ObjectivesThe MSc in Manufacturing Engineering and Management provides graduates with a broad knowledge and understanding of advanced manufacturing technology, manufacturing management and human factors relevant to industry. The degree covers many aspects of Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management and is designed for students who want to appreciate how engineering and management are integrated so that the productivity of industrial and engineering companies is improved, the costs of manufacture are reduced and products and services are delivered when required. The wide range of optional modules will enable you to develop your interests in specific areas of technology including flexible manufacturing, robotics and process capability, management including supply chain management and operations and also ergonomics and human factors.
Academic titleMSc Manufacturing Engineering and Management
Course descriptionKey facts
-This course is an exciting collaboration between the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering and Nottingham University Business School.
-The School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering was awarded a Grade 5 in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise.
-We were also given the highest possible rating at the last UK Teaching Quality Assessment.
-Nottingham University Business School is a leading centre for management education and its mission is to be a top ranked international business school, excellent in both teaching and research (it currently ranks in the UK’s top ten).
-The Business School’s teaching was rated as ‘excellent’ by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and our research received a grade 5 rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, which means that our research is of international excellence
Course Content
You will be required to take 80 credits of core modules – these are listed below:
-Introduction to Manufacturing
-Computer Integrated and Flexible Manufacture
-Introduction to Managing Operations
-Supply Chain Planning and Management
-Project Management
-Managing Operations and Change or Manufacturing Strategy or Lean Manufacturing
-Rapid Product Development
This course also gives you the opportunity to choose 40 credits of optional modules (two elective modules in the autumn semester and two in the spring semester). Optional modules cover:
-Ergonomics and Product Design
-Concurrent Engineering
-Advanced Metal Forming
-Food Processing and Manufacture
-Integrated Aerospace Design
-Polymer Engineering
-Safety and Human Reliability
-Human Computer Interaction
-Technology and Knowledge Management
-Aerospace Manufacturing Technology
-Manufacturing Process Capability
-Robotics and Automated Manufacture
-Modelling and Simulation
-Work Organisation and Job Design
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
Following the successful completion of the taught modules, a major individual project is undertaken over 3 months in the summer. The project is supervised by a member of academic staff from the School M3 or from the Nottingham University Business School and enables each student to work on a research or industrial area within manufacturing technology, manufacturing management or human factors in manufacturing.
Course Structure
The MSc in Manufacturing Engineering and Management can be taken on a full-time basis over 1 year (September to September) or part-time over 2 years.
During the autumn and spring semesters, you complete 80 credits’ worth of core modules and 40 credits of optional modules before undertaking a 60-credit research project over the summer period, either at the University or occasionally in industry.
Assessment of individual modules takes different forms, including formal examinations (usually at the end of the semester in which the module is run), essays, group and individual reports and oral presentations, project reports and other assignments to be submitted during the semester.
Teaching is from the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering and the Nottingham University Business School.