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Programme code | 4ENGF011T |
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Programme type | Postgraduate Taught Degree |
Programme director(s) |
Hadi Abulrub
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Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
School/department | School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 1 years (full time) |
This section sets out why studying this programme is important, both in terms of inspiring you as an individual and in considering the challenges we face. It describes how this degree programme contributes to:
This programme aims to develop the student’s interest and capability in and knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of engineering and engineering management. Students following this programme will have at least a good degree-level knowledge an engineering subject. The principal aim is to equip them with the skills and knowledge to proceed to work as a professional engineer with developing managerial responsibilities. The taught element of the programme is split between core engineering and management topics and application and technology-specific pathways. The former are designed to acquaint students with contemporary theories of engineering design and management and encourage reflection on their application to engineering practice, and to introduce them to the practicalities of engineering and management practice: they will become skilled in choosing and implementing engineering and management processes and methods, and will have the opportunity to gain detailed insight into the requirements for and organisation of work in different engineering organisations. Specialist pathways (offered initially in Energy for Sustainability, Engineering Modelling and Simulation, Infrastructure Systems and Intelligent Manufacturing) will increase students’ knowledge and understanding of important engineering techniques and application domains and allow them to develop their design, analysis, problem-solving and decision-making skills in these domains. The taught programme will be delivered by a combination of teaching approaches, including conventional lectures by internal and external specialists, flipped learning and e-learning, practical and laboratory sessions, extensive case studies and group and individual projects. Strong engagement with industry will be sought wherever possible. The dissertation will allow students to produce a substantial piece of project work to a professional standard.
The learning outcome statements shown below for your programme have been developed with reference to relevant national subject benchmarks (where they exist), national qualification descriptors (see the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) and professional body requirements.
Teaching, learning and assessment strategies are listed to show how you will be able to achieve and demonstrate the learning outcomes.
This programme provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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The programme will be delivered through a combination of approaches including classroom lectures taught by academic staff and invited guest speakers (subject experts) in a blended, e-learning or flipped learning approach as appropriate and supported laboratories and case-study workshops and projects in a studio setting. Learning materials will be made available to students in advance via Blackboard |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Tests of the knowledge base is through unseen written examinations, assessed essay coursework, laboratory experiments and write-ups, simulation coursework, project reports and presentations, including group projects and reflective logs. The latter will be used to contribute to the assessment of multiple units. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Intellectual skills and attributes will be acquired through group and individual case-study and project work, design and laboratory exercises, tutorial sessions and reflective logs and discussions. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Design, management and research skills are assessed through laboratory write-ups, design projects, including group projects, design presentations, research project reports, reflective logs, project presentations and oral examinations. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Some of these skills are developed as a result of critical appraisal by staff and learning/teaching strategies are hence closely tied to assessment and feedback, largely associated with group and individual case-study and project work, design and laboratory exercises, tutorial sessions and reflective logs and discussions. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Practical, professional and transferable skills are assessed through report-writing, reflective logs, project presentations and oral examinations. |
This section describes what is expected from you at each level of your programme. This illustrates increasing intellectual standards as you progress through the programme. These levels are mapped against the national level descriptors published by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Level M/7 - Postgraduate Certificate |
For a postgraduate Certificate, students are required to complete the core engineering and management taught units in the programme (i.e. not those pathway-specific units). The structure of the degree programme has been designed to engage the student in a cumulative process of developing skills and knowledge through a sequence of complementary stages. In the first stage, all Certificate, Diploma and Masters students develop foundational knowledge and understanding of the issues in engineering and management and are introduced to research design and research methods. They develop general intellectual skills and attributes necessary for that knowledge and understanding; and are required to develop several practical skills. |
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Level M/7 - Postgraduate Diploma |
For a postgraduate Diploma, students are required to complete all the taught units in the programme. Commencing in the first teaching block, and then forming the major part of the second teaching block, all Diploma and Masters students acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of more specific areas of engineering in one of a number of specialist pathways. These pathways explore topics of current engineering importance that nevertheless build on the material learned in the first term. The intellectual and practical skills learned in the first term are also developed, applied and extended. |
Level M/7 - Postgraduate Masters |
The dissertation acts as the culmination of the student's progress through the degree programme, as she/he applies the appropriate technical, methodological and intellectual skills that have been developed to a piece of research devised in consultation and supervised by a staff advisor and located clearly within engineering, with management elements. |
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the postgraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/postgraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
Owing to the ‘streaming’ of the Programme into pathways, we are capable of closely integrating the teaching to our world-leading research and thus to implement the ‘research led teaching’ philosophy that underpins Bristol’s excellence at the MSc level.
In this regard, the School has been very successful recently in attracting support for Centres of Doctoral Training, and it is the School’s intention to investigates possible synergies with these for future pathways (I,e, to explore the prospects for MSc degrees in Engineering with Management – Non-Destructive Evaluation, -Structural Integrity, -Composites and -Robotics).
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Uncertainty and Risk Management | MENGM0038 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Interdisciplinary Research Skills | MENGM0046 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Engineering Design and Technology | MENGM0039 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Strategic Business Management for Engineers | MENGM0041 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Dissertation project | MENGM0043 | 60 | Mandatory | AYEAR |
Students on the Infrastructure Systems Pathway take ALL of the following: | ||||
Smart Cities | CENGM0066 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development | CENGM0071 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Infrastructure Systems Management | CENGM0072 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Students on the Energy for Sustainability Pathway take ALL of the following: | ||||
Sustainable Energy Technologies, Economics and Impacts | MENGM0045 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Engineering Design for Renewable Energy Systems | AENGM0076 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Energy for Transport and Propulsion | MENGM0051 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Students on the Intelligent Manufacturing Pathway take ALL of the following: | ||||
Advanced Manufacturing Processes | MENGM0040 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Industrial Control | MENGM0044 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Automation and Smart Manufacturing | MENGM0042 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Product and Production Systems | MENGM0056 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
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The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds but is permitted in designated programmes (as set out in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.
The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:
Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.
** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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