Cranfield University is pleased to announce the launch of a new Masters degree in Sustainable Manufacturing, which aims to address the building demand for skilled and knowledgable professionals with the ability to blend manufacturing operations concepts with the values and techniques required to minimise environmental impact.

Dr Peter Ball, Course Director for the MSc Sustainable Manufacturing, said: “Whilst there is increasing focus in industry on the adoption of low carbon technologies and on measuring the carbon footprint of operations, there is a lack of skills and knowledge in applying current manufacturing techniques around emerging technologies to become low carbon.”

The manufacturing sector is meeting increasing pressures to reduce costs and manufacture products using processes and technologies that minimise negative environmental and social impacts. This course provides graduates with the ability to combine manufacturing design and operations concepts, tools and techniques with the values, thinking and techniques required to lead projects that will reduce non-renewable material use, energy use and generation of waste.

Cranfield, ranked 3rd in the UK for the impact of its research in aeronautical, mechanical and manufacturing engineering by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and home to the UK’s second largest Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC) is well placed to deliver up-to-date knowledge and skills to the next generation of manufacturing engineers able to run competitive and efficient manufacturing organisations and with an understanding of environmental issues.

The MSc Sustainable Manufacturing commences in October 2009 and is available with both full and part-time entry options. 

Further information is available at the Cranfield Univeristy website. 

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