If you’re interested in working as an architect for naval or merchant ships, this course gives you a solid foundation in the theory, analysis and design expertise you’re going to need.
Study ship dynamics and hydrodynamics, learn about ship structures, and get plenty of hands-on experience in the software and systems used to conduct advanced engineering analysis.
Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, alongside marine engineers from UCL’s Marine Engineering MSc, you’ll build teamworking skills on a comprehensive group ship design exercise.
This course will give you a solid foundation in the theory, analysis and design, an understanding of ship dynamics and hydrodynamics, ship structures, as well as the experience in the software and systems used to conduct advanced engineering analysis. This will give you the expertise to work as an architect for naval and merchant ships.
With a global demand for well-qualified naval architects, this course is particularly beneficial for anyone looking to tap into the many employment opportunities in this sector.
The skills you will learn on this course will be immensely valuable across many sectors and industries, including but not limited to, maritime careers.
Many students of this MSc go on to directly work in the industry with over 87% in highly-skilled work or postgraduate-level study 15 months after completing the course.
Recent graduates from this Master’s course are now working at organisations such as Babcock International Group PLC, BMT, Houlder, Lloyd’s Register and the Royal Navy UK. Departmental data and Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018-24. Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of graduates in the 2018–2024 cohorts.
This course offers you the following benefits and opportunities: