Engineering Operations and Improvement - MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate

While there is inherent flexibility to your studies, the course has five core modules:

Professional Development Appraisal and Continuous Review

Technical Business Operations

Research Investigation, Planning and Methods for Change

Engineering Project Management

Lean Engineering

If you are planning to take the MSc study programme and use it to provide the academic part of your portfolio of evidence for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration, you should check with the relevant professional institution that your module selection meets their requirements.

To achieve the MSc you'll require eight 15-credit modules, including the core modules, and must complete the 60-credit dissertation module.

Dissertation (60 credit)

This substantial independent research project and dissertation is based on either a project from your workplace, or on industry-based case studies. This helps you understand how your learning applies in the real world, reflect on the implementation of your project, and evaluate opportunities for improvement.You will have academic and industrial sponsors for this, to help you scope out the project in the required context.

This project activity is attractive to employers, as it provides an opportunity to deal with a real issue in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Often, your project will have a significant effect on the business sponsoring it.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.

The learning methods and the structure of the course mean you will take an integrated view of an engineering enterprise by placing technology in strategic, financial, human and operational contexts. We encourage you to read about the subjects independently, so you can really consolidate your knowledge and understanding while broadening your outlook and understanding of the key concepts.

Taught modules are usually held over three to five consecutive days. Alternative methods can include distance learning and work-based learning. You configure work-based learning with your module leader, according to your specific needs, through a learning contract that ensures the learning outcomes are achievable.

For more details, see our glossary of teaching and learning terms.

Each 15-credit module is expected to take around 150 hours to complete. The overall course normally takes between two and five years to complete, as students are normally also in full employment.

Assessment is normally by assignment. At this level, we do not need to test your understanding, but rather your ability to implement your newfound skills and knowledge. Assignments will normally be on a real industrial case study, or a live project in your workplace.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.