MEng (Hons) Robotics at University of Plymouth

Course Details

Taking BEng (Hons) Robotics to the next level, this MEng course digs deeper into the robotic technologies that are shaping today and tomorrow. Providing an extra year of insight and training, your learning will be informed by robotics research pushing boundaries worldwide led by our very own teaching staff. You’ll build technical and managerial skills that you can put into practice daily, through a final group project that will set your course for success when you graduate.

You will experience learning that meets the highest standard academic requirements set by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). You will draw on unique opportunities to engage in world-class robotics research, and in a variety of activities. You’ll capitalise on the opportunity to take a work placement in your second or third year, putting your robotics skills into action in the real world. You will take the fastest route to Chartered Engineer status.

Key features

• 100% of our graduates said they were satisfied with the quality of their degree in the 2018 National Student Survey (first place) and that the course provided opportunities to apply what was learnt. No doubt because from the day you join us until the day you graduate you’ll be testing and applying everything you learn in our fantastic labs.*
• Our robotics courses have a large number of laboratory practical sessions embedded in their modules, and this is a strong feature of the robotics teaching in Plymouth. This ensures that you can consolidate theory learned in lectures using real practical tasks, making your understanding of topics much more concrete.
• Immerse yourself in a degree accredited by the Institution for Engineering and Technology (IET)  on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).
• Keep pace with the fast-moving world of robotics, on a course that cuts a path through the latest research across technologies and disciplines.
• Take the fastest route to Chartered Engineer status. 
• Experience learning that meets the highest standard academic requirements set by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). 
• Undertake a major robotics design and implementation in your final project, showcasing your technical and managerial skills. Develop your technical content, legal and business skills as well as team working and project planning.
• Capitalise on the opportunity to take a work placement in your second or third year, putting your robotics skills into action in the real world.
• Rise to the challenge as part of the Plymouth Humanoids team, battling it out in a variety of international robot competitions.
• Develop professional writing skills as well as strengthening your technical design skills. 
• Refine your professional project management skills, with dedicated professional support from staff across the entire final year on every different aspect of your project.
• Work alongside internationally-renowned staff in a leading service and cognitive robotics research environment.
• Draw on unique opportunities to engage in world-class robotics research, and in a variety of activities (for example, in the humanoid robot football, Federation of International Robot-soccer Association (FIRA) competition).