Programmes

Departmental Special Regulations for the MSc Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering

Preamble

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers MSc degree programmes by course work and research thesis (Dissertation). Subject to the General Regulations for Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees 40.0 and to General Regulations specific for Master’s Degree Programmes 41.0, the Departmental Special regulations shall apply.

Entrance Requirements

1. Applicants for the MSc programme in Mechanical Engineering should have obtained a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering or any other relevant engineering degree with at least second class, second division or equivalent (3.0 GPA, on a 5-point scale) from a recognized university or institution of higher learning.
    
2. Applicants with Bachelor’s degrees in Physics or Mathematics with at least second class, second division or equivalent (3.0 GPA) from this or any other university may be admitted for relevant streams of the MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering.  However, this will not grant them eligibility to register with engineers’ registration boards as professional engineers since their undergraduate degrees are not in engineering.          

Assessment

1. The final examination of each examined course shall normally take the form of a written paper of three hours duration. The ratio between continuous assessment and examination shall be 1:1. The pass mark for each graded MSc course shall be 55%.
    
2. MSc Dissertation shall be internally and externally assessed, in accordance with General Regulation 41.11.

Programme Structure

The programme shall consist of coursework (Part I) and dissertation (Part II). The master’s degree shall be offered through full-time or part-time study extending over 4 semesters of full-time study or 6 semesters of part-time study. The course work extends over the first two semesters and consists of two compulsory core courses and a basket of optional courses, while dissertation extends over the remaining 2 semesters. The total number of credits for each of the 4 semesters is 12, totaling 48 credits for the entire programme. Students must take 2 compulsory Core Courses (2 x 3 = 6 credits) and 6 courses (6 x 3 = 18 credits) from the basket of optional courses spread into 5 Streams, as well as from the basket of Elective Courses provided.  The remaining 24 credits shall be earned as research and dissertation.

The students shall be allowed the flexibility and freedom to choose the courses they prefer from the basket of elective courses provided. Such a choice shall be informed by the research topic or subject the student will work on and the choice shall be made with the advice of the student’s research supervisor. The student’s research area shall be proposed at the time of enrolment and admission shall be recommended on condition that a supervisor is available for the student. This supervisor shall then be expected to advice the student on the choice of courses, with a view to providing the student with a course combination that will be most suitable for the research work to be undertaken.

Streams in Mechanical Engineering

The MSc Mechanical Engineering programme has the following streams:

1. Manufacturing
2. Clean Energy Systems
3. Thermofluid Systems
4. Control Systems
5. Engineering Management

Below is the course structure for each stream. There are no pre-requisites for each course.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Elective courses

Semester 3 and Semester 4