Comments about MSc (Res)-PG Diploma-PG Certificate Mechanical Engineering - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
This unit aims to: Provide students with the opportunity to take responsibility for the organisation, management and technical progress of an extended, research-led project. Provide the opportunity to apply learning and skills to a project at the frontiers of current knowledge. Allow students to demonstrate their skills in imparting technical information, both orally and in writing.
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Entry requirements
Entry Qualifications Initially, the intake will be restricted to students from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China. The Chinese students will have undertaken a preparatory year of postgraduate study in China. It is anticipated that the programme will be extended to include students from other suitable partner universities in China.
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Academic title
MSc (Res)/PG Diploma/PG Certificate Mechanical Engineering
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Course description
Course content
Compulsory modules in ‘Information Management’ (fifteen credits) and ‘Experimental Techniques’ (fifteen credits).
-A choice of three ten-credit modules in mechanical engineering specialist subjects. Around sixteen modules are on offer, each based upon the research expertise of the member of staff delivering the module.
-An extensive research project drawing upon the student’s previous year of postgraduate study at Nanjing and enhanced by both the compulsory and optional taught models at Sheffield. The research project carries a weighting of 120 credits.
Teaching
Research-led teaching will be delivered by academic staff from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Lectures will be supplemented by tutorial and example classes, coursework assignments and oral and poster presentations.
