Engineering Management for Process Excellence (Taught)

Engineering management is a specialised career that brings together the technological problem-solving ability of engineering and the administrative, organisational and planning abilities of management in order to oversee the operational performance of complex engineering driven projects, personnel and initiatives. Engineering management is critical in the delivery of technical products and services.

This course combines process performance with strategic business analysis to deliver an in-depth understanding of operational issues in relation to engineering industries. The course is aimed at graduates wishing to broaden their expertise from a technological undergraduate degree, or who want to work within the engineering industry in a management capacity. The programme will focus on the use and application of techniques that enable production and operational effectiveness. The programme is based within the Department of Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management, the only department in the UK combining end-to-end expertise from creative design, through engineering design, manufacture and management of the entire system, meaning you will have access to all of the experts in these fields, in one place!

Compulsory classes: Supply Chain Operations, Project Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Fundamentals Of Lean Six Sigma, Management of Innovation, Total Quality Management, Postgraduate Group Project, Postgraduate Individual Project.

Optional classes (two to be chosen): People, Organisation & Technology, Strategic Technology Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Systems Thinking and Modelling, Quantitative Business Analysis, Performance Measurement and Management, Business Analytics