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Advanced Mechanical Engineering may be taken full-time over 12 months or part-time over two or three years. The part-time course may be taken two days per week over two years or one day per week over three years. Because of the relatively short time spent in College, part-time students are expected to have considerable support from their employers amounting to an average of about one month per year spent working on their projects at their workplace. The MSc course provides students with a knowledge and understanding of the 'state of the art' in one or more of the many areas of mechanical engineering in which the Department has acknowledged expertise. This combines with the potential for students to develop their abilities in subjects such as numerical analysis and signal processing, which are useful in all areas of mechanical engineering and are associated with the application of computers in engineering practice. The Department's combination of expertise in research and engineering practice gives this MSc its unique flavour. The principal component of the course is the individual project, which is usually associated with current research activity or industrial consultancy, allowing students to gain substantial expertise in one particular area. Further expertise is developed by taking taught course modules. Students can study an unusually broad range of subjects in the Department as a result of our positioon as one of the largest university engineering departments in the UK. The entry requirement is normally an upper second class Honours degree or better, in engineering or science, from a UK university, or an equivalent qualification from an overseas university. Industrial experience, whilst not a requirement for entry, is a factor weighing in the candidate's favour. The success of the course can be measured by the large proportion of graduates who go on to find appropriate and challenging posts in industry, governement departments, and in universities at home and abroad. Current taught course modules include: Advanced control Advanced vibration engineering Aircraft engine technology Combustion Computational continuum mechanics Computational fluid mechanics Finite element analysis and applications Fundamentals of fracture mechanics Integrated design and manufacture Interfacing and data processing Mechanical transmission technology Nuclear reactor technology Polymer processing technology Structure, properties and applications of polymers Sustainable energy engineering Tribology Vehicle propulsion Welding, joining and adhesives The principal component of this course is the individual project and the associated seminars. The project, which can be analytical, numerical, experimental or a mixture of these, could arise from a problem of particular interest to the student or his employer. Alternatively, it may be selected from a list of projects offered by the academic staff, usually in areas in which larger research projects are being undertaken.