| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
MSc Engineering Mathematics
Overview
Engineering mathematics is the art of applying mathematical and engineering principles to complex, real-world problems across areas as wide-ranging as artificial intelligence, ecology, medicine, physics, social media, and sustainability.
For this MSc, you will be fully embedded within an engineering faculty, benefiting from unrivalled access to a broad range of industrial collaborations and pioneering research.
Spanning engineering, mathematics, and computer science, this programme would suit graduates from any related discipline who would like to become versatile at solving multidisciplinary challenges.
Graduates will be well placed to meet the increasing demand from the industrial, government, and service sectors for maths-savvy graduates who can work across traditional boundaries and drive high-tech innovation. From designing Formula One cars to renewable energy technologies, or exploring the field of biomedicine, our engineering graduates go on to a wide range of exciting careers.
Key Information
- Programme duration: One year full-time; Two years part-time.
- Start date: September 2025
- Application deadline:
- Overseas applicants: 25 July 2025
- Home applicants: 8 August 2025
- Delivery method: On-Campus
- Location: Clifton
- Awards available: MSc
Programme Structure
Taught units are organised around three key strands: engineering, computational science, and mathematical and statistical training. We tailor to the needs of the student, as each strand is agreed based on previous experience and prior learning. Appropriate units are aligned with each strand. In addition, there are cross-references throughout the three stands to ensure that all graduates obtain a uniform level of background knowledge and appropriate specialisation.
Real-world problem solving is integral to each unit and spans many different application areas – from robotics and social media to medicine and environmental modelling. These problems are sourced from our industrial collaborators or address challenges in current research.
Having successfully completed the taught units, you will prepare an MSc thesis during the summer term, to be submitted at the end of the academic year.
World-Leading Research
- The University of Bristol is ranked fifth for research in the UK (Times Higher Education).
- 94% of our research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
Entry Requirements
You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree (or international equivalent) in any Engineering discipline, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics. Applicants who have studied Chemistry will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Unfortunately, this programme is not suitable for applicants who have studied Biology or any degree outside of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics.
If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.
We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. Specific module requirements would still apply.
We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.
If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications:
- Evidence of significant, relevant work experience with a minimum of 6 months full-time, or 12 months part-time within industry or other organisations where Engineering, Technology, Science, or Mathematics-related knowledge is employed in the workplace, including government, industrial, or service sectors.
- A relevant postgraduate qualification.
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.
Admissions Statement
Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process, and supporting documents required.
English Language Requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level E.
Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.
Fees and Funding
- Home: full-time - £15,800 per year
- Home: part-time (two years) - £7,900 per year
- Overseas: full-time - £34,100 per year
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.
More about tuition fees, living costs, and financial support.
Alumni Discount
University of Bristol students and graduates can benefit from a 25% reduction in tuition fees for postgraduate study. Check your eligibility for an alumni discount.
Funding and Scholarships
Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students.
Career Prospects
This programme provides a highly creative, challenging, and enjoyable experience, which will be excellent preparation for your future career. It will give you the tools to be successful in a variety of careers, many of which enable you to apply your knowledge and skills.
Our extensive connections with industry, through collaborative research and consultancy, make the MSc in Engineering Mathematics very relevant professionally. Many graduates from this department have gone on to work for companies that recruit mathematicians as well as engineers, such as Airbus, Goldman Sachs, and Red Bull Racing.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Engineering mathematics is the art of applying mathematical and engineering principles to complex, real-world problems across areas as wide-ranging as artificial intelligence, ecology, medicine, physics, social media, and sustainability. Graduates will be well placed to meet the increasing demand from the industrial, government, and service sectors for maths-savvy graduates who can work across traditional boundaries and drive high-tech innovation. From designing Formula One cars to renewable energy technologies, or exploring the field of biomedicine, our engineering graduates go on to a wide range of exciting careers.
Outline:
Taught units are organized around three key strands: engineering, computational science, and mathematical and statistical training. We tailor to the needs of the student, as each strand is agreed upon based on previous experience and prior learning. Appropriate units are aligned with each strand. In addition, there are cross-references throughout the three stands to ensure that all graduates obtain a uniform level of background knowledge and appropriate specialization. Real-world problem-solving is integral to each unit and spans many different application areas - from robotics and social media to medicine and environmental modeling. These problems are sourced from our industrial collaborators or address challenges in current research.
Careers:
This program provides a highly creative, challenging, and enjoyable experience, which will be excellent preparation for your future career. It will give you the tools to be successful in a variety of careers, many of which enable you to apply your knowledge and skills. Our extensive connections with industry, through collaborative research and consultancy, make the MSc in Engineering Mathematics very relevant professionally. Many graduates from this department have gone on to work for companies that recruit mathematicians as well as engineers, such as Airbus, Goldman Sachs, and Red Bull Racing.
Other:
- The University of Bristol is ranked fifth for research in the UK (Times Higher Education).
- 94% of our research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
- The program duration is one year full-time or two years part-time.
- The start date is September 2024.
- The application deadline for overseas applicants is 24 July 2024, and for home applicants, it is 9 August 2024.
- The program is delivered on-campus in Clifton.
- The degree awarded is an MSc.
- The program is open to graduates from any related discipline.
- Applicants with a Biology or non-STEM degree will not be considered suitable for this program.
- Applicants whose grades are slightly lower than the program's entry requirements may be considered if they have at least one of the following:
- Evidence of significant, relevant work experience
- A relevant postgraduate qualification
- The program fees are £15,100 per year for UK full-time students, £7,550 per year for UK part-time students (two years), and £30,900 per year for overseas full-time students. For programs that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.
- University of Bristol students and graduates can benefit from a 25% reduction in tuition fees for postgraduate study.
UK: full-time
£15,100 per year
UK: part-time (two years)
£7,550 per year
Overseas: full-time
£30,900 per year
Entry Requirements:
An upper second-class honours degree (or international equivalent) in any engineering discipline, computer science, mathematics or physics. Unfortunately applicants with a Biology or non-STEM degree will not be considered suitable for this programme. We will consider applicants whose grades are slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements, if they have at least one of the following: evidence of significant, relevant work experience; a relevant postgraduate qualification. If this is the case, applicants should include their CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when they apply, showing details of their relevant work experience and/or qualifications.
