Advanced Lightweight and Composite Structures MSc at Cranfield University

With strong industrial engagement, this course provides you with the opportunity to address some of the most pressing sustainability challenges, by equipping you with advanced skills in the design of lightweight and composite structures. You will develop expertise in analytical, experimental, and numerical techniques to create structures that reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Established in 2003 this postgraduate course has double accreditations with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society, with our graduates securing exciting roles with globally renowned companies such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Red Bull Racing and Ferrari F1.

Faculty: Aerospace  |  Duration: MSc: one year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: October  |  Location: Cranfield, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Delivery: Taught modules 80 credits, group project 40 credits, individual research project 60 credits. Compulsory modules: Advanced Composite Analysis and Impact, Thin-walled Structures, Finite Element Methods, Materials Characterisation and Failure Simulations, Structural Stability, Advanced Simulation for Impact, Crashworthiness, Design and Analysis of Composite Structures.

Career pathways

Industry-driven research makes our graduates some of the most desirable in the world for recruitment by companies competing in the structural engineering sector, which forms a large worldwide industry.

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