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Thank you for expressing an interest in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield. The entry requirements for all of our MSc programmes are as follows;
A 2:1 honours degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering or a related subject. If you have a qualification in another science/engineering subject, such as maths or physics, or you have relevant professional experience, we’ll consider your application.
For overseas students looking for the equivalent grades for your country, visit: www.sheffield.ac.uk/international
If English is an additional language for you, an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component or equivalent, is also required.
To give you a fair chance of succeeding on your course, we need to make sure you have enough experience in relevant subjects. All of our MSc courses are designed for students who have completed a degree similar to our BEng Mechanical Engineering.
So in addition to general skills associated with science and engineering, we would like to see evidence of experience in the key subject areas listed below:
| Key Subject | Some (but not all) of the topics you should be familiar with: |
| Solid mechanics | Mohr's circle, 2D elasticity including plane stress and plane strain, bending of beams, buckling of columns, plasticity, fracture mechanics. |
| Statics, dynamics and control | Equilibrium, free body diagrams, kinematics and kinetics of mechanisms, vibrations, resonance, block diagram representation of feedback control, Laplace domain models. |
| Fluid mechanics | Laminar and turbulent flows, Reynolds number, Bernoulli’s equation, calculation of pressure drop in pipework. |
| Thermodynamics and heat transfer | First and Second Laws, Carnot, Rankine and Otto cycles, general conduction equation, convection, Nusselt number, emissivity, view factors. |
All applications need to be made via our online application portal which can be found here
Kind regards