Overview

The University of Limerick feels that tuition in industrial design, design techniques, computer aided engineering and entrepreneurial studies, integrated within the context of mechanical engineering, constitutes a contribution to the desirable objective of expanding Ireland's indigenous high technology industrial base. Thus, engineering/technology graduates are provided with the unique opportunity of pursuing a programme of study dedicated to product design.

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CONTACT

Department:           Mechanical, Aeronautical and Biomedical Engineering
Course Director:     Hassan Kaghazchi
Tel:                        +353 61 202107
Email:                     hassan.kaghazchi@ul.ie
Web:                       www.mae.ul.ie

Graduate Profile

The programme is in part designed as a conversion course to Mechanical Engineering for students having undergraduate qualifications in other engineering and technology disciplines derived from the mechanical sciences. Graduates may therefoe pursue conventional mechancial engineering careers. However, the strong mechanical and industrial design orientation of the programme equips students ideally for careers in specialised areas such as Engineering Design, Product Design, Computer Aided Design, etc, coupled with entrepreneurial activity.

Programme Content

Entry Requirements

Primary Degree (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland)  in a suitable engineering or technology discipline or an approved equivalent qualification. Students who satisfy the University's entrance requirements for transfer to a master's degree may be considered for admission to the master's programme.

WHAT TO INCLUDE WITH YOUR APPLICATION:

• Qualification transcripts and certificates
• English language qualification if English is not your first language
• Certified English translations of your transcripts/certificates where the originals are in a language other than English.
• A copy of your birth certificate (long document)

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than  two years prior to application):

Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:
 
Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved

• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanities or Education programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informatics or Electronics programmes *with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English - Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.