Engineering Management (Distance Learning Top-Up)

Program Overview

Engineering Management (Distance Learning Top-Up) BEng (Hons)

Overview

Step up your career in Engineering Management with a course that converts your existing learning and industry experience into a full BEng degree.

You’ll develop and demonstrate your management skills across processes, people and operations. You’ll begin with modules tailored by our Industrial Advisory Board to meet the engineering industry’s management needs, then take on a personal project that can align to your company’s requirements or to your professional aspirations.

Your distance-learning study fits with your schedule, over your choice of two or three years, with access to your lecturers and fellow students in our virtual learning environment. When you graduate, you’ll be able to show the understanding and abilities to manage projects and resources across the engineering industry.

Course Highlights

• Follow a course designed for working engineering professionals
• Develop a range of engineering management skills: from supply chain to sustainable design
• Study with lecturers who are also experienced engineers, with a wealth of industry expertise
• Fit your study around your existing responsibilities, over two or three years.

Entry Requirements

Typical Offer (September 2025 / January 2026 start)

• Relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification, for example an appropriate HND, foundation degree or successful completion of 2 years of degree study in a relevant subject.

English Language Requirements

• English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

Careers and Opportunities

As an engineering manager, you’ll be bringing leadership, teamwork and time management to your roles – skills that the Institute of Mechanical Engineering has said might be even more in demand in this complex industry than technical ability. Being able to deliver both elements makes you a compelling candidate for future jobs.

Your learning includes industry-focused activities, so you can show your ability to apply your knowledge to sector problems, and you’ll have built connections with your lecturers and fellow students that expand your professional network.

Modules

Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits. You'll need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits.

2-Year Course

• Year 1:
  • Quality Management - 20 credits
  • Supply Chain Management - 20 credits
  • Manufacturing Systems - 20 credits
• Year 2:
  • Strategic Management - 20 credits
  • Design and Sustainable Development - 20 credits
  • Individual Project (DL) - 20 credits

3-Year Course

• Year 1:
  • Supply Chain Management - 20 credits
  • Manufacturing Systems - 20 credits
• Year 2:
  • Strategic Management - 20 credits
  • Design and Sustainable Development - 20 credits
• Year 3:
  • Quality Management - 20 credits
  • Individual Project (DL) - 20 credits

Costs and Funding

Tuition Fees

• UK/Channel Islands/Isle of Man students and International students:
  • 2-year study mode – £3,180 a year (subject to annual increase)
  • 3-year study mode – £2,120 a year (subject to annual increase)
• EU students (including Transition Scholarship):
  • 2-year study mode – £3,180 a year (subject to annual increase)
  • 3-year study mode – £2,120 a year (subject to annual increase)

How to Apply

Apply for this part-time course using our online application form.

• September 2025 start
• January 2026 start

Our courses fill up quickly, so submit your application as soon as you decide which course you want to study.

Applying from Outside the UK

As an international student you'll apply using the same process as UK students, but you’ll need to consider a few extra things.

You can get an agent to help with your application. Check your country page for details of agents in your region.

Find out what additional information you need in our international students section.

If you don't meet the English language requirements for this course yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.