MEng
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Taught Masters
- Code
- M03
- Level
- Postgraduate
- Made up of
- 480 points
Description
This integrated masters degree in engineering builds on recent and previous study and offers you an opportunity to fulfil the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer status. The MEng programme aims to meet professional development needs as specified by the Engineering Council UK (ECUK) and relevant engineering institutions in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC).
Planning your studies
For this award you need to hold an honours degree in engineering and to complete an additional 120 points at postgraduate level. Your honours degree can be either our Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (B24), our undergraduate MEng (M02) or an honours degree accredited for Chartered Engineer by one of the engineering institutions licensed by the ECUK. You may also count a degree with appropriate accreditation awarded in one of the countries that are signatories of the Washington Accord. Your honours degree or undergraduate MEng (M02) will contribute 360 points towards the 480 points required for the award.
If you have a non-OU qualification you will need to complete Towards chartership: professional development for engineers (T398) which may be studied alongside other courses. This course is a mandatory component for non-OU graduates because it covers personal career development planning and key skills specifically in an engineering context. T398 will enable you to plan for coherent progression from your honours degree to your MEng.
If you do not hold a qualification from The Open University you will be required to provide documentary evidence of your honours degree that shows the date of award. In addition you will need to provide evidence that this has been accredited by one of the licensed bodies of the ECUK. You can check that your degree has this accreditation by visiting the Engineering Council website. You should present this information as early as possible in your programme of study. In all cases you must complete your postgraduate MEng studies within 4 years of the date your honours degree was awarded. If you are overlapping your studies for the BEng (Hons) and the MEng awards, please contact the Awards and Ceremonies Centre (acc-gen@open.ac.uk) for clarification of the date by which you will need to complete your studies towards the MEng.
If you are unable to complete your MEng studies within this time, there is instead our Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering (E22), which has no time limit for completion. If you would like further advice and guidance, please visit the Engineering website or email engineering@open.ac.uk.
Courses can count towards this degree for a maximum of ten years after we have stopped presenting them – please see individual course descriptions for presentation plans.
All 120 postgraduate points must be new study: no postgraduate course undertaken previously and counted towards another award can be counted towards this qualification.
Courses
For this masters degree you require:
Either an honours degree accredited by one of the licensed bodies of the Engineering Council UK and 15 points from the following compulsory course:
| Undergraduate Level 3 compulsory course | Points | Next start |
|---|---|---|
|
15 | Oct 2010 |
Or the OU's Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (B24)
And 60 points from any postgraduate technology course with a code beginning T8, TU8, (or the discontinued versions TXX8 or TUXX8), but excluding any project courses
And 30 points from any postgraduate computing, mathematics, science or technology course with a code beginning T8, TU8, (or the discontinued versions TXX8 or TUXX8) , M8 or S8, but excluding any project courses
And 30 points from the following compulsory course:
| Postgraduate compulsory course | Points | Next start |
|---|---|---|
|
30 | Oct 2010 |
This group project course, which includes a compulsory residential element, must be the last course you take for this award and you must have completed all your previous courses before you can register for T885.
Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of this qualification are described in four areas:
- Knowledge and understanding
- Cognitive skills
- Practical and professional skills
- Key skills
Read more detailed information about the learning outcomes, and how they are acquired through teaching, learning and assessment methods.
Credit for previous study elsewhere
For this qualification, we do not allow you to count credit for study you have already done elsewhere.
On completion
On successful completion of 120 points’ worth of required courses you will be awarded a Master of Engineering entitling you to use the letters MEng (Open) after your name. You will have the option of being presented at a degree ceremony.
Regulations
As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the Award Regulations and the Student Regulations.
Award Regulations
- Introduction to the Award Regulations
- General Award Regulations
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
- Schedule A to the Award Regulations
Student Regulations
The Student Regulations (including the Code of Practice for Student Assessment and the Code of Practice for Student Discipline) are available on our Policy Documents for Students website.
How to register
To register for this qualification, read the description and check you meet any specific requirements (for example, some of our qualifications, require you to be working in a particular environment, or be sponsored by your employer). Then select the course you wish to study first and ensure it is suitable for you before following the registration procedure for that course.
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