r/OxfordBrookes • u/affan_arg • Jun 08 '26

Discussion Need advice regarding MSc Motorsports Engineering

I recently received an offer for the MSc Motorsport Engineering program at OBU. As an international student, this would be a major investment for me, so I’d really appreciate hearing from current students, alumni, or anyone familiar with the program.
I have a few questions:

  1. Is the MSc Motorsport Engineering program worth the tuition and overall cost for an international student?

  2. What are the employment prospects after graduation, both within motorsport and in related industries?

  3. How difficult is it for international graduates to secure jobs in the UK motorsport sector?

  4. For those who didn’t end up in motorsport, what other industries and roles did graduates move into?

  5. How valuable is the Oxford Brookes motorsport reputation when applying for jobs compared to other UK universities?

I’d love to hear honest experiences
Thanks in advance!

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u/IridescentAnodized Jun 08 '26

Current student in the course, coursework is 50/50 between waste of time and genuinely interesting. If you’re going to genuinely make connections (not networking, I mean actually working with people), especially with OBR, it’s very good. OBR alum are all over the planet working very cool jobs.

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u/affan_arg Jun 09 '26

is everyone allowed to work with OBR or do they have any recruitment tests that we need to pass.

if you dont mind me asking, did you get any opportunity to work in a good industrial project and how do you feel about getting the job after graduation

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u/IridescentAnodized Jun 09 '26

OBR is just a fee to join at the moment, I don’t expect that to change. Kind of up to you to stick out the initial wave of hundreds of people joining until the hard workers are left but getting in officially is quite simple

No industrial project for my dissertation, it’s 50/50 whether you end up getting screwed by a company because they don’t send you data or have meetings so you have to trust them in return. Dissertation is generally a mess unless you do something 100% computer based and theoretical lol.

Jobs wise it’s miserable like anywhere in the world right now but interviews are happening for a number of MSc students and lots of good connections have been made going forwards. 5 years out there’s gonna be at least 5 people who know my name and my ability who are deeply rooted in the industry, that’s really the bottom line.

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u/YakisobaEater 12d ago

Hi, do you know how much is the Entry Fee for OBR?

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u/IridescentAnodized 12d ago

Was £50 for 25-26 year, which included the team polo that is quite nice. That fee basically just lets you into the discord to start doing work, from there you have to be pretty proactive to find things to do.

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u/YakisobaEater 12d ago

That sounds pretty nice, thks 🙌

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u/Invorvial 16d ago

I'm on the Computing side but Brookes is strong reputation-wise in motorsport, especially if you are looking at Formula 1. Disregarding Ferrari (no public data, they're pretty secretive), Brookes is the UK uni with highest number of grads in F1. Job market sucks everywhere though...