Engineering Management
MSc
This CMI accredited degree combines engineering knowledge with strategic management skills, so you gain a comprehensive understanding of both disciplines. Positioning you as a professional equipped to navigate the complexities of modern industry.
Location: Aston University, Birmingham
Course type
Full-time
Entry requirements
Duration
One year
Start date
Course overview
You will delve into advanced engineering principles while simultaneously honing your management skills. This course integrates real-world case studies, industry projects, and practical experiences, providing you with the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to real challenges. This hands-on approach ensures that you are not just academically proficient but also adept at solving complex, real-world problems.
There is a global demand for business engineering managers, and this course bridges that gap by creating the future leaders of the engineering sector. Upon successful completion of this degree, you will be awarded the CMI certificate. This qualification will provide a clear pathway for progression towards the ultimate management and leadership achievement, becoming a chartered manager. Your future as a leader in the world of engineering and management begins here.
Course description
Facilities
Immerse yourself in a learning environment that leverages cutting-edge technology and resources. Aston University invests in state-of-the-art facilities, ensuring that you have access to the tools, software, and infrastructure necessary for hands-on exploration and experimentation. From computer labs to student study spaces for individual and collaborative work, you'll have access to the resources necessary to delve into the world of engineering management.
Course objectives
- Develops the management and leadership skills of practising engineers. Particular emphasis is placed on taking a strategic view of business and how, most effectively, to work with and lead a diverse range of people who represent the business stakeholders
- Enables you to define better their roles in an engineering business, particularly in the areas of manufacturing and new product development, and to make an effective transition from being a technical specialist to becoming a managerial leader
- Provides where possible, an opportunity for you to link the taught modules to industrial practice through a dissertation linked to industry
- Enhances lifelong learning skills and personal development to enable you to work independently and contribute to business and society
Modules
Modules and learning outcomes
Taught stage modules
In the taught stage, you will study the following core module:
Module Title | Credits |
Strategic Management and Finance in Engineering | 15 |
Engineering Project Management | 15 |
Human Resources and Change Management in Engineering | 15 |
Aston Global Advantage | 15 |
Operational Effectiveness, Lean and Agile Manufacturing | 15 |
Management in Engineering Enterprises | 15 |
Total | 90 |
Students must select both modules from one of the two pathways below:
Engineering Management
Module Title | Credits |
Customer Engagement in Engineering Enterprise | 15 |
Product Induction Processes | 15 |
Total | 30 |
Sustainable Engineering
Module Title | Credits |
Life Cycle Analysis & Circular Economy | 15 |
Pathways to Net Zero | 15 |
Total | 30 |
Dissertation stage modules
Module Title | Credits |
Dissertation | 60 |
Total | 60 |
Programme outcomes
On successful completion of both the taught and dissertation stage, you will be able to:
- Apply a comprehensive knowledge-base of management, social science, and financial modelling techniques and apply them effectively to advanced management questions within engineering enterprises.
- Integrate knowledge from a wide range of core management areas (e.g. strategic corporate finance, customer/client engagement, human resources, change management, new product development and introduction, lean and agile operational effectiveness, project management, and methods of research) and apply that knowledge within engineering enterprises.
- Reflect critically on current professional practice and analyse fruitfully problems in the discipline of engineering management.
- Describe and explain the management principles and techniques underpinning the solutions to management problems and processes within engineering enterprises, including an evaluation of their limitations
- Identify and characterise the managerial aspects and performance of engineering enterprises.
- Following the extraction and collation of data, integrate and apply advanced analytical methods, technical knowledge, and modelling techniques in the development of creative and effective practical solutions to management problems arising within engineering enterprises.
- Evaluate engineering management practices and processes identifying sources of risk and mitigation strategies in relation to areas such as environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, health and safety, recycling, and ethical recruitment.
- Conduct an independent piece of scholarly research into engineering management utilising a range of theoretical skills, knowledge, and understanding.
Entry requirements
A 2:2 or higher UK Honours Degree or overseas equivalent, with some quantitative content (e.g. engineering or science) or evidence of quantitative ability i.e. A Level Mathematics. Two years of experience in an appropriate engineering post is an advantage. You will need to provide one professional references – at least one must be from an academic referee and a completed application form.
International students
Aston University is a diverse, close community and welcomes international students on many of our undergraduate programmes. Students from over 120 countries choose to study with us every year. Based in the centre of Birmingham, Aston is not only a great place to study, it’s also a great place to live.
Qualifications in your country
For details of equivalent qualifications in your country, use our area pages below:
- Africa
- Americas
- Australia
- North East Asia
- Europe
- Middle East and North Africa
- South Asia
- South East Asia
- Western and Central Asia
English language requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of an English language qualification.
How to apply
Aston University provides a range of opportunities for international students to join our community and study on our campus. A key part of our strategy is our relationships with teaching partners, providing multiple pathways to Aston.
Aston’s professional work placements can improve your chance of securing a graduate job. Placements give you experience, confidence and opportunities and, as an Aston student, you’ll be better prepared for your future career. One of the great things about Aston is our focus on employability. Our close links with businesses, industries and professions make this possible.
Post-study work visa
Aston University welcomed the creation of a new Graduate Immigration Route which enables international students to remain in the UK for two years after you complete your studies to find work. This new post-study work visa applies to international students completing full-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Pathway Programmes
If you don’t meet our entry requirements, we have a range of pathway programmes offered by our partner, ONCAMPUS Aston, which you can complete to progress onto one of our degrees.
Masters Foundation programmes
If you don’t meet our entry requirements, we have a range of pathway programmes offered by our partner, ONCAMPUS Aston, which you can complete to progress onto one of our degrees.
Fees and scholarships
Course fees
UK students
(2025/26)
Annual tuition fees: | £11,200 |
International students
(2025/26)
Annual tuition fees: | £24,000 |
More information on fees
The United Kingdom government has confirmed that European Union (EU), other European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals commencing academic courses in England from August 2021 will no longer be charged the same tuition rates as UK students.
Tuition fees for students are reviewed annually and may increase in subsequent years in line with inflation linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI) to take account of the University’s increased costs of delivering the Programme. Any such increase shall always be in accordance with the law. When undertaking a placement year, a placement year fee applies.