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The fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0, is leading to the increased use of automation and data exchange. This MSc in Engineering Management aims to meet the industry's urgent need for professional engineers with postgraduate knowledge and skills in digitalisation, additive manufacturing and engineering-focused business management. It's an ideal choice if you're planning a career in engineering management.
Award:
MSc
Mode of Study:
Part-time
Duration:
36 months
Location:
University of Bolton
Start date:
23/09/2024
The University of Bolton's MSc in Engineering Management focuses on preparing you for industry. It's designed to take you from your bachelor's degree to a role in industry. Written with industry collaboration, our dedicated, knowledgeable team will cover the key areas needed to make you stand out to engineering employers. We'll concentrate on technological advancements, such as additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
We work with employers and industry advisors to ensure that the core ethos, skills and projects are industry-centred, realistic and aimed to maximise your employability. The engineering industry is changing quickly, and the fourth industrial revolution is happening around us. Our dedicated and knowledgeable team will work to help you prepare to develop and innovate as the industry evolves.
Additionally, the course is designed to address all the competencies set out by the Engineering Council and UK-SPEC, and to support you in achieving Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. So, if you're an ambitious engineering or technology graduate seeking to develop advanced digital manufacturing and production engineering knowledge alongside relevant management and research skills, this master's degree should prove an excellent investment in your future.
The University of Bolton's MSc Engineering Management uses UK-SPEC learning outcomes and is designed to meet the academic requirements leading to Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. Please see the Engineering Council UK website for further details of UK-SPEC.
We'll be seeking accreditation of the MSc Engineering Management for Chartered Engineer (CEng) status from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
This course addresses contemporary issues in engineering and engineering management. Graduates of the course will be ready to enter industry, especially in roles that demand knowledge of digital engineering and manufacturing technologies. In addition to developing your technical knowledge and experience, this programme will give you greater confidence in your transferable and personal skills. These include problem-solving, critical thinking, team working, planning, target setting, communication and marketing.
As a graduate of this MSc, you'll be prepared to promote and develop digital engineering and manufacturing solutions in industry and have the potential to progress to a management role. You could pursue a career in sectors such as motorsport, automotive, aerospace, integrated systems, mechanical, electrical, electronic, electromechanical, and fluid power components/systems or materials.
You might seek engineering-related roles in research, design, development, system integration, quality assurance, compliance, testing, qualification, maintenance, supply chain, procurement, or management. You'll likely seek to achieve Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, and this master's is designed to meet the academic requirements leading to this professional registration.
Research is an exciting career path that will allow you to explore working in research and development roles or academia. You can also use this MSc as a stepping-stone to studying for an MPhil or PhD.
Graduates can also use the qualification to enter a range of other careers, bearing in mind that relevant experience or postgraduate study may be required. Some of these roles include:
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
For details of how to apply for this course, please choose your status from the options below:
You may apply directly to the University using the University's online application form. Please select your chosen start date from the list below:
You should have to hand:
Details of the educational establishments you attended and dates
Your certificates for the qualifications you are using to gain entry to the course – you will need to enter the completion date and upload copies
Details of any employment history including name, address, dates and role
Personal statement – this can be either input into the relevant field or uploaded separately
Details including e-mail addresses of two referees, at least one of which should be someone who can provide an academic reference
Please make sure any documents you wish to upload in support of your application are in pdf or jpeg format. Personal statements may be word documents.
Please ensure your data is correct at each stage of the application before you proceed to the next page. If you use the back button at any time during the application, you should check the validity of the data you have already input.
If you experience difficulties during the application process, contact the Admissions Team on 01204 903394 or admissions@bolton.ac.uk
Apply online: University of Bolton MSc Engineering Management - 23 September 2024
As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the restrictions on your visa.
We offer a wide range of full-time courses in lots of different subjects, many of our courses start in September and January. If you would like to see what courses are available please visit our Course Search.
Our overall teaching and learning strategy is student-centred. We use a blended approach involving face-to-face sessions and online learning. We promote active learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, practicals and tutorials, and guided and self-directed study. Online discussions and activities posted on our virtual learning environment, Moodle, also support your learning.
We'll expect you to spend considerable time on independent learning, including literature searches, reading, completing work for seminars, and preparing for workshops, presentations or group discussions. Some modules will have online resources and activities to complete.
Assessment serves several functions, with the obvious and primary purpose being to evaluate your achievement of the stated learning outcomes. Assessment also helps you to identify what you have done well and where you can improve so that you can organise and develop your learning. The major forms of assessment we use are reports, presentations and portfolios.
The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.
Level | Assesment method |
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Level one | Coursework 100% |
Level | Learning activity |
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Level one | Guided independent study 83%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 17% |
Disclaimer
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
The academic staff detailed above teach across a range of courses in this subject area and may not teach on this course specifically.
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