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Naval Architects and Marine Engineers deal with the world’s most powerful vehicles and largest moving structures.

Years 1: Engineering Mechanics, Maths, Computing and 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 include resistance, propulsion and strength of ships, marine design, principles of marine
machinery, and marine business and management; individual project to design a ship.

Year 4: individual project on a topic of your choice; classes covering Marine Machinery, Power and Electrical Systems, as well as State of-the-art Tools for Predicting Fluid Flow Around Ships and the Strength of Ship Structures.

Year 5 (MEng only): group design project; further specialist technical and management classes.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements

Standard entry
4 or 5 Highers at AAAA or AAABB including Maths at A and Engineering Science or Physics plus English at National 5 (Higher preferred). Advanced Higher Maths and Physics preferred.

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

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