MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £15,400
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £40,300

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

We offer a number of postgraduate taught scholarships and awards to outstanding UK and international students each year.

The University of Manchester is committed to widening participation in master's study, and allocates £300,000 in funding each year. Our Manchester Master's Bursaries are aimed at widening access to master's courses by removing barriers to postgraduate education for students from underrepresented groups.

We also welcome the best and brightest international students each year and reward excellence with a number of merit-based scholarships. See our range of master’s scholarships for international students .

And, if you have completed an undergraduate degree at The University of Manchester, or are currently in your final year of an undergraduate degree with us, you may be eligible for a discount of 10% on tuition fees if you choose to study on a taught postgraduate course here. Find out if you're eligible and how to apply .

For more information on master's tuition fees and studying costs, visit the University of Manchester funding for master's courses website to help you plan your finances.

The student will carry out a programme of work in line with a project area which is set in advance, and will write and submit a dissertation report on the subject of this project.

The course unit aims to: enable, train, and support students to demonstrate an appropriate level of professional competence in the practical development of a suitable application that meets a perceived need, specification, or the realisation of a research project.

On successful completion of the course, a student will be able to:

ILO 1: Use software tools as appropriate to record and analyse data

ILO 2: Describe and evaluate the solution and its theoretical and practical significance

ILO 3: Design an appropriate solution

ILO 4: Appraise critically the project, indicating the rationale for the proposed solution, lessons learnt during the course of the project, and evaluation of the solution and methodology used

ILO 5: Use hardware as necessary to construct and integrate the system

ILO 6: Analyse a problem and the relevant literature or practical context

ILO 7: Describe and evaluate the methodology used

ILO 8: Demonstrate creativity and problem solving skills

ILO 9: Use programming and software tools relevant to the system operation

ILO 10: Demonstrate the application of the appropriate disciplinary skills

ILO 11: Use software, simulation and computer-aided-design tools as appropriate in the construction of the problem solution

ILO 12: Use appropriate test and measurement equipment to acquire data related to the problem

ILO 13: Demonstrate academic writing (including use of references), project management, risk analysis, project documentation
 

Assessment Dissertation 

Dissertation written in line with the Dissertation Project Handbook which forms 100% of the unit assessment.

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