Engineering Management MSc (PGCert PGDip)

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Course structure

This postgraduate masters degree can be studied full-time or part-time.

To be awarded the MSc, you must obtain 180 M-level credits: 60 credits through the completion of your masters dissertation, 80 credits from compulsory modules and 40 credits from the option modules.

Syllabus

Modules

Core modules

• Engineering Management

  In this module, you'll develop the skills needed to assess and use management and professional techniques, taking a hands-on and practical approach. These skills are crucial for the effective introduction and management of innovative or complex engineering products and components.

• Supply Chain Management

  This module is designed to deepen your knowledge of supply chain management and provide a broad strategic view of the subject. Topics covered include the value chain as a source of competitive advantage and the strategic supply chain management; planning and control within the supply chain; the impact of globalisation, complex systems and the challenge of managing the extended supply chain in the light of exogenous factors; and evaluating and managing supply chain risk.

• Major Team Project

  Working in a small team, you'll investigate a real-world engineering problem, come up with possible solutions and choose the most appropriate in terms of technical and business viability. The major team project is an opportunity to use and develop your leadership, management, team skills, project management and technical knowledge.

• MSc Engineering Dissertation

  This 10000-word dissertation project enables you to undertake independent research in civil engineering and demonstrate your capacity for critical thinking and devising or recommending creative and appropriate solutions to a specific problem through your understanding and application of advanced engineering concepts.

Options*

• Environmental Impact Assessment

  This module will examine the principles behind, and the practice of, environmental impact assessment (EIA). You will study the development of EIA and its integration into EU and UK law, and the relationship between EIA and sustainable development. You’ll also explore the importance of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and the effects that it may have on UK and EU environmental management. The module will use case studies to provide local and national examples of environmental statements and discuss the importance of quality and review.

• Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis with R

  This module will teach you the basics of statistics and computer programming needed for data analysis. You will use R to run computer simulations and explore random processes. You'll use what you've learned during the module to complete a realistic data analysis project.

• Renewable Technologies

  This module enables you to explore the engineering aspects of renewable technologies, focusing on biomass photovoltaic systems, energy networks and storage. You'll consider topics such as energy storage solutions, the renewable incentive, metering technologies, and design for reduction of energy demand.

• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Data

  In this module you will study a range of data analysis and machine learning methods for turning raw data into useful information and knowledge that provides a solid basis for operational and other decisions arising within different professional situations. You will learn how these methods work and how to select the most appropriate ones to find useful and relevant patterns, trends and anomalies in data sets.

• Professional Development

  On this module you'll develop as an independent learner in the engineering profession. You'll work on a project or design subject on an engineering-related topic outside of the normal syllabus, exploring your personal professional development needs.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement year

To further increase your employability and international experience we offer full-time students starting in September the opportunity to take a placement year. This means that your course will take two years, but you’ll be graduating with work experience.

The year on placement in a role related to your course will allow you to put all that you have learned on your masters into practice, enhancing your career opportunities and giving you practical experience in your area of expertise.

The placement is assessed formatively throughout the year, giving you the chance to reflect on your experience and helping to build your CV.

Work placements are optional, and you'll arrange your placement with support from our dedicated Placements and Employability team.

We offer a two-year international study visa route to support applications for this course.

Meet the team

Dr Cliff Dansoh, course leader

I have spent most of my life in industry. Having started in the Royal Navy and then through a range of consultancy roles I have been lucky enough to experience a variety of diverse types of engineering and ways of getting things done. This journey has impressed upon me the merits of not only being technically competent, but in having the vision and creativity to establish what needs to be done; and the implementation skills, competencies and behaviours to have the best chance of actually achieving the end result.

As we advance technically it is expected that the next few years will deliver societal benefits in diverse areas such as the food chain, water, energy, waste management and health care. It is clear that studying engineering provides competencies that are not only pivotal to delivering these societal changes, but will also be required in larger amounts.

My advice to students is to explore the wealth of knowledge that exists and strive for excellence during your time at the university. I would also advise you to be kind. Kindness and decency in how you deal with others in delivering projects can be just as important as your technical ability.

Find out more about Dr Dansoh.

Course fees

Scholarships, bursaries and loans

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students. Bursaries and loans may also be available to you.

Find out more about postgraduate fees and funding.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

• Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international postgraduate students
• Student finance and budgeting while studying
• About the university’s fees by checking our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

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