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Automotive Engineering with Electric Vehicles
MSc
Key facts
Start dates
September 2021 / September 2022
Location
Course length
Full time: 12 months
Part time: 24 months
Accreditation(s)
This course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. This course is also accredited by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Overview
Our MSc Automotive Engineering with Electric Vehicles prepares you for a career in the automotive industry and the complex and fast developments taking place.
You will be taught in a purpose-designed engineering building, by staff with exceptional knowledge and expertise in their fields. Our visiting speakers from business and industry provide professional perspective, preparing you for an exciting career.
Our location is in the heart of one of Europe's biggest concentrations of high-tech businesses and the UK motorsport valley. This offers opportunities to collaborate with the automotive industry and their supply chain. And keeps you up to date with developments in:
- automotive technologies
- production methods
- processes
- management techniques.
You can get involved with our award-winning Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) team. With students from across the department, the team design, build and race a single-seat Formula Student car.
You should have a CEng accredited BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree to comply with full CEng registration requirements.
How to apply
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
You should normally hold a first degree equivalent to at least a British lower second-class bachelor's degree in mechanical, automotive or motorsport engineering or a related discipline. Applicants with relevant professional experience will also be considered.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English you will require a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 6.0 in all components.
OR
An equivalent English language qualification acceptable to the University.
Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
Pathways courses for international and EU students
We offer a range of courses to help you meet the entry requirements for your postgraduate course and also familiarise you with university life in the UK.
Take a Pre-Master's course to develop your subject knowledge, study skills and academic language level in preparation for your master's course.
If you need to improve your English language, we offer pre-sessional English language courses to help you meet the English language requirements of your chosen master’s course.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
Application process
Tuition fees
Please see the fees note
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
2020 / 21
Home/EU full time
£8,500
Home/EU part time
£4,250
International full time
£15,700
2021 / 22
Home (UK) full time
£8,700
Home (UK) part time
£4,350
International / EU full time
£16,700
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year your fees will increase each year.
Financial support and scholarships
For general sources of financial support, see our Fees and funding pages.
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course, if any, are detailed below.
Learning and assessment
The course is structured around three periods:
- Semester 1 runs from September to December
- Semester 2 from January to May
- the summer period which completes the year until the end of September.
To qualify for a master's degree you must pass 180 module credits, including the dissertaion.
Study modules
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from that shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Research
The emphasis in our research groups is producing high-quality research for the real world. Staff have close links with industry through research projects and consultancies.
Our engineering research is organised into three cross-cutting, interdisciplinary themes. Research in this area is supported by the UK Research Councils and the European Commission, industry and charitable foundations.
- Sustainable Engineering and Innovation
- Low Carbon Vehicles
- Simulation, Modelling and Systems Integration.
The results of the most recent REF (2014) exercise showed that 96% of research in the department is internationally recognised, and 57% was judged to be of world leading quality or internationally excellent, compared with 45% in 2008. More specifically, 50% of the impact case studies returned were judged to be internationally excellent, and 72% of the research outputs were judged to be internationally excellent or world leading.
After you graduate
Career prospects
Our graduates enjoy the very best employment opportunities, with hundreds of engineering students having gone onto successful careers in their chosen industry.
Many of our students go on to work with leading automotive or motorsport companies in the UK and worldwide. Students are able to make full use of the University careers support system.
Programme Changes: On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website.
For more information, please visit our Changes to programmes page.