Open University

Master en ingeniería

As a graduate of the MEng, you will have demonstrated that you have satisfied these learning outcomes with your assessed work. Your enhanced engineering ability will have been acquired through involvement in individual and group design projects as well as continuous personal study and tuition.

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Use your knowledge and understanding, acquired and developed through study and through personal investigations as an individual and as part of a team, of relevant engineering principles, analytical methods, modelling techniques, quantitative methods, and appropriate computer software to respond systematically to complex engineering challenges
• Review or report on appropriate social, commercial, ethical/legal, and management practices in contemporary engineering in your present or future professional work.

Cognitive skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Integre su conocimiento integral y su comprensión de los principios científicos subyacentes, los métodos matemáticos y la práctica de ingeniería para analizar problemas de ingeniería complejos y formular soluciones para ellos.
• Create designs where a user’s needs and preferences are transformed into cost-effective, innovative engineered solutions that are demonstrably fit for purpose in terms of production, operation, maintenance, and de-commissioning.

Practical and/or professional skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Propose reasoned solutions to engineering challenges (even where uncertain conditions exist) using a range of engineering analysis and evaluation skills applied to a working knowledge of particular materials, equipment, processes and products, workshop and laboratory methods, technical literature, and other information, taking into account appropriate quality standards, codes of practice, industry standards, and intellectual property and contractual issues
• Undertake and manage engineering projects responsibly, professionally, and ethically, with regard to environmental risk and sustainability, and the framework of relevant legal requirements (covering issues such as personnel, health, safety, etc.)
• Evaluate the significance of findings through investigation of your chosen specialism using a comprehensive understanding of the engineering principles, new and emerging technologies, and current professional practice, when applied to an unfamiliar situation.

Key skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Practicar una variedad de habilidades transferibles (incluida la resolución de problemas, la comunicación, el trabajo con otros, especialmente el trabajo en equipo, habilidades de TI, recuperación de información, planificación del autoaprendizaje y el desarrollo profesional, y reflexión), a un nivel apropiado para un ingeniero profesional senior. .

This integrated master has four stages, each comprising 120 credits.

• En la Etapa 1 , estudiarás cuatro módulos de 30 créditos.
• En la Etapa 2 , estudiarás tres módulos básicos de ingeniería de 30 créditos y un módulo de 30 créditos de la ruta elegida.
• En la Etapa 3 , estudiarás 90 créditos de pregrado de la ruta elegida y un módulo de posgrado de 30 créditos.
• En la Etapa 4 , completará un módulo de proyecto individual de 30 créditos, estudiará dos módulos de 30 créditos de la ruta elegida y completará un módulo de proyecto en equipo de 30 créditos.

Stage 1 (120 Credits)

• Engineering: Origins, Methods, Context (T192)
• Engineering: Frameworks, Analysis, Production (T193)
• Engineering: Mathematics, Modelling, Applications (T194)
• Engineering: Professions, Practice and Skills 1 (T176)

Stage 2 (120 Credits)

Estudiarás tres módulos básicos de ingeniería de 30 créditos y un módulo de 30 créditos de la ruta elegida.

Estudiarás los tres siguientes:

• Core engineering A (T271)
• Core engineering B (T272)
• Engineering: professions, practice and skills 2 (T276)

Routes

Elegirás una de las siete rutas:

Energy and sustainability

• Energy and sustainability (T213)

Environmental Technologies

• Environmental management: systems and sustainability (T220)

Engineering management

Elegirás uno entre:

• Design for engineers (T218)
• Energy and sustainability (T213)
• Environmental management: systems and sustainability (T220)

Materials and design

• Design for engineers (T218)

You will study the following:

• Mechanical engineering

Modelling and applications

You will study the following:

• Mathematical methods (MST224)

Broad route

Elegirás uno entre:

• Design for Engineers (T218)
• Electronics: Sensing, Logic and Actuation (T212)
• Energy and Sustainability (T213)
• Environmental Management: Systems and Sustainability (T220)
• Mathematical Methods (MST224)
• Mechanical Engineering: Heat and Flow (T229)

Stage 3 (120 Credits)

Estudiarás 90 créditos de la ruta elegida y un módulo de posgrado de 30 créditos.

