Maritime Engineering Science: Marine Engineering and Autonomy (MSc) drafted

Program Overview

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On this Marine Engineering and Autonomy MSc degree you'll learn about component and systems engineering for ships. You’ll also gain an understanding of the fixed and offshore structures that help them to function. Learn the skills you need to become a specialist in the marine sector. You'll graduate with the design and analysis skills for a maritime sector career, or for continued study at PhD level.

This Maritime Engineering Science: Marine Engineering and Autonomy MSc is one of 5 maritime engineering science specialisms you can study at the University of Southampton.

On this UK master’s course you’ll gain an advanced understanding of the fundamental principles, methods and applications of maritime engineering science.

This pathway focuses on the analysis and specification of marine engineering and autonomous systems used on board ships and other marine structures. You’ll study topics like electrical theory, thermodynamics, and engine and machine tribology.

You’ll explore the marine engineering systems found on board merchant and naval vessels and their importance to ship design. This includes performance characteristics of diesel engines, steam and gas turbines and electric propulsion. The course covers the dynamic response of the main shaft and associated components.

An introduction to auxiliary systems includes:

heating

ventilation and air-conditioning

refrigeration

the main fuel system

You’ll also learn about propeller-engine matching and a selection of appropriate machinery configurations.

Your optional study topics include a chance to study the principles of photovoltaics, fuel cells and batteries, where you’ll learn about:

electrochemical routes to energy conversion

the relative merits of batteries, fuel cells and redox flow cells

solar radiation as an energy source

solar cell operation and manufacture

design and operation of a photovoltaic system

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

Course lead

Your course leader is Dr Gabriel Weymouth, an associate professor for the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton. His main areas of interest are mechanics and maths. He is currently working on unsteady fluid dynamics and nonlinear fluid/structure interaction. Read

Dr Weymouth’s staff profile

to find out more about his work.

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Related pathways

If you'd prefer to study a different specialism, you can apply for one of our other MSc Maritime Engineering Science pathways:

Advanced Computational Engineering

Naval Architecture

Ocean Energy and Offshore Engineering

Yacht and High Performance Craft

Program Outline

This is a full-time master’s course, studied over 12 months.

In the first 8 months (semesters 1 and 2) you'll study the taught part of your course.

This is made up of modules that everyone on the course takes, and modules we’ll ask you to choose from a list of options.

For the last 4 months, over the summer, you’ll work independently to research and write your dissertation. You’ll have one-to-one meetings with your supervisor during this time to discuss your progress.    You’ll carry out an experimental or numerical research project, and benefit from our

Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI)

research network and our world-class maritime

engineering facilities

, including the largest towing tank in any UK university.

Want more detail?

See all the modules in the course.