Program Overview

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Course overview

This programme follows the same programme as our Naval Architecture BEng Honours degree. It focuses on developing skills across all aspects of the design and operation of ships and other large floating structures. You'll gain a broad engineering education. This equips you with key engineering skills engineers apply to industry-specific problems. This accredited degree also provides a direct route to Chartered Engineer status.

You'll have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in advanced topics of naval architecture during your third and fourth year. You'll have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in advanced topics of naval architecture during your third year. You'll also have the option to specialise in a field. This enables you to graduate in your chosen specialism tailored to your career of choice. Specialisms include:

offshore engineering, including offshore design, marine structures, and offshore engineering

small craft technology, including small craft design, marine structures and small craft hydrodynamics)

In Year 4 you'll develop your technical and professional-standard skills. This will be through a final group design project.

We work with industry so your studies reflect the challenges engineers face in the real world. You'll have hands-on practical learning and optional industry placements. They give you the opportunity to put your theory into practice. You'll gain invaluable experience in the sector.

We ensure your practical, professional and academic skills develop through:

guest lectures

placement opportunities

interactions with industry through projects and visits

You'll become a confident expert in naval architecture, able to work on a huge variety of different concepts, which meet the latest global challenges to ensure goods and people are transported safely around the world and with minimum impact on the environment.

A fourth year of master's-level study, comprises advanced specialist modules and develops your technical expertise. Your professional-standard skills will lead directly to Chartered Engineer status.

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BEng or MEng?

Both our BEng and MEng degrees provide a pathway to becoming a Chartered Engineer. This is one of the most recognisable international engineering qualifications.

Our MEng degrees are a direct route to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). You don’t need to study any more qualifications after your degree to work towards chartered status.

Our three-year BEng degrees can also lead to Chartered Engineer status. However, you’ll need to complete further study, such as an approved master’s degree.

Transfer from a BEng to an MEng degree is possible up to the end of Stage 3 if you achieve the appropriate academic standard.

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Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the programmes, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to Covid-19.

View our Academic experience page, which gives information about your Newcastle University study experience for the academic year 2022-23.

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