Engineering Management at University of Portsmouth - UCAS

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Course summary

As the engineering industry changes, the need for managers with industry specific skills and experience grows. Prepare to lead others in the workplace and successfully manage engineering projects and processes. Whether you want to prepare for a new role in engineering management or build on your existing engineering and management experience, this MSc Engineering Management Master's degree in London will help you get started. You'll study topics across management and engineering, and develop your communication skills to improve relationships between engineers and managers. You'll explore supply chains and strategic management, alongside and engineering subjects such as renewable energy use and system ability. By learning from lecturers with industry experience and using case studies to inform your work, you'll graduate knowing that your subject knowledge is practical and applicable in the real world. During your final project you can explore an engineering challenge that matters to you, so you'll graduate prepared for your career in engineering design, product systems or management. Course highlights

  • Prepare for your career as a leader in the rapidly-changing engineering industry
  • Explore current management and engineering topics and techniques
  • Use industry-standard software to develop your skills in Advanced Excel Modelling, Microsoft Project and more
  • Focus on an engineering management issue that matters to you when you choose your final project
  • Learn to use your management skills to support engineering goals in your workplace
Careers and opportunities You'll graduate from this MSc Engineering Management Master's degree ready to respond to the rapidly-developing engineering sector. You'll have the management and engineering skills to succeed in roles across engineering, whether you want to work in project management, quality assurance or production. Having built your professional network throughout your degree by connecting with fellow students, lecturers and professionals, you'll be ready to develop your engineering management career after this course. As part of your final project you'll explore a professional aspect of engineering management. This will be a topic that interests you and can link directly to your future work — past projects in this area include cost projections of going independent of the national grid with renewable power, and a cost/benefit analysis of setting up solar farms in Nigeria. Graduates of this course can go onto roles such as:
  • business operations specialist
  • project manager
  • production engineer
  • creative director
  • quality assurance engineer
  • production engineer
Graduates from similar courses have also set up successful businesses with help and support from the University.

Modules

Core

  • Information Technology and Strategic Management - 20 credits
  • Manufacturing System Design - 20 credits
  • Operations and Quality Management - 20 credits
  • Renewable Energy Management - 20 credits
  • Strategies for Resource and Environmental Management - 20 credits
  • Supply Chain Management - 20 credits
Optional
  • Individual Project (MSc) - 60 credits
  • Research Portfolio - 60 credits
Changes to course content We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies. Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.


Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
PTE Academic61An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)9191 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing
Cambridge English AdvancedCambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169.
Cambridge English ProficiencyCambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169.
Trinity ISETrinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £20800 Year 1
England £10400 Year 1
Northern Ireland £10400 Year 1
Scotland £10400 Year 1
Wales £10400 Year 1
Channel Islands £10400 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £10400 Year 1
International £20800 Year 1

Additional fee information

Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice. Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
Engineering Management at University of Portsmouth - UCAS