Master of Science - Mechatronics and Robotics

MSc Mechatronics and Robotics integrates the three disciplines automation employers need in one head: mechanical design, electronics and embedded control, and software, applied through modules in robotics and autonomous systems, control engineering, sensors and actuators, industrial automation and PLCs, and machine intelligence. The structure is 12 months with an optional extended stage, and both September and January cohorts run.

Laboratory provision is the course’s core asset — industrial robot arms, PLC rigs, and embedded development platforms on which assessments are built as working cells: a vision-guided pick-and-place, a closed-loop motion system, an automated inspection station. The final project delivers an integrated mechatronic build, and DMU’s applied research in robotics feeds both equipment and supervision into the cohort.

Two source details assist planning: dual September and January entry appears in the portal export, and the fee sits at the engineering-standard £18,100 despite the course’s heavier equipment footprint — students effectively buy robot-cell laboratory access at the same price as classroom-heavy degrees, an argument that lands well with technically minded applicants comparing UK offers against higher-priced automation degrees elsewhere in England.

The jobs picture deserves its optimism, carefully framed: manufacturing automation, warehouse robotics and electrification programmes keep UK demand ahead of supply, graduate roles pay £28,000–£34,000, and integrators hire internationally because the skills shortage is genuine — though roles cluster around industrial regions rather than the capital. Until an employer sponsors, the Graduate Route attached to this taught master’s applies: two years for applications by 31 December 2026, 18 months afterwards, with no dependants on taught routes.