Student funding available Motorsport & MSc, PgDip, PgCert Full and part-time

Motorsport is a demanding world that requires total commitment from its technical managers, designers and engineers. Without their skills and expertise drivers don't even get on the grid. Behind the sport there is a dynamic network of manufacturers, suppliers and consultants.

Cranfield ’s Motorsport Engineering and Management MSc has been developed in collaboration with leading motorsport companies, in response to the sector’s need for postgraduate level engineers. The programme will hone your skills and expertise in relation to motorsport and provide you with management development tailored towards the discipline.

Focus on your career Benefit from our expertise Motorsport is a difficult sector to break into. You will be taught by internationally leading While we cannot guarantee a job, graduates of this academics and practitioners. This will ensure you programme have joined motorsport companies are aware of cutting-edge tools, techniques and such as Williams F1, Racing F1, McLaren . The course is supported by an Racing, , Racing, F1, Toyota F1, industrial advisory committee comprising senior M-Sport, Performance Friction, , Xtrac, representatives from leading motorsport RML, EM Motorsport and . organisations including Renault F1, Williams F1, Ford Team RS, BRDC, Xtrac, MIA, MSA, Lola, Part-time students are able to deliver significant Circuits and M-Sport. This means the business benefits to their employer. The skills and skills and knowledge you acquire from the knowledge gained will also promote progression to programme are relevant to employer requirements. more senior roles in the future. Benefit from practical experience Benefit from our reputation through your project Cranfield University has undertaken research, Industrially supported project work undertaken enables consultancy and testing for the motorsport you to assimilate the knowledge and skills gained since the 1980s. We have an international reputation from the taught element of the course and puts these for our expertise in aerodynamics, materials into real-world practise while developing transferable , fabrication techniques, safety of skills in project management, team-work and motorsport structures, precision engineering, independent research. Future employers value motorsport vehicle manufacture, vehicle dynamics, this experience. brakes and braking systems. Cranfield’s reputation in this field can improve your career prospects. Part-time students benefit from addressing their employer’s real-business problems supported by our academic supervision. Accredited by

www.motorsport.cranfield.ac.uk Course details Entry requirements: Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, Duration: Full-time: 1 year. a 1st or 2nd class UK honours degree Part-time: 2-3 years or equivalent in a relevant engineering Start date: Full-time: October. or science-based discipline. Other Part-time: Throughout the year relevant qualifications together with considerable industrial experience may Funding: The Grand Prix Mechanics be considered. Charitable Trust offers funding opportunities subject to availability. Part-time students are usually supported by their employers. For further details on funding opportunities please visit: www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/funding

Who should apply Modules • Graduates in engineering, science or related • Composite Structures for Motorsport disciplines who wish to gain knowledge of the • Metallic Structures for Motorsport engineering, management, science and • Motorsport Aerodynamics and Computational relevant to motorsport Fluid Dynamics (CFD) • Graduates currently working in the performance • Motorsport and Data Acquisition engineering sectors such as aerospace, automotive • Motorsport Power Train and motorsport, keen to extend their qualifications • Motorsport Vehicle Dynamics • Individuals with other qualifications who possess • Project and Financial Management for Motorsport considerable relevant experience within the high performance sectors • The Business of Motorsport Modular postgraduate programme Prizes The MSc course comprises an induction week Full-time students compete for prizes and trophies followed by eight one-week assessed modules. which have been awarded by Sir OBE, You will develop an understanding of motorsport Professor Adrian Reynard, Prodrive and the BRDC. fundamentals. The taught element progresses Why Cranfield University alongside the development of a group design project during which you will develop a solution to a Cranfield University is a wholly postgraduate real-life problem. university with an international community and a truly global reputation. With a top five ranking for Finally, the individual thesis project is usually student employment on graduation, a top two industrially supported, and is of relevance to ranking for staff to student ratios in the UK, an motorsport. Companies such as Renault F1, Prodrive, excellent rating for teaching, and exceptional Honda Racing F1, Williams F1, McLaren Racing and facilities, Cranfield makes an ideal destination for Red Bull Racing have backed projects. This provides advancing careers. All courses are designed to meet you with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate the training needs of industry and have a strong independent research ability, working within agreed input from experts in their sector. Our focus is on objectives, deadlines and budgets. applied research and developing industry’s future engineers, managers, consultants, and entrepreneurs. Alternatively, the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip), comprising the eight taught modules and the design Contact project, and the Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), For further information and an application form comprising six taught modules, qualifications please contact: are available. School of Applied Sciences Structure MSc PgDip PgCert T: + 44 (0) 1234 754086 • Taught modules 40% 66.7% 100% E: [email protected] • Group design project* 20% 33.3% • Individual project 40% *dissertation for part-time students

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Note: Cranfield University reserves the right to change the programme without prior notification. Information correct at time of going to print.