Master of Science in Maritime Engineering Science - Naval Architecture

at University of Southampton - Boldrewood Innovation Campus United Kingdom

Learn to take an engineering project from concept to completion. On this course, you'll study core mechanical engineering skills, but also more technical topics associated with mechanical engineering management. You'll specialise in managing people, processes and finances. This 4-year integrated Masters degree will prepare you for an exciting, rewarding and well-paid engineering career.

This specialist course combines topics in mechanical engineering and management to give you a well-rounded experience. The first 2 years follow the same content to our degree in mechanical engineering. In the third and fourth years, you'll develop the technical skills to understand, design and manufacture new products. You'll then specialise in management skills, and learn to:

• Assess and manage risk
• Apply industrial law
• Manage resources and people
• Work on time and to a budget

As part of this course you can:

• Use our design workshops and studios
• Take a work placement to boost your academic performance and prepare for your career
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Complete both an individual project and a final-year, group design project
• Go on site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional, year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code HH31 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

We're a designated university for the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS).

Discover how automobiles are designed, built and tested. Learn the specialist science and engineering behind the industry, then design and create your own. You'll have the chance to specialise in areas of motor vehicle engineering that interest you, from race cars to vehicle electronics. This degree will prepare you for a career in automotive mechanical engineering.

This course provides a solid foundation in mechanical engineering and you'll learn the core principles of:

• Vehicle dynamics
• Structural design
• Propulsion
• Automotive electronics

Then you can specialise in subjects, including composite engineering.

As part of this course you can:

• Use our range of engineering facilities and gain practical experience with our design workshops and studios.
• Get a solid introduction to relevant subjects such as mathematics and mechanics
• Take a work placement to boost your academic performance and career prospects
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Study management modules to explore a variety of career paths
• Go on site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can also join our Formula Student team. You'll help design, build and race a car in competitions.

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H3H3 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

We're a designated university for the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS).

Learn about the materials used in aircraft and spacecraft, why they’re chosen, how they behave and why they sometimes fail. You’ll study the design and manufacture of fast-moving aircraft and spacecraft, then specialise in their materials, structures and analysis. MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Materials and Structures prepares you for a career in engineering design or further research.

Aeronautics and Astronautics looks at the science, engineering and manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft. On our aeronautical engineering courses you'll learn how they operate within our atmosphere and in space.

You’ll study the principles of aerospace engineering, then take more advanced modules in materials, construction and testing to learn about aeronautical and manufacturing engineering.

In year 3 you will do an individual research project. In year 4 you’ll take part in a group design project.

You’ll get hands-on experience in our extensive facilities, which include:

• Dedicated student design studios and workshops
• The largest wind tunnel in any UK university
• New testing and structures research laboratory, part of the £48m National Infrastructure Laboratory
• Jet laboratory with supersonic ramjet, turbojet and rocket engine
• Professional manufacturing centre

As part of this course you can:

• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Attend site visits to experience engineering in practice
• Apply your engineering knowledge to solve a real-world problem

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H44H for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Study the latest maritime techniques, methods and software on this MSc in Advanced Computational Engineering in Maritime Engineering at the University of Southampton. Learn the theory and practice behind maritime computational engineering science as you take on practical design tasks and prepare how to work effectively with industry.

You’ll gain an advanced understanding of the fundamental principles, methods and applications of maritime engineering science.
 
On this pathway you'll also learn advanced computational methods incorporating: 

• Complied versus interpreted language
• Combining c-code with python
• Version control and one version control tool
• Remote and local use of linux computers
• Shell commands
• Symbolic methods and code generation

Maritime computational engineering covers topics such as advanced sensors and signal processing techniques for machinery condition monitoring. You’ll look at condition-monitoring strategies, leading-edge sensing methods and advanced signal processing techniques. You’ll also gain an introduction to condition-monitoring procedures and system integration. 
 
Optional study topics include aeroelasticity, which covers aeroelastic stability and response. A combination of theoretical and practical teaching will give you a solid understanding of the subject and its application to various aeronautical systems. You’ll get the chance to work with professional software tools currently used by large aerospace industries. 

Throughout your studies, you’ll learn how to solve engineering problems by taking account of social, technical, economic and environmental constraints.

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Aerodynamics will give you the knowledge and skills to analyse and control aerodynamic behaviour. You'll learn how to design vehicles, wings and propulsion systems. The aerodynamics degree prepares you for a career in the aerospace or Formula 1 industries.

Aeronautics and Astronautics looks at the science, engineering and manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft. You'll learn how they operate within our atmosphere and in space. On this aerodynamics course, you'll focus on vehicles, wings and propulsion systems.

You'll get hands-on experience in extensive facilities, which include:

• The largest wind tunnel at any UK university. Formula 1 teams and Olympic athletes have used our wind tunnel for high-performance testing
• Dedicated student design studios and workshops
• Jet laboratory with supersonic ramjet, turbojet and rocket engine
• Boeing flight simulator
• Professional manufacturing centre

As part of this course you can:

• Take part in practical design modules in every year of your degree
• Design, build and test aircraft, spacecraft and their wider components
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Take part in a flight-testing course, on board a flying laboratory aircraft

Our links with employers will enhance your career prospects. This is a BAE Systems preferred course and we have close links with many other key employers.

