Engineering Management

Program Overview

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Engineering Management MSc

Overview

Guide businesses effectively through the rapid changes in engineering technology, scientific development and management practice. On this MSc Engineering Management, you'll strengthen your skills and expertise so you can respond effectively to innovation across the engineering sector.

You'll study management and engineering, focusing on the ways the disciplines can relate to each other, and learn to bridge the communication gap between engineers and managers. On the managerial side, you'll look at themes like supply chains and strategic management, and combine this with engineering topics including renewable energy use and system ability.

By combining both aspects, you'll make yourself appealing to a broader range of senior roles in engineering and beyond. You'll work alongside expert lecturers and a truly international group of fellow students as you learn, drawing on live engineering sector issues from case studies and collaborating organisations, and can further specialise through a final project exploring an engineering challenge that matters to you. You'll graduate with the demonstrable ability to take your next step in a career in design, product systems or other engineering roles.

Key Information

Accreditation:

This course is Accredited

Study Mode and Duration:

• 1 year full-time (September start)
• 16 months full-time (January start)
• 3 years part-time (September start)

Start Date:

• September 2025
• January 2026

Course Information

Overview

Guide businesses effectively through the rapid changes in engineering technology, scientific development and management practice. On this MSc Engineering Management, you'll strengthen your skills and expertise so you can respond effectively to innovation across the engineering sector.

You'll study management and engineering, focusing on the ways the disciplines can relate to each other, and learn to bridge the communication gap between engineers and managers. On the managerial side, you'll look at themes like supply chains and strategic management, and combine this with engineering topics including renewable energy use and system ability.

By combining both aspects, you'll make yourself appealing to a broader range of senior roles in engineering and beyond. You'll work alongside expert lecturers and a truly international group of fellow students as you learn, drawing on live engineering sector issues from case studies and collaborating organisations, and can further specialise through a final project exploring an engineering challenge that matters to you. You'll graduate with the demonstrable ability to take your next step in a career in design, product systems or other engineering roles.

Number 2 in the UK for student satisfaction

We're ranked second in the UK for student satisfaction in production and manufacturing engineering in the 2024 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)

Eligibility

This course accepts UK, EU, and international students.

Course Highlights

• Develop an understanding of engineering management techniques, giving you the capability to take on technical and managerial roles within an environment of continual change
• Use our multi-platform suites of industry-standard software and hardware, and develop your skills in tools such as Advanced Excel Modelling and Microsoft Project
• Apply your expertise to real problems through partnerships with local and global organisations, and focus your Master's project on a current engineering management issue that matters to you
• Attend guest lectures from managers in engineering companies, with past speakers from organisations including IBM and an international bioplastics firm
• Study material resource use and recovery, learn how to minimise waste in manufacturing, and grasp the way management skills can support engineering goals
• Graduate with an accredited degree that demonstrates your readiness for senior engineering roles

Accredited by:

This course is awarded the EUR-ACE (European Accredited Engineer) label and is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) for meeting the further learning requirement for Chartered Engineer registration.

Entry Requirements

Eligibility

This course accepts UK, EU, and international students.

UK Qualifications

• A second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.

Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered, such as previous study, employment, voluntary work and training courses, including courses and qualifications you didn't complete. Learn more about our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Non-UK Qualifications

If you're applying as an international student with a non-UK degree, you’ll need to show you meet the UK entry requirements listed above.

To find out if your non-UK degree or other qualification is accepted, please visit our page for your country and view the UK equivalent of your qualification.

English Language Requirements

• English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 (or equivalent) with no component score below 6.0.

You do not need an IELTS or equivalent certification if:

• you have a UK degree
• you have a degree from a majority English speaking country (not taught by Distance Learning)
• you are a national of a majority English speaking country

Degrees taught solely in English from non-majority English speaking countries will be considered on a case by case basis. Find out more about our English language requirements.

If you do not meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

Costs and Funding

Tuition Fees

• UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man students:
  • Full time: £10,900 (may be subject to annual increase)
  • Part time: £3,630 per year (may be subject to annual increase)
• EU students (including Transition Scholarship):
  • Full time: £10,900 (may be subject to annual increase)
  • Part time: £3,630 per year (may be subject to annual increase)
• International students:
  • Full time: £19,200 (may be subject to annual increase)
  • Part time: £6,400 per year (may be subject to annual increase)

University of Portsmouth graduates may receive a 20% alumni tuition fee discount.

Fees are subject to annual increase. Read our tuition fees terms and conditions.

You'll be able to pay your fees in instalments. Find out how to pay your tuition fees.

Modules

Full-time

• Information Technology and Strategic Management - 20 credits
• Manufacturing System Design - 20 credits
• Renewable Energy Management - 20 credits
• Operations and Quality Management - 20 credits
• Strategies for Resource and Environmental Management - 20 credits
• Supply Chain Management - 20 credits
• Research Portfolio - 60 credits

Part-time

• Year 1:
  • Information Technology and Strategic Management - 20 credits
  • Manufacturing System Design - 20 credits
  • Strategies for Resource and Environmental Management - 20 credits
• Year 2:
  • Renewable Energy Management - 20 credits
  • Operations and Quality Management - 20 credits
  • Supply Chain Management - 20 credits
• Year 3:
  • Research Portfolio - 60 credits

How You'll Spend Your Time

Full-time Study

• 9 hours of teaching time every week
• 30 hours of independent study each week

In the last 3 months of the course you'll be focusing on your research project.

Part-time Study

• 3 hours of teaching time every week
• 10 hours of independent study each week

In the last 3 months of the course you'll be focusing on your research project.

Teaching

Master's study is deeper and more specialised than an undergraduate degree. This means you'll focus on something that really matters to you and your career as you work closely with academics committed to the subject.

You'll spend more time in independent study and research than you did for your undergraduate degree, but the majority of your teaching time will be in-person and face-to-face.

Teaching methods on this course include:

• seminars
• tutorials
• lecture
• laboratory sessions

Assessment

You'll be assessed through:

• project work
• written coursework
• exams

You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark.

You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future.

Career Development

Careers This Master's Prepares You For

You'll finish this course with an accredited degree, and complementary skills in engineering and management that show you're ready to respond to change in the rapidly-developing engineering sector. This means you'll be equipped for roles in engineering – or beyond – involving project management, quality assurance or production.

You'll have a network of professionals drawn from your fellow students, lecturers, and their industrial contacts. You'll also have explored a professional aspect of engineering management in your project; previous examples of project topics include cost projections of going independent of the national grid with renewable power, and a cost/benefit analysis of setting up solar farms in Nigeria.

Graduates of This Course Can Go Onto Roles Such As:

• business operations specialist
• project manager
• production engineer
• creative director
• quality assurance engineer
• production engineer

Graduates from similar courses have also set up successful businesses with help and support from the University.

Supporting You

Master's study is more focused on independent learning than undergraduate study, but you'll get lots of support via video, phone and face-to-face from teaching and support staff to enhance your learning experience and help you succeed. You can build your personalised network of support from the following people and services:

Types of Support

• Personal tutor
• Learning support tutors
• Laboratory support
• Academic skills support
• Wellbeing and mental health support
• Disability advice and additional support
• Library support
• Mathematics and stats support
• Support with English