MEng in Control Systems Engineering
Course Overview
The MEng in Control Systems Engineering is a UK Level 7 postgraduate degree postgraduate degree that runs one year full-time or two years part-time across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes. The programme is designed for senior control engineers advancing into research-informed practice across industrial control, process automation and safety instrumented systems, and cohorts progress together with weekly tutor visibility, structured critique and formative feedback across every module. Delivery is aligned to UK professional-body standards including IMechE, IET, Engineering Council (UK), and the syllabus draws on current practice inside the mechanical and electrical engineering community across London and the wider UK.
By the end of the MEng in Control Systems Engineering you will be able to design a distributed control system; specify safety instrumented functions; run model-based control design; commission control-room systems; deliver a research dissertation on control. Assessment blends coursework, applied artefacts and a closing project, capstone or dissertation depending on the level, and marks are moderated to UK Level 7 postgraduate degree standards. Every module includes reflective practice and structured written communication, so graduates leave the programme with a portfolio of assessed work that stands up to external professional review.
Key Features
- Postgraduate degree taught in small tutor-visible cohorts at the LSCE central London campus, online with provisioned lab access, or by distance learning.
- Syllabus mapped to IMechE and IET technical guidance for the mechanical and electrical engineering discipline, and refreshed each intake against sector expectations.
- Weekly clinics, code, design and critique reviews run by a named programme tutor with cohort-wide feedback and one-to-one time.
- Careers-service introductions to IMechE headquarters at One Birdcage Walk, IET Savoy Place events and the M4 corridor manufacturing supply chain during the taught stage, with warm handovers into placement or graduate roles.
- Three parallel study modes so applicants can complete the MEng in Control Systems Engineering around work, family and international relocation timelines.
- LSCE places Control Systems Engineering postgraduates close to InstMC London chapter events and IET Savoy Place industry seminars.
- Alumni network extending into UK mechanical and electrical engineering employers for mentoring, referrals and continued career support after graduation.
What You Will Learn
- Design distributed control systems for continuous and batch process plants.
- Specify safety instrumented functions and calculate SIL ratings to IEC 61511.
- Run model-based control design in MATLAB and Simulink.
- Commission control-room and field systems with structured loop-check procedures.
- Apply advanced process control including model predictive control.
- Reference Institute of Measurement and Control and IET professional standards.
- Analyse plant data using historian systems and root-cause techniques.
- Deliver a Masters dissertation on a live control systems research problem.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior control engineers moving into design authority roles.
- Process engineers formalising their control systems practice.
- Automation engineers cross-training into functional safety leadership.
- International postgraduates entering the UK control engineering market.
- Working professionals sponsored by an employer for structured Level 7 study.
Career Pathways
- Senior Control Systems Engineer
- Functional Safety Engineer
- Advanced Process Control Engineer
- Automation Lead
- Control Systems Consultant
- Plant Engineering Manager
- Technical Director (Control)
The LSCE careers service supports graduates of the MEng in Control Systems Engineering with structured CV and portfolio reviews, application coaching for mechanical and electrical engineering employers, and warm introductions across its London industry network. Every student is matched with one-to-one careers time in the final stage of study, and alumni continue to receive job-alert access, senior-role introductions and application coaching after graduation.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelors degree at 2:2 or above, or an accepted international equivalent, in a relevant discipline.
- Applicants with five or more years of senior professional experience are considered for admission by portfolio.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two references, normally academic, with senior professional references accepted for the experience route.
- A one-page personal statement setting out your dissertation or capstone interest.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and international applicants receive dedicated visa, accommodation and English-language guidance alongside the academic decision.
Why Study at LSCE
The London School of Computing and Engineering is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small tutor-visible cohorts. LSCE partners with UK professional bodies including IMechE and Engineering Council (UK), and the central London campus places students within a short tube ride of IMechE headquarters at One Birdcage Walk, IET Savoy Place events and the M4 corridor manufacturing supply chain. This proximity to the mechanical and electrical engineering community means guest speakers, placement conversations and industry-attended review boards are routine rather than exceptional.
Every intake joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support, whether the applicant chooses on-campus, fully online with provisioned lab access, or distance learning with the same remote provisioning. Three parallel study modes make the MEng in Control Systems Engineering accessible around work, family and international relocation timelines, and the careers service maintains a working contact book across UK employers in the mechanical and electrical engineering sector to support progression at graduation.
Students at LSCE also benefit from the wider Harold International College resources, including a shared library, careers-service connections and elective-module access across the college programme catalogue subject to availability. Applicants routinely combine the LSCE cohort experience with London professional-body events, regional meet-ups and employer-hosted evenings, so the UK sector network is visible from induction onwards rather than only at graduation.
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