Offshore and Ocean Technology Programme - Offshore Materials Engineering

Duration:

1 year full-time
2-5 years part-time

Overview:

The offshore environment can be extremely hostile, placing heavy demands on both fixed and floating structures. It is crucial that the behaviour of the materials from which they are built is fully understood.

A very large number of structures associated with oil/gas already exist and in the future there are likely to be many more associated with renewable sources of energy. The Offshore Materials Engineering option focuses on understanding the influences on the choice and use of materials offshore and how different materials can be selected to help overcome some of the problems.

The MSc course is accredited by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) for CEng, CMarTech and MIMarEST. The MSc has also been approved by the Energy Institute (EI) for membership, and as meeting the Engineering Council UK's further learning requirements for Chartered Engineer registration under UK-SPEC.

Students benefit from access to a range of facilities including our state of-the-art corrosion laboratories to support investigations of materials used offshore.

Course Structure:

The course comprises eight one-week assessed modules, a group project, and an individual thesis project.

Modules:

Students complete six core modules with a further two optional modules selected in consultation with the Course Director. These provide the tools required for the group and individual projects.

Core modules:

• Corrosion in the Offshore Environment
• Offshore Inspection
• Project Management
• Safety, Risk and Reliability Offshore
• Failure of Materials and Structures
• Materials in the Offshore Environment

Optional modules:

• Finite Element Analysis and Materials Modelling
• Offshore Pipeline Design and Installation
• Offshore Renewable Energy - Management
• Reliability Engineering and Asset Risk Management
• Subsea Oil and Gas Exploitation

Entry requirements:

Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, a 1st or 2nd class UK Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant science, engineering or related discipline. Other relevant qualifications, together with significant experience, may be considered.

English language requirements - our normal minimum requirement is a TOEFL score of 580 (paper test) or 237 (computer test), essay rating 4.5 or 92 (Internet test), all skills 19 or an IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 for writing, a TOEIC overall score of 830, or a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English grade C or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English grade C, although a number of our programmes require higher scores.

Funding:

Funding opportunities exist, including industrial sponsorship, School bursaries and a number of general external schemes.  For the majority of part-time students sponsorship is organised by their employers. We recommend you discuss this with your company in the first instance.

Please note that a formal offer of a place on this course must have been received before consideration can be given for funding. For further details please visit our website or contact our Enquiries Office on the details provided below.

Want to find out more?

Contact our Enquiries Office for further details on all the courses we offer by either email: appliedsciences@cranfield.ac.uk or phone +44 (0)1234 758008. You can also visit our website.

Additional content

• Specialist Energy MSc opportunities