Boost your career opportunities with industry experience
We are now offering academic performance based busaries to cover the second year tuition fees.
We are excited to offer MSc with Industry on the following degree courses:
About our MSc with Industry Programmes
Our MSc with Industry programmes are an extension of the existing MSc degree and include an additional second year.
During the second-year you will undertake either:
- Industry placement
or - Industry focused project to work on a real life challenge undertaken in collaboration with one or several industrial partners.
The second year course fees are £3600 for International students and £1800 for Home students.
We are now able to offer academic performance based bursaries to cover this second year course fee. For more information on this please contact Dr Vasilios Samaras.
Why study an MSc with Industry?
- Boost your CV and stand out to employers
- Two years’ experience in the UK
- Gain the valuable opportunity to work in collaboration with industry on a real life challenge
The MSc with Industry is a flexible option for students. Swansea University will support you in securing a placement or project, however the second year placement or project is not guaranteed. In the event you are unable to secure a project or placement, or if you choose to head straight into employment, you will be transferred to the standard one year MSc programme.
Swansea University will also support your application for a two year Visa.
How To Apply
Candidates will need to supply a personal statement addressing the following 2 questions:
Question 1: What can I bring to the industrial placement?
Question 2: What do I hope to gain from the industrial experience?
Your application must include the following information:
- Academic Transcript (including grading structure)
- Evidence of any academic prizes/awards you have obtained for academic excellence
- Personal statement answering the two questions listed above
- CV
- Evidence of any sporting achievements, volunteering experience, professional qualifications
- Please also note that letters of support will form part of selection process and it is your responsibility to ensure your nominated referees submit references by the closing date
For further guidance please visit our how to apply pages.
Boost Your Career Opportunities
Professor Gavin Bunting, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Employability and Skills, says:
"The MSc with Industry is an agile programme providing a great amount of support for students to secure an external placement, but also the option to undertake an industrial research placement within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Swansea University.
The programme helps students to improve their technical and interpersonal skills, and add a significant work experience to their CV which plays a vital role for graduate opportunities. Along with the MSc Taught course, the MSc with Industry is a very comprehensive postgraduate programme aligned with the current needs of the multidisciplinary engineering environment."
Dr Vasilios Samaras, Course Leader, says:
"Embarking on an MSc with Industry not only enriches your academic experience but significantly enhances your employability skills. The practical knowledge and professional connections you gain during this period are invaluable in today's competitive job market. We are excited to offer an academic performance-based bursary to cover the second year's tuition fees, further supporting our students' journey to excellence."
Kamal Elkady
Industrial Placement Experience
"The placement is hosted by the Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions research and innovation operation (of the Energy Safety Research Institute at Swansea University). If there is a something I have learnt in my studies is the importance of the environment and ...making sure it is never at harm from the industrialization that is seen in the world currently.
Working every day on this project, with the passion I see from my colleagues to this specific topic, is the thing that makes me enjoy the placement most. Beside this, the amount of support given by the team is enormous and makes me enjoy every day in the placement.
I have found that the best way for me to boost my CV was by joining the new program from Swansea University."
Industrial Placement Experience
"My internal industrial placement is on the design and development of an autonomous remote controlled robotic car with artificial intelligence techniques.
I am really enjoying the sense of teamwork, effective communication and thorough research that is highly exhibited and encouraged whilst undertaking my placement. We are tasked on exciting and innovative projects and provided with the resources necessary for the implementation of the projects... [this] has afforded me a high sense of research capabilities and a professional way of articulating my ideas to solve real world problems.
Through the employability team, I learnt about a job advertisement in my area of studies, attended an employer talk organised by the employability team to learn more about the job role, applied for it and finally got accepted for the job whilst still undertaking my program of studies."
Kwabena Osei-Annor
Do you have any questions?
Please contact Vasilios Samaras, our Senior Lecturer in Employability and Year in Industry, who will be happy to answer your questions about the MSc with Year in Industry courses.
Email: v.samaras@swansea.ac.uk
