The automotive industry is changing from internal combustion to hybrid, electric, and smart autonomous vehicles. The strategic industrial success of this transformation depends on the availability of new engineers with master-level skills and knowledge in this area. Our Automotive Engineering MSc gives you the knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the automotive industry in the advanced areas of analysis, design and manufacture related to traditional and emerging electric and autonomous vehicle technology. This course will prepare you to work in a range of different settings. Core modules will develop your knowledge of key areas in industry, alongside the chance to choose from advanced professional skills modules and other optional modules on topics that suit your own interests and career intentions. Our School’s Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) is actively engaged in ensuring this course meets the needs of industry and reflects trends in the sector. IAB members also contribute to talks that feed into our taught modules and project work, ensuring the curriculum is challenging and relevant. This means that, once you graduate, you’ll be fully equipped with the most up-to-date practices and industry-relevant knowledge to pursue an exciting career in this area. Why study at Leeds: This Masters degree is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Get involved with Leeds Gryphon Racing, the University’s Formula Student team. Enhance your career prospects and join our successful alumni who have secured jobs in many excellent organisations, including Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley Motors Ltd. And Honda Cars. Experience expert theoretical and practical teaching delivered by a programme team made up of academics and researchers who work within the School’s research institutes and groups. Access our School’s impressive range of specialist facilities including a brake test area, measurement lab and industry-standard software. Build industry experience, conducting a team design project, using multi-disciplinary approaches to achieve a solution to a programme-specific and industry-relevant design problem. Tailor the degree to suit your specific interests with a large selection of optional modules to choose from, with everything from design optimisation to vehicle dynamics – plus many more. Advance your knowledge and skills in key areas of automotive engineering like connected and autonomous vehicles, electric and hybrid drivetrain and chassis engineering. Benefit from our School’s close links with organisations like Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Robotics at Leeds whose work also shapes the course. Our globally-renowned research conducted right here on campus feeds directly into the course, shaping your learning with the latest innovations. You will also build the language and literacy skills necessary to become a more confident and capable communicator throughout your studies. AccreditationInstitution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)Accreditation is the assurance that a university course meets the quality standards established by the profession for which it prepares its students. This course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. This Masters degree is accredited as meeting the requirements for Further Learning to Masters Level for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng). It should be noted that candidates completing the MSc who hold an underpinning accredited IEng degree or a non-accredited bachelor degree will need to apply for an academic assessment to determine whether they will meet the educational base for CEng registration.