MSc by Research in Engineering Science

University of Oxford

About the course: The MSc by Research in Engineering Science is a research-based course offering advanced study in areas like biomedical, energy, civil, materials, and information engineering, with interdisciplinary training in modelling, design, and data. A key aspect of your research experience in the department will be exposure to the broad sweep of today's engineering research. To learn more about the research topics you’ll have the opportunity to explore, please refer to the Research areas section on this page.In the first year, you will develop research skills in two ways. Firstly, you will read the current literature, often in reading groups, and attend relevant research seminars and lectures to gain insight from world-class experts in your area of investigation, and attend appropriate training courses to develop skills for your project and future career. Secondly, you will design and build apparatus, develop software, or both to address your own research topic. Often there is external involvement and you will develop your work in collaboration with researchers from industry and other research organisations. Assessment: As well as ongoing assessment by your supervisor, you will be required to write a report and give a presentation on your research at the end of the first year, and to present a detailed and coherent plan for the second and final phase in the second year of your master’s. At the end of the second year, you will be required to submit a thesis which is read and examined viva voce by experts in the field, one from the department and one from elsewhere. The thesis is likely to result in the publication of one or more journal papers.