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Marine vehicles have developed dramatically in recent years. Lighter, faster, stronger, greener and safer vehicles are being designed and built using advanced materials and technology combined with creative design engineering.

This course creates designers with all the core skills of ship design, construction, operation and maintenance. They also have a particular specialisation in the creative design and engineering of high performance leisure and commercial vehicles, including sailing and power yachts, fast ferries, hydrofoils, hovercraft, fishing boats and the concept designs of the future.

Year 1: Maths, Engineering Mechanics, Marine Design, Introduction to Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering; group project to design, build and test a container ship.

Year 2: focus on flotation, stability and safety of ships, marine design and production; group project to build a radio-controlled sailing yacht and a wave energy device.

Year 3: topics cover resistance and propulsion of ships, marine engineering, design of marine structures, yacht and power craft design; individual project to design a ship.

Year 4: an individual project on a topic of your choice; classes covering High Performance Sailing Yachts, and High-Speed Ships as well as State-of-the-art Tools for Predicting Fluid Flow Around Ships and the Strength of Ship Structures.

Entry Requirements

2027 entry requirements

Standard entry
4 or 5 Highers at AAAB or AABBB including Maths and Engineering Science or Physics at AB or BA plus English at National 5 (Higher preferred). Advanced Higher Maths and Physics recommended.

Widening access entry:
4 Highers at BBBB including Maths and Engineering Science or Physics plus English at National 5 (Higher preferred). Advanced Higher Maths and Physics recommended.

A Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted in place of a non-essential Higher.