Naval Architecture MSc

Join us on this one-year Master’s to help fill this gap, and equip yourself to build a successful career in this specialist, fast-evolving field. 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. You’ll also carry out your own research, working with UCL’s renowned academics, through project work undertaken in the specialist fields of hydrodynamics, ship dynamics, structures and design. By the end of this Master’s, you’ll be in a strong position for securing jobs as a naval architect – with the expertise and skills to be able to integrate easily into industrial ship design teams. This programme is for students with a relevant first degree — preferably in mechanical, aeronautical, civil or naval engineering — who want to enhance their technical skills, knowledge, and understanding in naval architecture. It will prepare you for a career as a Chartered Professional Engineer or at high levels of management and procurement in naval architecture. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university in a suitable engineering subject or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.