative thinking, and examine issues such as:

  • project management, planning and scheduling
  • resourcing
  • documentation and communication.

You’ll be supervised by research-active faculty and be part of our vibrant international community. We have strong links with industry, well-equipped research and teaching laboratories, and we help you with your professional development.

We also offer this MSc with an industrial placement year, making it a two-year course, or without a placement.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • MSc
    full time
    15 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    part time
    27 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

Name
Course Enquiries
Email
enquiries@enginf.sussex.ac.uk