Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering
Open University
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This flexible diploma enables you to combine modules from engineering analysis and technology management to shape a qualification that suits your career aspirations. You’ll broaden and deepen your understanding of professional engineering, and work collaboratively on a project module. The diploma also provides a route to a masters-level engineering qualification, and can help you progress towards Chartered Engineer registration. This qualification will help you to develop your engineering ...Read more

This flexible diploma enables you to combine modules from engineering analysis and technology management to shape a qualification that suits your career aspirations. You’ll broaden and deepen your understanding of professional engineering, and work collaboratively on a project module. The diploma also provides a route to a masters-level engineering qualification, and can help you progress towards Chartered Engineer registration. This qualification will help you to develop your engineering skills, as well as a range of transferable skills, such as: the ability to use specialist knowledge to solve problems creatively; effective communication skills; project management skills; the ability to turn concepts into reality; a professional approach to your work.

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22 Mar 22

Amazing student support and friendly campus..Read more

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15 Nov 14

Great Uni, I studied the BEng and got offered a job for a graduate scheme on the first interview I attended after graduation. The OU is highly regarded amongst those who know what..Read more

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Entry requirements

You should normally hold a UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a subject with a high mathematics content.

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This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Fee: £6,935 - £7,483. The total cost of your qualification depends on the modules you choose to study. With us, you pay for your modules as you study them rather than the whole qualification up front.

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The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

Fee: £9,188 - £10,075. The total cost you pay for your qualification is dependent on the modules you choose to study. With us, you pay for your modules as you study them, rather than the whole qualification up front.

Students from International

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.

Fee: £9,188 - £10,075. The total cost you pay for your qualification is dependent on the modules you choose to study. With us, you pay for your modules as you study them, rather than the whole qualification up front.

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Great Uni, I studied the BEng and got offered a job for a graduate scheme on the first interview I attended after graduation. The OU is highly regarded amongst those who know what...
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