Doctor of Engineering - ENGD

All applicants will be required to make a claim for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at FHEQ Level 7 (up to 180-credits) against the Learning Outcomes for the Masters Phase (Programme Document Section 7). Consideration of RPL will be undertaken by the Faculty Recognition Group as required by the University Academic Framework. The entry criteria to the programme are: 1. Professional Experience: Applicants must have: (a) appropriate research and/or professional experience at postgraduate level. This could be evidenced through for example Chartered Engineer status or similar professional recognition; and (b) an industrial sponsor to provide and support the research project. 2.Academic requirements: (a) A Masters degree in a discipline appropriate to the proposed area of research. This will have included training in research and the execution of a research project. Applicants with a Masters degree which meets these requirements may move more rapidly into the Doctoral Phase FHEQ 8. Applicants whose qualifications do not meet these requirements may be asked to complete further study from the Faculty’s MSc portfolio. (b) Applicants with a relevant Honours degree (Minimum 2.1) will need to demonstrate that their professional experience meets the FHEQ Level 7 Learning Outcomes for the programme, and may be required to complete taught modules from the Faculty’s MSc portfolio which will include a module in Research Methods, and the MSc Project. 3. Applicants whose first language is not English will need to demonstrate a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent.

All applicants will be required to make a claim for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at FHEQ Level 7 (up to 180-credits) against the Learning Outcomes for the Masters Phase (Programme Document Section 7). Consideration of RPL will be undertaken by the Faculty Recognition Group as required by the University Academic Framework. The entry criteria to the programme are: 1. Professional Experience: Applicants must have: (a) appropriate research and/or professional experience at postgraduate level. This could be evidenced through for example Chartered Engineer status or similar professional recognition; and (b) an industrial sponsor to provide and support the research project. 2.Academic requirements: (a) A Masters degree in a discipline appropriate to the proposed area of research. This will have included training in research and the execution of a research project. Applicants with a Masters degree which meets these requirements may move more rapidly into the Doctoral Phase FHEQ 8. Applicants whose qualifications do not meet these requirements may be asked to complete further study from the Faculty’s MSc portfolio. (b) Applicants with a relevant Honours degree (Minimum 2.1) will need to demonstrate that their professional experience meets the FHEQ Level 7 Learning Outcomes for the programme, and may be required to complete taught modules from the Faculty’s MSc portfolio which will include a module in Research Methods, and the MSc Project. 3. Applicants whose first language is not English will need to demonstrate a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent. Offerings: All

Ability of make informed judgments on complex issues in specialist fields, often in the absence of complete data, and be able to communicate their ideas and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences;

The qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex organisations.

Ability to continue to undertake pure and/or applied research and development at an advanced level, contributing substantially to the development of new techniques, ideas or approaches;

The creation and interpretation of new knowledge, through original research or other advanced scholarship, of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of the discipline, and merit publication;

A systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of their academic discipline or area of professional practice;

The general ability to conceptualise, design and implement a project for the generation of new knowledge, applications or understanding at the forefront of the discipline, and to adjust the project design in the light of unforeseen problems;

Course Catalogue

Doctor of Engineering - 36336 - DOC