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Cardiff University
School of Engineering

Engineering is a crucial profession that addresses pressing societal challenges and, at Cardiff University, we have a strong focus on the climate change emergency, sustainability, and decarbonising society.

Our flexible, innovative, and interdisciplinary postgraduate courses offer you the opportunity to specialise in many exciting areas of engineering. We take immense pride in fostering a vibrant research culture, which is deeply rooted in excellent links with industry. Our research endeavours are driven by a commitment to producing valuable, real-world applications, ensuring that you gain practical and impactful experiences during your studies.

We are committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunities for both our students and our staff. We currently hold an Athena Swan Bronze Award and participate in a number of initiatives championing women in engineering.

There's no better place to study engineering than at a leading Russell Group university in a beautiful, student-friendly capital city..

Our research
The School of Engineering’s internationally renowned research is focused on addresses engineering priorities across the globe. We work on high profile research projects and collaborate with key members of industry including Airbus, Arup, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, Huawei, Mercedes-Benz, NASA, National Grid, Renishaw and Toshiba.

Much of our research is focused around the five strategic areas of advanced manufacturing, civil infrastructure, compound semiconductors and applications, engineering for health and sustainable energy, though our academics also have expertise in a wide variety of additional areas. Within these areas you will find that there is a wealth of topics that would suit a doctoral project.

Our courses
We offer a wide range of taught postgraduate degree programmes across the engineering disciplines which will enable you to specialise in a particular area. Our taught postgraduate degree programmes are carefully designed together with our industrial partners to enable you to upgrade your engineering knowledge and maximise your skills. This makes our taught courses an ideal way of enhancing your employability.

All of our established master’s degree programmes are accredited by the relevant professional institutions, except for Engineering Net Zero MSc which is a specialist course. Our programmes all include a major research element, address sustainability issues and many have a strong industrial element in both the taught content and research projects. Many of our master’s degrees are available either as full-time or part-time courses.

We offer a wide range of master’s degree programmes, including:

MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering
MSc Building and Infrastructure Information Modelling (BIM) for Smart Engineering
MSc in Civil Engineering
MSc in Civil and Geoenvironmental Engineering
MSc in Civil and Water Engineering
MSc in Compound Semiconductor Electronics
MSc in Electrical Energy Systems
MSc in Engineering Net Zero
MSc in Manufacturing Engineering, Innovation and Management
MSc in Structural Engineering
MSc in Sustainable Energy and Environment
MSc in Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering with a Research Year
MSc in Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering with a Year in Industry
MSc in Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering

Plus

MRes Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering

“I studied MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering and it helped me to pursue my future career goals. I now enjoy working as a Network Engineer and I get the opportunity to work with international clients because of the international exposure I received studying in the School of Engineering. I would encourage many future students to study engineering at Cardiff University - you will enhance your skills working with industry and get future job opportunities.”

Manish Vasantrao

MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering graduate

Living in Cardiff
Our location in Queen's Buildings is right on the doorstep of Cardiff city centre, which is one of the UK’s most affordable cities with plenty of green public spaces. Cardiff is a cosmopolitan capital city with entertainment ranging from top sporting events, a wide variety of cultural activities, and a vibrant nightlife.

Discover what makes Cardiff so appealing.

Cardiff University offers a range of university accommodation to suit individual preferences and budgets. Overseas applicants arriving in September are guaranteed a single occupancy place in university accommodation for their first year if certain deadlines are met.

Contact details
Daniel Wood (PhD/MPhil Admissions) or Samantha Jones (Postgraduate Taught Admissions)
Cardiff University School of Engineering
Queens Buildings
The Parade
Cardiff University
CF24 3AA

MRes/PhD/MPhil enquiries: engineering-pgr@cardiff.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)29 20874642
MSc enquiries: engin-admissions@cardiff.ac.uk
Tel+44(0)2920870050
Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/engineering
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