Mechanical Engineering, MSc by Research

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July. With our close interaction with large companies such as Tata Steel and Ford, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, Swansea University provides an excellent base for your research as a MSc by Research student in Mechanical Engineering. Across the UK and overseas, there is or has been recent work at Swansea University with companies such as: Astra-Zeneca British Aerospace Qinetiq GKN Rolls-Royce SKF Freeport One Steel Barrick Gold Research within Engineering at Swansea University is multidisciplinary in nature, incorporating our strengths in research areas across the Engineering disciplines. Computational mechanics forms the basis for the majority of the MSc by Research projects within this engineering discipline.

English Language IELTS 6.5 Overall (5.5+ each comp.) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.

International students: £23,800 per year

UK students: £5,006 per year

UK/Home: £5,006 per year

International: £23,800 per year

Apr or Jul 2026

Rolling admissions – apply as early as possible

• Bay Campus, United Kingdom