Automation and Digital Manufacturing Middlesex University

Overview

Overview

The global manufacturing sector is going through an important phase of digitalisation, driven by the changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution. This is impacting on how many manufacturing organisations organise their businesses and the technologies that drive it. This has led to the need to develop new type of engineers for working in these new areas where significant advances in automation and digital manufacturing are taking place.

Many organisations are using automation to drive up productivity and implementing digital technologies in their operations. By combining the two, we are seeing very different approaches to how manufacturing organisations run their factories and businesses and also benefiting from better planning and decision-making using technologies such as Digital Twins.

The Automation and Digital Manufacturing program at Middlesex University is designed to provide these new approaches which are highly sought after by organisations on a global scale. The course also benefits directly from this relationship by being a founding member of the Connected Curriculum project devised by these two organisations, bringing industry practices to academic courses.

The main focus of the MSc Automation and Digital Manufacturing is developing competent and highly sought after engineers with broad academic knowledge and high level of practical skills in automation systems coupled with relevant digital technologies in high-tech manufacturing industries.

Course highlights

• Graduates from the programme are highly sought after due to their high-level advanced knowledge and skills.
• Very close links with industry, adopting latest industry practices.
• Exceptionally well equipped labs including a dedicated Smart Automation Laboratory featuring a range of Cyber Physical systems.
• Opportunity to work on research projects managed by the prestigious London Digital Twin Research Centre at Middlesex.

• All assessment is done through practical work and projects, mimicking industry practices.

Careers

Graduates from the programme will be expected to enter into employment that require high level skills in automation systems incorporating digital technologies with highly specialised practical skills in automated production solutions that are much sought after worldwide. The programme content will be enriched by keeping industrial partners’ engagement active and offering sponsored projects. This will also help to support the students regarding current opportunities and future trends in their relevant employment sectors.

Typical sectors for employment:

• Automotive
• Food and beverage production,
• Advanced manufacturing
• Robotics and automation
• Nano technology
• Systems integration
• Aerospace
• Bio-engineering and healthcare
• Pharmaceuticals
• Renewable energy