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This is a professional interdisciplinary course, providing all the ingredients for you to advance your career as a leader or into a senior position of leadership of technology and/or engineering businesses. The content is research-informed, industry-focused with strong leadership development.
Engineering and the part it has to play in shaping the future is shifting at an unprecedented rate - with global challenges, technology revolution, fast innovation and a range of related issues demanding ever greater skills, awareness and agility from today's industry and business leaders.
MSc Engineering Management offers a unique opportunity for those who are eager to equip themselves with the essential capabilities and industry-relevant skills to excel as a future leader in an increasingly globally connected environment.
The master's is taught by the Department of Engineering, Design and Mathematics and the Bristol Business School and provides a unique opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary environment, and additionally work with leading academics and externally-recognised industry speakers.
The focus is on management within technology and engineering organisations, with a strong emphasis on the modern strategic challenges facing multinationals and SMEs, and the part that technology and engineering businesses have to play in addressing them.
Importantly, you will have the opportunity to tailor the course towards your own area or areas of interest - whether that is technical strengthening in either engineering or advanced manufacturing or business widening in change management - ensuring the content you study offers you the strongest possible skillset and preparation for your future career.
This is highly relevant for graduates from diverse backgrounds who want to develop themselves as leaders of technology and/or engineering businesses, and for anyone with industrial experience looking to accelerate their career into a senior position of leadership.
As such, you will engage with, and learn from, people from a diverse range of backgrounds and interests - adding further to the richness of debate and learning experience you can expect on the course.
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The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.
The full Master's course comprises 180 credits divided into three 60 credit stages: Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, and Masters. Students work incrementally through the three stages and must pass all modules at each stage in order to progress to the next.
You will study the following compulsory modules:
In addition, you will select two options from the following modules:
This structure is for full-time students only. Part-time students study the same modules but the delivery pattern will be different.
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 curriculum is delivered through a range of teaching and learning activities, encompassing lectures, seminars, small group work and workshops. We place an emphasis on project-themed, practice-based learning, with extensive use of real-life case studies from industry; and use workshops to instigate debate and develop critical thinking skills. We also encourage you to do your own investigation, by referring to latest core texts, academic and practitioners' publications.
The course is taught by leading academics, who all work as consultants with many of the region's engineering and technology businesses. Several of us sit on industry committees, as well as publishing high profile research in this field.
For more details, see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.
For each 15 credit module, it is recommended you allocate 150 hours of time - made up of 35 hours of tutor-led contact and 115 hours of independent learning, including assimilation and development of knowledge, and preparing coursework. Weighting varies with research-based modules, to reflect the learning objectives.
A range of assessments are used across the modules to enhance and develop your learning. There will be an emphasis, in particular, on developing and assessing your professional skills, through essays, reports, oral presentations and your research dissertation.
For more details, see our full glossary of assessment terms.
You will have access to a range of facilities to enhance your learning experience. This includes the University library, which is open 24 hours a day and includes computer facilities. The library is well stocked with electronic and print books, newspapers, journals, government publications, statistics, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, company information, market reports and DVDs.
You will also have access to the new Bristol Business school building. A £55m project, the building includes interactive social and learning spaces, where you can work with other students, staff and business people, and make useful connections.
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If you are an international student, the teaching and learning methods we use may differ slightly from what you are used to. For this reason, we offer support at the start of the academic year with orientation activities, and training focussed on developing your academic skills to help you on your way to success in your Masters.
This is also open to non-international students, and is a good opportunity to understand and appreciate the expectations of Masters-level study, in terms of assessment, critical thinking and professional reporting. The week isn't assessed but we encourage all accepted students to attend.
Our support includes access to fantastic facilities, study tools and career consultants, plus practical help to access everything from funding to childcare.
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This courses is designed to help students with high potential accelerate their career towards senior management in the engineering and technology sectors - whether in a multinational, small and medium enterprise, or as an entrepreneur.
Depending on the subjects you focus on, you will be equipped to move into a broad variety of roles, including innovation and technology management, project and programme management, management consultancy, supply chain management, operations management, and product management, as well as general management roles.
We provide the opportunity, not just to gain knowledge in a range of relevant topics, but also to develop the necessary skills needed to apply that knowledge effectively in an increasingly challenging business environment.
Our award-winning careers service is there to help you develop your graduate employment potential through career coaching, a vacancy service for internships, placements, graduate jobs, global opportunities, volunteering and community activity, plus support for entrepreneurs and access to employer events.
We normally require a honours degree at 2:2 or above in an engineering or business related discipline.
If you do not meet the above grade requirements but have at least 12 months relevant professional experience and/ or equivalent qualifications, we will consider you on an individual basis.
You are required to complete a personal statement for this course. Please read the personal statement guidance carefully and make sure that you answer the questions on the postgraduate application form within the personal statement tabs, keeping to the advised word count.
If you are an international student and do not meet the academic or English language requirements to study this course, you can qualify by completing preparatory study at our International College.
If you meet the academic requirements but require additional support to take your language skills to the required level, you may be able to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Students who successfully complete the pre-sessional course can progress onto their chosen degree course without retaking an IELTS or equivalent.
Read more about our Pre-Sessional English Programme.
We are not able to offer deferrals for this course. However, we appreciate there may be extenuating circumstances to consider and therefore we will consider requests on a case by case basis.
International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
*The University accepts a large number of UK and international qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section.
Read more about international applications and key international deadline dates.