How to Apply

 

Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma, MSc, Eng.D, or Period of Further Learning
If you wish to apply for any of the postgraduate options you can either contact the CPDA Secretary to send you an application pack or print the relevant forms off below. It is however important that you ensure you meet the entry requirements before completing the forms. If you have any questions then please contact the CPDA Secretarial Assistant.

Applicants hoping to be sponsored by their organisation must speak to their training manager and obtain approval, before contacting the CPDA Office. There is no deadline for applications to be submitted to the CPDA Office by. Applications can be received at any time during the year.

The Application pack consists of:

• CPDA Application Form (Microsoft Word, 127 KB)
• UWE Enrolment Form (Microsoft Word, 305 KB)
• UWE Library/Student ID Card Form (Adobe Acrobat, 37 KB)
• Module Booking form 2006-2009(Microsoft Word, 146KB)
• Authority for invoicing of fees (Microsoft Word, 63KB)

When completing the module booking form please refer to the section on awards. All applicants (accept in special circumstances) will be enrolled at the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. The authority for invoicing fees form must be stamped and signed by your organisation. If self sponsored this must be accompanied by a Bankers reference or another proof of funds. The application form must contain the contact name, postal address and email address for both your industrial and your academic referee. We will contact them for references on your behalf. The above forms must be completed and returned to the CPDA Office with the following documentation:

• 4 passport size photographs;
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae;
• Copies of all degree educational certificates (or equivalent at HNC/D) with transcripts if necessary.

Please find useful information below regarding Fees and Modules.

• Information on CPDA Fees
• Modules
• Module Synopsis Booklet

Students will be sent the University of Bristol Registration Form and the Application Form for a Library/Student ID Card with their offer letters, for completion and return to the CPDA Office. On receipt of these, delegates will receive their University of Bristol Student ID/Library Card. Delegates receive their UWE Student ID/Library Card directly from UWE.

CPDA Short Course Applicants
Any of our modules can be attended as a stand-alone course. There is no formal enrolment and no formal qualifications are required. However attendees are expected to have some experience of postgraduate work and review the module synopsis prior to the module to assess suitability. Please complete the short course application form (2008-2009) and return it to the CPDA Secretary if you wish to make a booking. For all modules there is the opportunity for short course attendees to complete the Post Module Assignment and whilst this is not compulsory it is recommended as passing the assignment allows you to gain academic credit. It is also a means of demonstrating that you have understood and can apply the skills taught in the module. A certificate with your module mark would be issued upon completion.

Please note that short course delegates who later decide to enroll on the programme and therefore wish to submit an assignment for a module attended previously, are required to attend either part of or all of the next running of that module prior to completing the assignment. This is the case only if more than 6 months have passed since the original deadline. Delegates should note that they will be charged the full module fee for a second attendance on a module. For further details please refer to Q.IM.16 PMA assignment procedures for delegates.

Following the submission of an application, further details can be found regarding the enrolment process.

Chartered Engineer Recognition

Many applicants are interested in achieving professional recognition in their careers. Studying for these awards can provide the remaining academic qualifications required – along with sufficient work experience – to achieve this recognition.

Unlike the undergraduate degrees M.Eng and B.Eng, M.Sc awards are not accredited by the professional engineering institutions. This is due to the nature of M.Sc programmes, which are often very diverse in nature. The CPDA award is no exception – each individual chooses their own module programme from the wide range offered.

However, the engineering institutions are willing to review each programme as it is identified. This is done via their Further Learning Panels, which decide whether the programme chosen satisfies the academic requirements for C.Eng approval.

Therefore, any CPDA applicant or existing student who wishes to apply for Chartered Engineering recognition should:
i. Identify the postgraduate CPDA award which they intend to do;
ii. Identify their expected module programme;
iii. Provide a breakdown of their existing qualifications.

These can then be sent to the relevant institution for review at the Further Learning Panels. The panels will either approve the choice made, or give reasons for any conditions imposed. This way, the applicant is aware early in the CPDA programme of what is required in their particular circumstances to complete their qualifications for the C.Eng.

This information should be sent to:

Royal Aeronautical Society Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Richard Jordan,
Accreditation Officer
Email: richard.jordan@raes.org.uk

Please also send a copy of this information to the CPDA Secretary, for our records.

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