Engineering Management

Overview

The Online Engineering Management offered by the University of Hull is designed specifically for working engineers who aim to move up in their organisation. Students will receive a broader management perspective of their main activity area, which will help them access management responsibilities within an organisation.

Why study this Master’s programme?

In today’s world, when the consumer-led market requires high quantities of goods, manufactures also expect high volumes of interchangeable components. 

The engineering sector needs to be well organised to answer this need. In order to reach this goal, strategic thinkers with valuable management and engineering knowledge are in high demand.

During this 2-year course you will:

• Get a theoretical framework to help you start thinking in a more strategic way

• Understand how to apply management notions within an engineering organisation

• Understand how values and cultures can impact performance and quality from a technical and financial point of view

• Learn efficient project management techniques like Agile, Prince2, and ITIL 

• Learn how to manage employees

Course assessment

In this degree, the assessment is based on the coursework and submitted online.

The activity on the course will be evaluated through a range of methods:

• tutor and peer feedback

• practical work (group projects and discussion forums)

• written work, including case studies, reports and essays

Career prospects

This online degree gives you the tools to advance your career and to help you move forward in your current organisation. You will become a valuable candidate (or employee) because of your engineering and management know-how. This skill combination may open you job opportunities such as:

• systems engineer

• production engineer

• R&D engineer

• project engineer

• quality engineer

• business development executive