Explore our part-time Engineering Business Leadership Master’s degree.

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MSc or PgD

3 years part-time (MSc) or 2 years part-time (PgD)

25^th September 2023

WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group)

University of Warwick

Our MSc in Engineering Business Leadership will help you to enhance your engineering leadership knowledge and skills and make a difference to your company.

The ability to operate in a complex and global environment is crucial for any Engineering Leader today.

You need to be agile and innovative, influence others across the business, be a strategic thinker whilst also inspiring and leading your team. This course will equip you with appropriate knowledge and skills to help you understand how businesses operate and become a more effective leader. It will encourage you to look at how to evaluate challenging business problems and optimise efficiency and competitiveness.

We liaised with industry leaders across the UK to develop a new and engaging curriculum aligned to what modern businesses need today. By understanding the latest applied knowledge, tools, and techniques you will be able to lead your team to identify and deliver effective business solutions on time and on budget.

We cover a wide range of subjects on the course, including strategy, finance, people, technology, operations, and supply chain management. Our aim is to give you a broad understanding of any technology or engineering-led business, whilst focusing on how you can maximise value. You will learn important problem solving and decision-making skills to make effective and sustainable improvements to your business.

The applied nature of this Master’s course means you can take knowledge learnt on the programme and immediately apply it to your role via work-based assignments, instilling the theory into practice. Your business will benefit from your increased knowledge and confidence as you will feel empowered to make improvements and lead the change in your organisation. You will gain an academic qualification from a top 10 UK University and develop yourself professionally.

The Engineering Business Leadership course has been designed to align with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) accreditation requirements across different pathways to support you on your application for professional recognition.

If you’re not yet ready to commit to a period of long-term study, you can also build up to your MSc in stages by stopping after two years with a Postgraduate Diploma (PgD).

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for employees working in an engineering or technology-based organisation – from the first line managers to middle and senior managers. It is particularly suited to employees with a technical or engineering background or who have relevant work experience, and who are looking to progress their careers in a leadership role. It is also suitable for people who have been in their role for some time and want formal recognition for the skills and knowledge they have.

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Are you interested in full-time study? Check out our MSc in Engineering Business Management.

You’ll study for three years on a part-time basis. There are five core modules, three elective modules and a company based project dissertation.

In addition to the eight assessed modules, there will be a study skills (non-assessed) event delivered at the start of the course to set the context, introduce key study skills and enable you to meet your fellow cohort and start to build your network. We also run an online study skills event before you embark on your project dissertation.

Modules normally comprise lectures, seminars, and undertaking group tasks based on real scenarios. We will use a range of traditional and innovative teaching methods, predominantly focused on blended learning practices. For some modules you will have the option to attend fully online. Our blended learning is a combination of face-to-face and online delivery and is aimed at offering a combination of flexibility and networking opportunities for work-based learners. We will be able to give you the schedule in advance so you can plan your time out of the office.

The class size for this programme is around 20 students.

Modules are usually delivered in a week-long block format from Monday to Thursday 9am – 6pm and Friday 9am – 12pm.

We will use a range of assessment methods that are appropriate to the topics being taught. Of course, you will need to undertake reading and assignments, but these assignments are usually related to your workplace and help you to apply what you have learnt. Students often find that the assignments provide valuable evidence of continuing professional development, demonstrate to their organisations their developing knowledge, and often benefit the company by providing an analysis of an area of operations.

Reading lists

Reading lists are made available prior to the modules. Reference texts are often available to access online with your University Library account.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

The course is designed for those in employment as you will need to apply your studies directly to the work environment throughout the programme.

We recommend you have at least three years of appropriate professional experience and that you possess the equivalent of a UK second-class honours degree.

The course is also open to talented people without a first degree, who have relevant work-experience, have taken a less-traditional route in their career and who will have shown great potential in the business. Please contact us to discuss.

• Band A
• IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0

Candidates without a first degree but who have relevant professional experience should include their CV with their application.

We have created several learning pathways that enable you to focus on what is appropriate to your company, your career and aspirations.

Core modules for all pathways are:

• Accounting and Finance for Management
• Intelligent Organisations
• People in Organisations
• Strategic Business Management
• Supply Chain and Operations Management

Specialist Pathways

The following modules are required if you are planning to apply for professional recognition at the end of the course:

Technology and Innovation

• Technology Management
• Innovation
• Negotiated Learning

Supply Chain Management

• Supply Chain Design
• Supply Chain Transformation

Project Management

• Project Planning, Management and Control
• Project and Programme Strategy
• Negotiated Learning

Leading Change

• Leading Change
• Personal Leadership and Change
• Negotiated Learning

Although taking the above specialism modules will provide a pathway towards professional recognition, further work-based learning will be needed to support full accreditation, post degree.

General Pathway

If you are not applying for professional recognition, this pathway offers you a more flexible route. You can choose any three modules from the following:

• Innovation
• Leading Change
• Negotiated Learning
• Personal Leadership and Change
• Project and Programme Strategy
• Project Planning, Management and Control
• Supply Chain Design
• Supply Chain Transformation
• Technology Management

Company Based Project

To gain your MSc, you will also need to complete a Company Based Project. This will focus on a live issue within your organisation which you will explore, together with an academic supervisor from WMG, over a 12 month period. The project will culminate in the writing of a dissertation, which will count toward 1/3 of the credit of your degree.

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