Routes

Energy and sustainability

Estudiarás los tres siguientes:

• Nanoscale engineering (T366)
• Renewable energy (T313)

Environmental technologies

Estudiarás los dos siguientes:

• Innovation: designing for change (T317)
• Environmental Management 2 (T319)

Engineering management

You will study the following:

• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)

Elegirás 60 créditos entre:

• Communications technology (TM355)
• Nanoscale engineering (T366)
• Structural integrity: predicting and assessing performance (T367)
• Innovation: designing for change (T317)

Materials and design

Estudiarás los dos siguientes:

• Innovation: designing for change (T317)
• Structural integrity: predicting and assessing performance (T367)

Mechanical engineering

Estudiarás los tres siguientes:

• Mechanical engineering: computer-aided engineering (T329)
• Nanoscale engineering (T366)

Modelling and applications

Elegirás dos de:

• Computational Applied Mathematics (MST374)
• Mathematical methods and fluid mechanics (MST326)
• Deterministic and stochastic dynamics (MS327)

You will study the following:

Broad route

Elegirás 90 créditos entre:

• Communications technology (TM355)
• Computational Applied Mathematics (MST374)
• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)
• Deterministic and stochastic dynamics (MS327)
• Electronics: signal processing, control, and communications (T312)
• Environmental Management 2 (T319)
• Graphs, games, and designs (MST368)
• Innovation: designing for change (T317)
• Mathematical methods and fluid mechanics (MST326)
• Nanoscale engineering (T366)
• Renewable energy (T313)
• Structural integrity: predicting and assessing performance (T367)

Postgraduate modules

Elegirás uno entre:

• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Stage 4 (120 Credits)

Completará un módulo de proyecto individual de 30 créditos, estudiará dos módulos de 30 créditos de la ruta elegida y completará un módulo de proyecto en equipo de 30 créditos.

Individual project

You will study the following:

The MEng individual project (T460)

Routes

Energy and sustainability

You will study the following:

• Sustainable organizations: theory and practice

Elegirás uno entre:

• Environmental monitoring and protection (T868)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)

Environmental Technologies

Estudiarás los dos siguientes:

• Sustainable organizations: theory and practice (T892)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)

Engineering management

You will study the following:

• Project management (M815)

Elegirás uno entre:

• Manufacture materials design (T805)
• Sustainable organizations: theory and practice (T892)
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)
• Making strategy with systems thinking in practice (TB871)
• Managing change with systems thinking in practice (TB872)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Materials and design

Estudiarás los dos siguientes:

• Manufacture materials design (T805)
• Mechanical engineering

Estudiarás los dos siguientes:

• Manufacture materials design (T805)
• Modelling and applications

Estudiarás los dos siguientes:

• Calculus of variations and advanced calculus (M820)
• Broad route

Elegirás dos de:

• Calculus of variations and advanced calculus (M820)
• Environmental monitoring and protection (T868)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)
• Making strategy with systems thinking in practice (TB871)
• Managing change with systems thinking in practice (TB872)
• Sustainable organizations: theory and practice (T892)
• Manufacture materials design (T805)
• Project management (M815)
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Team project

You will study the following:

• Team engineering (T885)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• you will have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. you will be given time to revise and prepare.
• you will be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or at an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.

Habilidades para el desarrollo profesional

Las áreas de conocimiento, competencias y habilidades que desarrolla esta carrera incluyen la capacidad de utilizar conocimientos especializados para resolver problemas de forma creativa; habilidades de comunicación y trabajo colaborativo; habilidades de gestión de proyectos; y la capacidad de convertir conceptos en realidad.

Tu estudio te brindará las habilidades para brindar soluciones a problemas de Ingeniería. Estos podrían implicar el uso de tecnologías y diseños existentes o el desarrollo de nuevos; perfeccionar los sistemas de producción o desarrollar nuevos servicios. Le dará la confianza para ser responsable de sistemas complejos con niveles significativos de riesgo.

Career Relevance

Nuestro MEng es una calificación de ingeniería general que brinda acceso a una amplia gama de funciones de ingeniería especializadas. Ejemplos incluyen:

• Mechanical Engineer
• Electronic Engineer
• Structural Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Biomedical Engineer
• Environmental Engineer
• Materials Engineer
• Otros roles dentro de la gestión de ingeniería
• Manufacturing Engineer.

Con nuestro enfoque único de aprendizaje a distancia, puedes estudiar desde casa, el trabajo o mientras viajas.

Tendrás algunas fechas límite de evaluación que cumplir, pero por lo demás, serás libre de estudiar en los momentos que te convengan, adaptando tu aprendizaje al trabajo, la familia y la vida social.

Para cada uno de sus módulos, utilizará solo recursos en línea o una combinación de materiales en línea e impresos.

Cada módulo que estudies tendrá un sitio web del módulo con

• Un planificador de estudios semana a semana que te ofrece una guía paso a paso a través de tus estudios.
• Materiales del curso como lecturas, vídeos, grabaciones y actividades de autoevaluación.
• Foros de módulos para debates y actividades colaborativas con otros estudiantes
• Detalles de cada tarea y sus fechas de entrega
• Un sistema de reserva de tutorías, salas de tutorías en línea y los datos de contacto de su tutor.
• Versiones en línea de algunos materiales y recursos del módulo impreso.