Engineering - Mechanical Engineering with Management

Overview

This course has been developed in close partnership with employers, focused on development skills that employers specifically demand.



Why Might You Want To Do This Course?

You love engineering! You’ll be looking to advance your managerial skills, alongside your technical ability. But more than that, you want to know how to apply this in the industrial world.



Course Content

You will develop competency and skills that include the latest advances in engineering disciplines of energy and power, manufacture and design. In addition to covering the latest engineering technology, you will be equipped with the creative, commercial, business and management skills that are necessary to be an innovator, entrepreneur and industry leader.



Course Structure

Students may enrol on a full-time (1 year) or part-time (3 years) basis. Part-time students typically complete one or two modules per semester. Full-time students typically complete three modules per semester.



The MSc is awarded to students who successfully complete six taught modules (120 CATS points) and a research project (60 CATS points ).



Exit qualifications are available: students may exit with a Postgraduate Diploma by successfully completing 120 CATS points from taught modules or a Postgraduate Certificate by successfully completing 60 CATS points from taught modules.



Course Details

The degree will consist of 120 CATS of modules from the list below, plus a dissertation (60 CATS). The degree also offers the opportunity for novel, industrially-relevant research projects.

The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2024/25). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.



Year 1

Core Modules

• Sustainable Energy Systems (20 credits)

• Business Management and Enterprise (20 credits)

• Project & Dissertation (60 credits)

• Research and Data Analytics (20 credits)

• Computer-Aided Engineering (20 credits)

• Manufacturing Technology (20 credits)

• Engineering Systems and Management (20 credits)



Optional Modules

• Employability (0 credits)

• Academic Literacy for PGT Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (0 credits)

Graduate

Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a suitable engineering discipline, including substantial Mathematics and engineering content at 2.2 Honours level or equivalent standard, acceptable to the School.



Applicants holding a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a suitable engineering discipline with performance in key modules below 2.2 Honours standard may be considered on an individual basis. Such applicants will be required to demonstrate a minimum of two years professional experience.



A 2.1 Honours degree in Mathematics or Physics or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University will be considered. Applicants with non-standard qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.



International Students

Please see International Student's link below.

Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible and ideally no later than 30th June 2025 for courses which commence in late September.



In the event that any programme receives a high number of applications, the University reserves the right to close the application portal prior to the deadline stated on course finder.



Notifications to this effect will appear on the application portal against the programme application page.



Please note: A deposit will be required to secure a place on this course.

Individual and group coursework


Continuous assessment


Project/dissertation thesis


Oral presentation


Interview

3 years (Part-time)

1 year (Full-time)



Teaching Times

Contact teaching time is typically scheduled on campus during normal working hours throughout the working week (mornings or afternoons, Monday through Friday). One module will be delivered across two evenings in Semester 1.

Entry Year: 2025/26

Career Prospects

Introduction

This Masters degree programme offers a range of modules that can be combined to suit particular career aspirations, and graduates will have the skills and knowledge required to pursue careers in mechanical engineering, technical management, research and other related fields.



The complementary business and management skills developed through the programme are highly sought after by employers keen to recruit engineering graduates with a solid appreciation of the broader commercial industrial environment. Professionally relevant transferrable skills, such as oral and written communication, problem-solving, data analysis, self-direction, and team work are also developed throughout the course.