MSc Thermal Power & Fluid Engineering
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 12,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students. International, including EU, students per annum: £26,000.
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Introduction
The Thermal Power and Fluid Engineering MSc is a highly successful course that has been offered here for almost forty years. The aim of this postgraduate course is to train and educate thermofluid engineers to enable them to meet the present and future demands of the industry and to equip them with the necessary skills to engage in employment or further research.
The course is suitable for engineering/science graduates and professionals who not only wish to enhance their expertise in thermofluids but also to develop their competence in the use of state-of-the-art analytical, computational and experimental methods; advanced methods which are specifically designed for the analysis of heat and fluid flow in both industrial and research applications.
The objectives of this course are to produce postgraduate specialists with:
- advanced understanding of heat and fluid flow processes and their role in modern methods of power generation
- in-depth understanding of numerical and experimental techniques in heat and fluid flow
Teaching on the course is delivered by academics from our world-leading research group in the field of turbulence modelling and heat transfer.
Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD), the University of Manchester's new £400m purpose built home for engineering and material science, is nearing completion. The physical move to the new development is scheduled to take place between January 2022 and December 2022. Whilst it is anticipated that access to equipment, or work on projects for which such access is required may be limited during the period of the move, plans are underway to ensure that any disruption caused is minimised, a wide selection of dissertation projects will continue to be available, and excellent student experience remains pivotal.
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Curriculum
Teaching and learning
This is a full-time course studied over 12 months with one start date each year in September. Every year this MSc course in Thermal Power and Fluid Engineering attracts a large number of applications from all around the world, which allows us to select only the best candidates.
Throughout the course, alongside the teaching, special emphasis is placed on both computational and experimental work; the aim is to provide insight through experimentally observed phenomena and also to provide practical/computational experience of a wide range of measurement and data analysis techniques. Thus, the course has a strong practical orientation which is supported by our department laboratories and facilities and it aims to produce engineers who are able to engage in the design, development and testing of internal combustion engines, turbines or power-producing devices. Whilst on the course, students have the opportunity to participate in a number of industrial visits. Relevant companies sometimes offer projects to our students as a result of these visits.
The MSc is continually reviewed and now includes course units such as research and experimental methods, advanced fluid mechanics, advanced heat transfer, engineering thermodynamics, power engineering and computational fluid dynamics. Students are assessed based upon a combination of coursework, laboratory calculations, exams and projects. Upon successful completion of taught modules, the students are required to do a research dissertation.
Career Opportunities
The MSc in Thermal Power and Fluid Engineering trains graduates in the theory and practice of a broad range of industrially relevant topics within the fields of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. It is specifically designed to meet the needs of modern engineers both in industry and in research. Most of our research is derived and funded by industry, and we have always been proud of maintaining strong links with our industrial partners. Teaching staff on this course have research-based collaborations with multinational companies such as Boeing, Airbus, Rolls Royce, Jaguar Land rover, Électricité de France, Procter and Gamble, Unilever, Dyson, Alstom and many others.
Each year Manchester careers fairs, workshops and presentations attract more than 600 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors illustrating how employers target Manchester graduates.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work in internationally renowned companies including:
- Airbus, UK
- Électricité de France, UK
- Jaguar Land Rover, UK
- Dassault Systèmes, France
- Honda Motors, UK
- Doosan Global, UK
- ExxonMobil, UK
- Saudi Aramco, KSA
- Engro Chemicals, Pakistan
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, UAE
- ANSYS, UK
- ABB Group, UK
- Exa GmbH, UK
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