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.

Year 1

Core Modules

• Project & Dissertation (60 credits)

• Business Management and Enterprise (20 credits)

• Sustainable Energy Systems (20 credits)

• Research and Data Analytics (20 credits)

• Computer-Aided Engineering (20 credits)

• Engineering Systems and Management (20 credits)

• Manufacturing Technology (20 credits)



Optional Modules

• Employability (0 credits)

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



Course Structure

Students may enrol on a full-time (1 year) or part-time (2 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.



Indicative Number of Modules per Semester

Autumn and Spring Semesters: 6 modules, totalling approx. 60 CATS per semester.



Summer Semester: Project module and dissertation, 60 CATS.

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.

The deadline for applications is normally 30th June for entry in the same calendar year. However, we encourage applicants to apply as early as possible. In the event that any programme receives a high number of applications, the University reserves the right to close the application portal earlier than 30th June deadline. Notifications to this effect will appear on the Direct Application Portal against the programme application page.



How to Apply

Apply using our online Postgraduate Applications Portal and follow the step-by-step instructions on how to apply.

Individual and group coursework


Continuous assessment


Project/dissertation thesis


Oral presentation


Interview

1 year full-time, 3 years part-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: 2024/25

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.