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MSc/PgDip
Design and Manufacturing Management

Location
Southwark

Duration
1 year (full-time)
2 years (part-time)

Start date
September

Number of places
15 (variable)

Simple timetable information
Full-time: 2 days per week
Part-time: 1 day per week

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
Full-time: 1045
Part-time: 1046

Course contact
Ms Esther Perea

Course Director
pereae@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7909

Non-standard entry requirements

Applications are also welcome from mature students with other qualifications and relevant industrial experience that would make them suitable to study at this level.

Course units

The course is composed of 5 core units, 3 specialist units and a Major Individual Project for the MSc.

PgDip students are required to successfully complete 5 core units and 3 specialist units

Core units:

– Advanced Manufacturing

– Engineering Product Design

– Mechatronics

– Quality Engineering Management

– Research Methods

Specialist units (3 to be chosen):

– Operations Management

– Product Development for Quality

– Manufacturing Systems and Robotics

– Simulation and Quality Control

– Microprocessor-based Control

– Major Individual Project (MSc only)


Course description

This postgraduate programme is designed to develop and upgrade the skills and knowledge of students seeking career opportunities at a managerial level in a broad range of design, manufacturing, consulting and service industries.

Today’s integrated design and manufacturing management philosophies encompass a broad range of advanced techniques and tools for the design, development and manufacture of products, product data management and analysis.

The programme enables you to work effectively in an integrated product design and manufacturing role, as well as providing an opportunity to develop technical and managerial skills for a competitive global market.

Career opportunities

The ever-increasing importance of concurrent engineering and the need for integration of design, manufacturing, computing, IT, Product Data Management (PDM) and quality engineering technologies means there are excellent career prospects for graduates from this course. The course has attracted worldwide interest and has an excellent track record of employability in world-class companies both in the UK and abroad.

Typical background of applicant

Generally a good Honours degree (or equivalent) in a science, engineering or other relevant management/technological discipline. We particularly welcome overseas and EU applicants with relevant qualifications.

Additional notes

The Individual Project is a major element of the course and involves a wider spectrum of multidisciplinary research in design, manufacturing systems, quality management and IT, with due regard to the efficient exploitation of the technology, materials and marketing resources of industrial firms. Students are encouraged to work on industrialbased projects.