Program Overview

Program Overview

The BEng Hons Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering program is designed to develop engineers capable of dealing with engineering challenges on a wide range of marine vehicles. The program aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of naval architecture and marine engineering principles, including the design, construction, and operation of ships and marine structures.

Key Facts

• UCAS Code: JH65
• Accreditation: Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology
• Ranked: 8th in the world for Marine/Ocean Engineering (Shanghai Rankings Academic Ranking 2023)
• Second-year entry: available for suitably-qualified students

Why this Course?

Naval architects and marine engineers deal with the world’s largest moving structures and most powerful vehicles – from huge ships to sailing yachts, from fast ferries to offshore wind turbines and oil platforms. This degree aims to develop engineers capable of dealing with engineering challenges on a wide range of marine vehicles, with additional skills and understanding in the impact and importance of marine engineering on their successful design, construction, repair, and maintenance.

What you’ll Study

The program covers a range of topics, including:

• Engineering science and the fundamentals of naval architecture
• Resistance and propulsion
• Ship structural analysis
• Ship design
• Marine engineering systems
• Business and management subjects
• State-of-the-art tools for analyzing the water flow around ship hulls
• The stresses and strains in the hull structure
• The behavior of ships in waves
• Design of machinery, power and electrical systems, transmission and propulsion systems
• Refrigeration and heating systems

Course Content

The course content includes:

• Year 1: Engineering Mechanics, Introduction to Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Analysis Tools for Marine Design, Mathematics 1B, Mathematics 2B, Elective Classes
• Year 2: Hydrostatics & Stability of Marine Vehicles, Marine Engineering Fundamentals, Principles of Marine Design & Production, Analysis & Design of Marine Structures 1, Engineering Applications for Naval Architects & Marine Engineers
• Year 3: Mathematics 3B, Fluid Mechanics in Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, Professional Development & Marine Business, Marine Design, Hydrodynamics, Resistance & Propulsion, Marine Engineering Systems & Control, Analysis & Design of Marine Structures 2
• Year 4: The Marine Environment, Principles & Application of Marine Machinery, Business Concepts & International Merchant Shipping, Seakeeping & Manoeuvring, Theory & Practice of Marine CFD, Finite Element Analysis of Marine Structures, Marine Power & Electrical Systems, Marine Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Marine Transmission & Propulsion Systems, Marine Engineering Project

Learning & Teaching

The main methods of teaching are lectures, tutorials, laboratory and group design classes. You can expect an average of 20 hours of these per week. You should supplement this with self-study. Self-study is important as it develops the confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems. This is an essential skill for professional engineers.

Assessment

The main method of assessment is exams in January and May. Presentations, laboratory reports and other forms of coursework are submitted and marked individually throughout the year.

Entry Requirements

• Highers: AAAB or AABBB (Maths and Physics, or Engineering Science at grades AB/BA)
• Advanced Highers: Maths and Physics recommended
• A Levels: ABB-BBB (Maths and Physics)
• International Baccalaureate: 34-32 (Maths HL5, Physics HL5)
• HNC/HND: pass a relevant HNC, A in Graded Unit
• English language requirements: If English is not your first language, please visit our English language requirements page for full details of the requirements in place before making your application.

Fees & Funding

• Scotland: £1,820
• England, Wales & Northern Ireland: £9,535
• Republic of Ireland: If you are an Irish citizen and have been ordinary resident in the Republic of Ireland for the three years prior to the relevant date, and will be coming to Scotland for Educational purposes only, you will meet the criteria of England, Wales & Northern Ireland fee status.
• International: £29,350
• Scholarship opportunities: In addition to the University’s extensive scholarship portfolio, our department has several organisations offering sponsorships and scholarships to students each year.

Careers

With skills including analytical, numeracy and problem-solving Naval Architecture and High Performance Marine Vehicles graduates are suited to a wide range of career opportunities. Our graduates work in Defence, Marine Designers, Oil and Gas – subsea, on-shore/off-shore, Ship classification, Technical Services, Engineering consulting. Job titles include Naval Architect, Junior Naval Architect, Ship Surveyor, Marine Engineer and Project Engineer. Some graduates go on to postgraduate study or research.