Course Overview

As a naval architecture student, you’ll learn to predict the stability and safety of ships and their strength, speed, powering and propulsion requirements. You’ll discover how to calculate the motions of ships and other floating structures in rough seas and how to estimate their reliability and safety in extreme conditions.

Ocean engineering involves the technical aspects of fixed and floating marine structures and systems that harness ocean resources. These include offshore oil and gas, the rapidly expanding area of ocean renewable energy, and other ocean resources activities such as subsea mining and aquaculture.

The degree aims to develop graduates capable of dealing with engineering challenges on various marine vehicles, from tankers, bulk carriers, container ships and giant cruise liners to tidal current turbines and oil/gas platforms.

In addition to core naval architecture subjects, you'll study a range of specialised ocean engineering subjects and subjects related to the design of novel ship and offshore structures, such as risk management and reliability analysis, station-keeping and control and subsea engineering.

For BEng students with the appropriate level of academic performance, the opportunity to transfer to the MEng programme is available.

General Eligibility

A Levels

Year 1 entry: ABB-BBB

(Maths and Physics)

Year 2 entry: AAA-ABB

(Maths A and Physics B)

International Baccalaureate

Year 1 entry: 34-32

(Maths HL5, Physics HL5)

Year 2 entry: 36-34

(Maths HL6, Physics HL6)

HNC/HND

Year 1 entry: pass a relevant HNC, A in Graded Unit
Year 2 entry: pass a relevant HND, AA in Graded Units

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)