Master of Science Engineering Management

The University of East London (UEL) is a public university in London, United Kingdom. Established in 1898, UEL focuses on preparing students for successful careers. Their programmes equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the dynamic job market.

UEL boasts a distinguished history with notable faculty and alumni across various fields.

Engineering Management is aimed at ambitious technical professionals who aspire to a senior role involving technical, management and strategic decision-making responsibilities. The course, with optional placement year, is also ideal for recent graduates or apprentices willing to move into engineering management. It is also for experienced/ established professionals who wish to transform into management and extending their knowledge beyond their specific technical field into management and business. MSc Engineering Management is designed specifically to allow learners to update, extend and deepen their knowledge in engineering and management, to enhance their career opportunities in industry, or as a preparation for further academic research.

Specifically, the course aims to:

• Produce post-graduates who can apply fundamental principles and techniques to produce creative solutions.
• Produce post-graduates who can evaluate theoretical frameworks and models and select appropriate techniques and tools for analysis of complex management systems.
• Produce post-graduates who can competently evaluate and apply a range of research techniques using both primary and secondary sources to successfully undertake a research or investigative project in the Engineering Management subject discipline.
• Enhance your academic, personal and professional development and foster your abilities to be self-evaluative, a reflective practitioner and life-long learner.
• Develop the application of professional and ethical principles, standards and practices in the Engineering Management subject discipline.
• Develop a critical awareness of and the ability to evaluate current issues in the Engineering Management subject discipline in order to foster the ability to produce new insights and propose new sustainable and profitable solutions.

What you will learn:

Knowledge

• Demonstrate comprehensive and critical understanding of the latest theories and practices associated with Engineering management principles.
• Have a critical understanding of relevant scientific principles and tools of the specialisation.
• Be aware of new and emerging theories and tools.
• Develop appropriate models for solving problems in engineering and project management, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
• Collect and analyse research data and using appropriate engineering tools to tackle unfamiliar problems, such as those with uncertain or incomplete data.

Thinking skills

• Applying original thought to the development of practical solutions for products, systems, components or processes.
• Develop a thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations, and some appreciation of likely new developments.
• Develop advanced level knowledge and understanding of a wide range of engineering management principles.
• Make critical evaluations of risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.

Subject-Based Practical skills

• Carry out a research project.
• Analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data.
• Use various computer analysis and tools and develop appropriate models.
• Complete critical assessments and develop appropriate conceptual schemes.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of ethical and legal dimensions of engineering management.
• Apply engineering and project management techniques taking account of a range of commercial and industrial constraints.

Skills for life and work (general skills)

• Develop interpersonal skills, contribute and work effectively in a team.
• Exercise initiative and personal responsibility, which may be as a team member or leader.
• Learn new theories, concepts, methods etc and apply these in unfamiliar situations.
• Develop, monitor and update a plan, to reflect a changing operating environment.
• Learn independently and effectively; and to be able to present and convey complex technical information to other professionals and the public both verbally and in writing.

Academic Entry Requirement:

Accepted Qualifications

Bachelor's degree BEng with minimum Second Class (2:2) or BSc with minimum Upper Second Class (2:1) in Engineering.

International Qualifications

We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications.

English Language Entry Requirement:

Overall IELTS 6.0 with minimum 6.0 in writing and speaking, and 5.5 in listening and reading (or recognised equivalent) or equivalent in an accepted English language test.

Age Entry Requirement:

• 21 years or above

Work Experience :

We welcome applications from those who can demonstrate their enthusiasm and commitment to study and have the relevant life/work experience that equips them to succeed in the course. We will assess this from the information provided in your application or may request additional information such as a CV or attendance at an interview.