Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Distance Learning)

If you’re ready to take your existing expertise and knowledge in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Distance Learning) into a postgraduate research degree, University of Portsmouth is the perfect place to do it. From the phone in your pocket, to the train you take on your morning commute, much of everyday life relies on the work of engineers.

Our current research in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering searches for creative and practical engineering solutions to some of society’s most-pressing issues – and when you join us to study for a postgraduate research degree, you’ll have the opportunity to make your own contribution to the pioneering work we’re doing, and play a part in transforming our research into impact.

Our students are already making a positive difference through their research – recent projects include using artificial intelligence to improve powered wheelchairs, creating more efficient solar panels, supporting clinicians at the local hospital, enhancing medical devices, and developing new lightweight manufacturing materials.

Support and facilities

When you join us, you’ll be supported by our Graduate School, alongside your assigned supervisory team, who’ll help you get the most from our facilities. The Graduate School will help you become part of our thriving, collaborative research community, and help grow your skills as a researcher through the Graduate School Development Programme, which offers training, workshops and events.

We have facilities to carry out mechanical testing including tensile testing, fatigue, impact in a temperature controlled environment, and we’re equipped with a large suite of 3D printers including a multi material 3D printer and a laser sintering machine. We also have a water jet cutter, a 5 axis CNC machine and can perform 3D X-ray investigation, su-micron resolution (voxel size 70nm), via the Zeiss Xradia 510 Versa and the 520 Versa.

What can a postgraduate research degree do for my career?

Once you complete this Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Distance Learning) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Distance Learning) program at University of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth , you’ll be a highly-skilled researcher with the knowledge and skills to make an impact in many different industries.

Your postgraduate research qualification demonstrates to potential employers that you’re an intelligent, capable and motivated person, with provable abilities and experience in critical thinking, problem-solving, project management, communication, leadership and creativity.

Electrical and Mechanical Engineering PhDs and MPhils

• Explore our pre-approved funded and self-funded PhD projects in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, or submit your own research idea.