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Engineering Project Management – (M.Sc.)
Bournemouth University
School of Design, Engineering & Computing
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,820 - ≈ € 14,080 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Bournemouth / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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Good project managers are indispensable to all organisations competing in today’s international businesses. Ensuring the success of a project puts pressure on any project management team. Empowering yourself with business skills and industry knowledge will ensure you can become a successful, dynamic leader.
Engineering project management is a dynamic profession and you’ll need to be up to date with new developments in the philosophies, methods and tools for planning and executing projects. These developments are particularly important to industries engaged in developing new products, systems or capabilities.
The MSc Engineering Project Management is designed to give you the understanding and knowledge to employ management and technical tools, and the skills and confidence to spearhead and manage the development of new products and projects within the technological industries. You will learn to identify business issues and develop systematic, original and creative intellectual skills to formulate solutions. The research you undertake as part of your individual project will give you an opportunity to explore your particular area of interest in greater depth.
The course combines theory with a true understanding of contemporary, international business issues and specialist industry techniques. Throughout this course units are taught intensively, usually over 4.5 days, with assessment normally taking place 5-6 weeks after the delivery of the unit.
The School of Design, Engineering and Computing is active in research in Sustainable Design and Design Simulation. All members of the teaching team accordingly are active in research and publication within these fields or in associated applied research for business.
Contents
You can take this course on a full-time or part-time basis.
Duration
- One year full-time
- Two or three years part-time
Full-time students can also choose to undertake an industry work placement of 40 weeks.
During this course units are taught intensively, usually over 4.5 days, with assessment normally taking place 5-6 weeks after the delivery of the unit.
Project Management
You will gain knowledge and understanding of the methods and techniques of planning and design of development projects and their application. You will also develop knowledge and understanding of human factors with regards to such projects.
- Technology Transfer
You will gain a deep knowledge of the methods and processes of technology transfer; and be able to evaluate the benefits and failings of such transfers. You will learn to source knowledge and use its added value to the business. You will be able to choose the level of knowledge required, and evaluate its cost to the business, long term benefits, and general business sense.
- Design Management
You will develop a critical understanding of modern design management, the design process, product development, project planning, the integration of total quality and decision making analysis.
- Competitive Product Development
You will develop a critical understanding of the business issues related to competitive product development on a domestic and on a global scale. You will gain an understanding of marketing and appropriate knowledge of modern tools and processes required for competitive product design and manufacture.
- Business Innovation & Enterprise
You will learn how to identify and exploit a company’s strengths. You will evaluate external opportunities that exist, together with conceiving strategies to overcome internal weaknesses and the threats that might be imposed by the industry environment.
- Research Methods
You will develop key research skills in areas such as literature reviews, critical analysis of research findings, project proposals, planning, experiment design and analysis, and dissemination. This unit will adequately prepare you for writing a project proposal and for conducting and disseminating the Masters project.
- Individual Masters Project
The individual project is designed to help you develop knowledge of the methodologies and techniques of research in your subject area. You will critically investigate, report and engage with complex issues. You will present an analytically rigorous and well argued case and gain problem solving skills by applying your knowledge across the discipline area. Finally, you will present a reflective, integrated discussion of the conclusion of the research, development and practice activity and its implications for the future. Projects that are worth 120 credits must be linked to an industrial research project.
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Requirements
Qualification
- Applications will be considered if you have a first degree equivalent to a UK Honours Degree qualification of second class (2:2) or above.
- If you lack the formal academic qualifications needed to enter a postgraduate or post-experience degree, there are several alternative routes to follow - some based on experience. Contact the askBU Enquiry Service for more information.
Preferred subjects
Product Design, Engineering.
If English is not your first language:
- IELTS 6.0 (Academic) or above.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
Accreditation
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the UK government’s teaching quality watchdog, awarded us the highest category of confidence in our academic standards.
Many of our courses are accredited by professional and industry bodies, which means our courses are readily recognised by employers, and our graduates have professional membership or status when they compete on the job market.
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