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Engineering Management

Brunel University London
London, Great Britain
On campus
Full-time
€14,194.13/year
 2131 Points
Duration
1 Year
Language
English
Apply date
Jul 2023
Start date
Sep 2023

Program Description

The Brunel Engineering Management MSc gives graduates and professional engineers seeking to move into management the technical skills and understanding of business, operations and strategy to pursue successful careers in engineering management.

You'll get a solid grounding in managerial essentials within engineering including logistics and supply chain management, manufacturing and production systems design, product development, quality assurance and project management.

You’ll also study how finance and assets are managed within a business, managing people and organisations, customer care, and effective teamworking and motivation techniques. Additionally, with an eye on the future, you’ll examine the challenges new technologies pose to management in the engineering sector.

It is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). This means your degree will put you on track to gain Chartered Engineer (CEng) status in the UK.

Throughout your studies you’ll have 24-hour access to industry standard specialist software for engineering design at dedicated computer clusters on campus, so you’ll have the opportunity and equipment to explore ideas and tackle problems.

With the increasing complexity of the engineering sector, job candidates with expertise in business and management as well as engineering are increasingly in demand. Your Brunel postgraduate engineering degree will equip you with the knowledge and skills that will make you a sought-after prospect across the industry.

Entry Requirements

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Course Content

The course is designed to give graduates and professional engineers the managerial skills and understanding of business operations need for careers in engineering management.

Coursework for your engineering management degree consists of compulsory and optional modules and a 10,000-word dissertation.

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Teaching and Learning

Our staff have national and international reputations for their research, publications and applied work. Many carry out much of their research in collaboration with major oil companies, plant and equipment manufacturers, leading industrial firms and governmental laboratories. This means that your education will be at the forefront of scholarship and practice, covering the most up-to-date industry knowledge.

Your course will consist of combinations of lectures, seminars, tutorials, laboratory and practical sessions, coursework and group work.

From May to September you’ll conduct an individual project and prepare your dissertation.

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Curriculum

Manufacturing Systems, Design and Economics

This module aims to meet the growing need of manufacturing industry for graduates with very high levels of knowledge and skills in advanced manufacturing processes, design of manufacturing systems and management of production facilities, including the understanding of materials and their properties in relation to production processes, the design of products for automated manufacture, advanced, automated production and assembly systems, and advanced and micro manufacturing and production processes.

Managing People and Organisations

This module aims to give students a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of the latest advanced management theories for managerial decision making and leadership in global organisations.

Project Management

This module aims to give students a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of the latest advanced techniques and strategies for Project Management, including management tools, management and reporting methods and team building.

Systems Modelling and Simulation

This module aims to encourage systematic thinking and acquiring knowledge and skills to model and analyse modern complex systems.

Logistics and Global Supply Chain Management

This module aims to introduce and develop the fundamental principles and concepts of supply chain management, to investigate the structuring of global supply chain networks, outsourcing and the co-ordination of network partners, to highlight the importance of the customer service dimension as a means of differentiation and the role of logistics in achieving this, and to identify the contribution and impact on supply chains made by E-commerce and emerging IT applications, especially with regard to time based competition.

Quality Management and Reliability

This module aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the principles of modern quality assurance which underpin the discipline and their applications in engineering, manufacturing and enterprise, and to provide a professional-level working knowledge of the advanced techniques of reliability engineering and an ability to apply them to improving the maintenance, the maintainability and the safety of existing and proposed plant in their workplace.

Dissertation

The dissertation aims to help students develop their problem solving, communication and project management skills to work independently in consultation with their academic supervisor and carry out in-depth investigation of a suitable topic relevant to the course.

Careers

As a Brunel Engineering Management MSc graduate, there's the opportunity to enter a broad range of careers in the:

  • manufacturing
  • service
  • government

Our graduates are employed in industries ranging from metal cutting to process. They are working for such companies as Atkins, Canon Europe, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and Unilever.

Others have developed their own consultancy companies.

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