MSc Engineering Management with Placement Year

Course overview

Study level: Postgraduate

The Engineering Management MSc seeks to prepare you to be a successful senior manager for engineering companies operating in highly competitive international environments.

The course incorporates three alternative pathways, allowing you to select a route that is clearly focused on your anticipated or current career path in a manufacturing company. The selection of one of the three pathways adds specific career-focused content to the core modules.

Successful completion of the Engineering Management MSc can provide you with a route into senior management in a broad range of careers in the manufacturing, service, and government sectors, as well as start-up companies in functions such as operations management, logistics and supply chain management, engineering research and development and project management.

Work placement option

This master's programme provides you with the additional option to apply for a 'work placement' opportunity² during your first semester with us. The 'work placement', which if secured, can be carried out in the second year, is designed to further develop your skills, knowledge, and professional experience with the aim of maximising your employability prospects. Please note that the optional placement modules incur an additional tuition fee of £4,000, payable on completion of placement. Find out more about the work placement pathway.