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University of Glasgow: Mechanical Engineering and Management
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Engineering |
| Web | www.glasgow.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
The Masters in Mechanical Engineering & Management offers you the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills needed for modern engineering or technology management. The programme content includes design engineering and other mechanical engineering disciplines.
The University of Glasgow has been delivering world-class engineering education and research since 1840. Mechanical Engineering is a core engineering discipline that has a long history in the University dating back to the 1760s with academic contributors such as James Watt.
You will be taught jointly by staff from the School of Engineering and the Adam Smith Business School. You will benefit from their combined resources and expertise and from an industry-focused curriculum.
The University of Glasgow has been delivering world-class engineering education and research since 1840. Mechanical Engineering is a core engineering discipline that has a long history in the University dating back to the 1760s with academic contributors such as James Watt. You will be taught jointly by staff from the School of Engineering and the Adam Smith Business School. You will benefit from their combined resources and expertise and from an industry-focused curriculum. * If you have a mechanical engineering background, but with little management experience and are wanting to develop your knowledge of management while also furthering your knowledge of mechanical engineering, this programme is designed for you. * You will learn to understand management principles and practices in an engineering environment, evaluate engineering information and apply business and management tools. You will combine engineering and management knowledge and skills in projects and problem solving. * The programme is split into two semesters and a summer session. One semester will be based in the Adam Smith Business School and is aimed at developing knowledge and skills of management principles and techniques. An applied approach is adopted, with an emphasis on an informed critical evaluation of information, and the subsequent application of concepts and tools to the core areas of business and management. * During the other semester there will be a combination of compulsory and optional courses that will combine to provide the required credits in Mechanical Engineering. * In the summer session, a project will be undertaken by MSc students. The topic of the project can be either in Management or Mechanical Engineering, in which case the topic will usually be closely allied with the research interests of the discipline. * Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow is ranked in the top 15 in the UK (Complete University Guide 2023). * The School of Engineering has an Athena Swan Silver Award, demonstrating the school’s commitment to supporting women in scientific studies and careers, and to improving the working environment for all. * This programme has a September and January intake*.
*For suitably qualified candidates.
Aims of the programme:
- To understand management principles and practices in an engineering environment.
- To evaluate engineering information, and subsequent application of business and management.
- To combine engineering and management knowledge and skills in projects and problem solving.
There are two semesters of taught material and a summer session working on a project or dissertation for MSc students. September entry students start with management courses and January entry students with engineering courses.
Semester 1
You will be based in the Business School, developing knowledge and skills in management principles and techniques. We offer an applied approach, with an emphasis on an informed critical evaluation of information, and the subsequent application of concepts and tools to the core areas of business and management.
Core courses
- CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (ENGINEERING)
- MANAGING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (ENGINEERING)
- MANAGING STRATEGIC CHANGE (ENGINEERING)
- MARKETING MANAGEMENT (ENGINEERING)
- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (ENGINEERING)
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ENGINEERING)
Semester 2
You will study engineering courses, which aim to enhance your group working and project management capability at the same time as improving your depth of knowledge in chosen mechanical engineering subjects.
Core course
- INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN PROJECT M
Optional courses
- ADVANCED CONTROL 5
- ADVANCED THERMAL ENGINEERING 5
- AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS M
- DYNAMICS 5
- MATERIALS ENGINEERING
- ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
- VIBRATION
Summer
MSC PROJECT or DISSERTATION PROJECT
You will undertake an individual project or dissertation work in the summer period (May–August). This will give you an opportunity to apply and consolidate the course material and enhance your ability to do independent work, as well as present results in the most appropriate format. Project and dissertation options are closely linked to staff research interests. September entry students have a choice of management dissertation topics in addition to mechanical engineering projects, and January entry students have a choice of mechanical engineering projects.
Career opportunities include positions in project management, engineering design, materials & mechanics, dynamics, control and desalination technology.
Graduates of this programme have gone on to work for companies such as Procter and Gamble and Worcester Bosch.
MSc
The University of Glasgow is one of the UK’s most prestigious seats of learning, and the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world. Established in 1451 and recognised for its world-changing research and teaching, the University has inspired thinkers from eminent scientist Lord Kelvin and the father of economics Adam Smith, to Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Rankings
The University:
is ranked 81st in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2023
- is in the top 100 in the world: Times Higher World University Rankings 2023
- 95.9% of students in employment or further study 6 months after graduation …
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