Advanced Lightweight and Composite Structures MSc

Cranfield University

With strong industrial engagement, this course provides you with the opportunity to address some of the most pressing sustainability challenges, by equipping you with advanced skills in the design of lightweight and composite structures. You will develop expertise in analytical, experimental, and numerical techniques to create structures that reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. By applying these skills across key industries such as aerospace, automotive, motorsport, marine, and renewable energy, you will play a vital role in shaping a sustainable future and advancing technologies that help achieve net-zero goals. The MSc in Advanced Lightweight and Composite Structures is suitable for graduates with engineering, science, applied science or related degrees, who are keen to pursue careers as design engineers, stress engineers, research and development engineers, numerical code developers, consultants, and academic researchers. Our students typically hold first degrees or equivalent in mathematics, physics, computing or an engineering discipline. We also welcome applications from candidates from other disciplines and mature applicants with alternative qualifications.

Cranfield University