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Industrial Engineering and Operations Management at University of Nottingham - UCAS

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Course summary

As an operations manager, you will have highly developed strategic abilities that ensure your business runs smoothly and maintains a competitive advantage. Our MSc will give you the broad skillset you need to excel in global operations management positions. You will study modules that develop essential management techniques including supply chain planning, decision making, operations management and quality control. You'll also be able to tailor your degree to match your individual career goals, and specialise in areas relevant to your chosen field. You have the option to take industry-recognised digital qualifications by Microsoft and SAP alongside your course, which will develop your digital skills and help you stand out to future employers. You will graduate with a clear understanding of the methods, models and techniques that are used to resolve organisational difficulties. You'll be equipped with the analytical skills to understand the complexity of operational management challenges in business, combined with creative thinking to generate potential solutions.

Modules

Across the autumn and spring semesters, you will take 120 credits of taught modules. Each module typically consists of 10 two to three hour sessions. You will complete a 60-credit dissertation over the summer, and will be allocated an appropriate dissertation supervisor who will oversee your progress. Semester one: Core modules: Management Science for Decision Support; Managing Contemporary Operations: Fundamentals and Challenges-10 credits; Project Management; Supply Chain Planning and Management-20 credits Semester two: Core modules: Advanced Operations Analysis; Design of Operations Facilities and Systems; Quality Management and Quality Techniques Summer Resources Management and Organisation Dissertation-60 credits; Business Project Optional modules One of: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing-10 credits; Behavioural Economics and Decision Making; Procurement and Purchasing-10 credits

Assessment method

Modules are assessed by a combination of exams and coursework at the end of the relevant semester.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • EQUIS

Entry requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in a business, engineering or science-related discipline. Personal statement and a list of modules being studied in the final year (for applicants who have not yet completed their undergraduate degree). IELTS: 6.5 (no less than 6.0 in any element).

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For fee information, see www.nottingham.ac.uk/fees
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management at University of Nottingham - UCAS