Integrated master's degrees explained

We will automatically offer you entry onto a similar undergraduate degree, typically the BEng or BSc version of the integrated master’s course. There may be further opportunities for you to transfer to the integrated master’s degree as you progress through your studies.

Coventry University recognise that students develop at different rates and that circumstances and ambition can change. This is why we have created flexible routes so that you can join on the MEng or MSci and fall back to the BEng or BSc and equally, depending on academic performance, start on the BEng or BSc and transfer to the MEng or MSci.

Yes, there are multiple ways to become chartered, and an accredited integrated master’s is simply the most direct route to meeting the academic learning requirements.

If you study a BEng or BSc you will need to undertake additional studies to demonstrate a postgraduate level of learning. This could be studying part-time or full-time on an MSc course or undertaking an additional professional development course. The appropriate accrediting body can help you in identifying suitable additional learning and any costs incurred.

Many of our MEng and MSci graduates have gone directly to permanent, higher-paid roles rather than graduate training schemes, the majority of which do not guarantee a permanent job at the end. Our industrial advisory boards inform us that they recognise the specialist expertise and knowledge that graduates with an integrated master’s bring to employers. This potentially makes them a more valuable employee.

You apply for your funding in the same way, so if you have an offer for an integrated master’s we recommend you apply for five years of funding. This will cover four years of the integrated master’s and a one-year placement. If you decide to fall back to the undergraduate degree or do not take a placement, then that can be accommodated. It is simpler to have all the funding in place at the start and then reduce rather than apply later and the additional complications of getting additional funding.

If you have an offer for an integrated master’s, you can apply for a five-year visa. This will cover any placement you may undertake and your fourth year of additional study. If for any reason you do not do a placement or decide to not continue with the final year of study, we can curtail the Visa accordingly. Applying for the five-year visa upfront will avoid all the additional costs and complications of extending your visa compared to obtaining a three-year visa.

MEng is four years advanced undergraduate degree graded First Class Honours, 2:2, etc. It will add two semesters of additional study to an undergraduate degree.

MSc is typically a one-year stand-alone postgraduate degree graded Distinction, Merit, Pass etc. The fees for an MSc year are typically higher than for the additional integrated master’s year. It will require three additional semesters of study.

No, you cannot hold a BEng and an MEng separately. The MEng is an integrated undergraduate and postgraduate degree.

It may be possible depending on your specific course. This will have to be by individual consultation. If you do come back to complete your MEng year, then the professional accrediting bodies will require you to hand in your BEng certificate on completion of your MEng.