Programme structure: Advanced Composites (MSc) - what's running in 2024/25

    What do the Levels represent?

    What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?

    If you are selecting optional units, ensure that you have a balanced workload through the year.

  • Year 1 (2024/25)

CADEM0010 is a must pass unit. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Composite Materials for Sustainability AENGM0092 20 Mandatory TB-1
Composites Design, Manufacture and Product Development AENGM0091 20 Mandatory TB-1
Composites for Lightweight Structures AENGM0082 20 Mandatory TB-2
Advanced Topics in Composites CADEM0009 20 Mandatory TB-2
Research Project CADEM0010 60 Mandatory AYEAR
Candidates should select 40CP of optional units: 20CP in TB1 and 20CP in TB2
Technology Innovation in Practice INOVM0023 20 Optional TB-1
Wind Energy Systems AENGM0081 20 Optional TB-2
Smart Manufacturing Processes and Technologies MENGM0065 20 Optional TB-2
Advanced Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity AENGM0088 20 Optional TB-2
MSc in Advanced Composites   180    

Award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on the award of credit, reassessment and award of a qualification please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Degree classifications:

A classification will be awarded in the following qualifications:

  • Taught postgraduate Masters degree, including a Master of Research (MRes)
  • Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications
  • Exit awards of Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates in designated programmes (as described in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.

A classification is not awarded for exit awards where students are required to withdraw from the programme on academic grounds.

The overall final programme mark is calculated as the average of all unit marks in the programme, weighted by credit point value.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

  • Distinction = final programme mark of 70+
  • Merit = final programme mark of 60-69
  • Pass = final programme mark of 50-59
  • Fail = final programme mark of 49 or less

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

Diploma/certificate stages:

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 100 must be at level 7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.