MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
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Hi guys, I am looking to do my postgraduate at a good University in London and I am not a resident there therefore I am not sure about the reputation of the universities when it comes to Mechanical Engineering. I have done some research and I have shortlisted two Universities to do my MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering at. So it is Loughborough vs Imperial College London. Which one do you think is the better one.





RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
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Greg Locock
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RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
You do realise that Loughborough University London isn't where they teach engineering courses?
If you really want to be in London, your shortlist becomes much shorter.
Steve
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
I'm from Florida....2 out of 3 ain't bad
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
So far as recruiting goes, London has very few working engineers per capita. There are head offices there, but the grunt work is done in industrial estates and business parks all over the country.
If you want to work very hard and live in London and get a more prestigious doctorate, go ICL. As you say Lowbrow doesn't have a stellar academic reputation. Big fish, small pool, may apply.
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RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
I have less knowledge of ICL as I ruled out anywhere in London as I didn't want to live there, however I understand it also a good university, maybe a little drier on the industrial ties but respected and obviously has that 'london thing' if your into that.
Daniel
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RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
IC used to (in the 1980s/1990s) offer undergraduate Mechanical Engineering courses:
BSc: All technical, 3 years.
BEng: Some non-technical modules, mostly in the 3rd year.
MEng: Like BEng, with the last year repeated and even less technical.
But now the only undergraduate course is a 4 year MEng, so it looks like the shorter course options have simply been dropped.
The syllabus for the MSc in Advanced Engineering looks like a load of technical modules aimed at someone that holds a BSc (or BEng?) from elsewhere.
Steve
RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
things have changed since I left the UK . Colleges used to offer Ordinary and Advanced Engineering courses, you had to do the Ordinary before you could go on to the advanced. I understand that they have now changed that to a system of Levels i.e. level one level two and so on. With level five being an Higher national diploma.
B.E.
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RE: MSc in advanced mechanical engineering: Loughborough vs Imperial College London
A likely reason for the change in course offering is that the UK's professional bodies now require a Masters degree rather than a Bachelors degree to achieve professional registration. Regardless of the apparently more challenging academic requirements for registration, I am not convinced that the M.Eng graduates of today are any smarter than the B.Eng graduates of thirty years ago.
The MSc is almost always a post-graduate course.