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code HH41 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

This chemical engineering degree focuses on sustainability. On completion, you’ll have the skills to help the world transition to a more sustainable future. Demand is high for chemical engineering graduates. You’ll have excellent job prospects in sectors such as food, energy, pharmaceuticals and biochemicals.

Chemical engineering is a multi-disciplinary branch of engineering, focused on using chemicals and materials to design sustainable processes and giving them practical applications in the real world. This course focuses particularly on employability, sustainability and design.

The skills you’ll gain include:

• Computational methods
• Reaction engineering
• Thermofluids

On this Chemical Engineering BEng degree you’ll be able to:

• Take part in a challenging group design project
• Complete an optional extra year on a paid industrial placement
• Learn real-world skills with our dedicated computer suite and simulation software
• Use our virtual control room to gain experience working in a chemical plant
• Select from a range of specialist modules

You’ll work in our brand new, bespoke chemical engineering laboratories, which are part of our £12m chemistry building renovation. You’ll also have access to our engineering facilities, which consist of over 10,000m² of specialist workshops, laboratories and testing services.

Develop in-depth knowledge of maritime engineering science on this master’s course at the University of Southampton. You’ll learn about the design and analysis of marine craft and structures in the marine environment, and gain specialist understanding of the key areas of naval architecture.

Each one gives a broad overview of the key concepts of maritime engineering science while allowing you to pursue your own interests or career plans by focusing on a particular area. 

It's ideal if you have an engineering, science or maths background and want a career in the maritime sector. You don’t need to have specialist knowledge of ship science already – we'll teach you what you need to know. 
 
On this course you’ll take specialist modules allowing you to explore the key concepts of naval architecture, such as: 

• Resistance and propulsion
• Maritime structure
• Manoeuvring
• Hydrodynamics
• Materials

You’ll also undertake an experimental or numerical research project, and benefit from our Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute research network and our world-class maritime engineering facilities, including the largest towing tank in a UK university. 

Learn how to create smarter machines, from autonomous robots to self-driving cars. Using advanced mechanical, electrical and control engineering, you'll explore a range of innovative products and systems. The combined skills you'll learn will be highly sought-after within the engineering and manufacturing sectors.

Mechatronics is the combination of mechanics, electrical and control systems. We find it in devices such as:

• Autonomous robots
• Self-driving cars
• Complex construction equipment

This 4-year integrated master's degree provides the core topics you'll need to master mechanical engineering. It then gives you the advanced skills to be able integrate electrical systems and mechanical devices.

As part of this course you can:

• Gain an in-depth understanding of sensors, instrumentation and signal processing for structural design
• Take a work placement to boost your academic performance and prepare for your career
• Explore the growing area of automation and robotics
• Use our design workshops and studios
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Go on site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional, year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H3H2 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

We're a designated university for the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS).

Learn to design future aircraft, race cars, satellites and rockets, and take your engineering passion to new heights. Our astronautics and aeronautics undergraduate degree covers advanced aerospace engineering. You'll learn how to design and manufacture fast-moving aircraft in the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.

The course looks at the science, engineering and manufacture of aircraft, jet engines, race cars and spacecraft. You'll learn how they operate within our atmosphere and in space. Your degree will be aligned to the UK Space Agency Civil Space Strategy.

You'll study the principles of aerospace engineering including aerodynamics, astronautics and propulsion. You'll also explore the economic, legal and environmental issues around aircraft and spacecraft. You'll get hands-on experience in extensive facilities, which include:

• Dedicated student design studios and workshops
• The largest wind tunnel in any UK university
• State-of-the-art space propulsion facilities
• Jet laboratory with supersonic ramjet, turbojet and rocket engine
• Boeing flight simulator
• Professional manufacturing centre

As part of this astronautics and aeronautics BEng degree you can:

• Take part in practical design modules in every year of your degree
• Design, build and test aircraft, spacecraft and their wider components
• Take part in a flight-testing course, on board a flying laboratory aircraft
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Attend site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H40P for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Learn to apply your engineering knowledge to the oceans, and design cutting-edge ships and other marine craft. We have collaborated with the Royal Navy to develop this 4-year, integrated master's degree. Here you'll develop mechanical engineering skills, then specialise a marine environment. This naval engineering degree will equip you to work as in engineer in the Navy as well as the private sector.

Naval engineering is both a craft and a science. This course covers both aspects and prepares you for a successful career in this specialised field.

This 4-year degree provides the core topics you need to master mechanical engineering. You'll specialise in:

• Naval engineering
• Ship science
• Marine craft concept design

You'll use our design workshops, studios and facilities including the largest university towing tank in the UK.

As part of this course you can:

• Specialise in areas that interest you, from offshore engineering to advanced management
• Take a work placement to boost your academic performance, and prepare for your career
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Visit sites to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional, year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H3H5 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

We're a designated university for the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS).