This
2-year part-time course was established in the academic year 1999-2000
for the then British Aerospace plc. It was designed specifically to meet
the needs of the UK Defence and Aerospace industry, whilst maintaining
options to extend to other industries and to open access in the future.
It also complements the 5-year full time undergraduate MEng course in
Systems Engineering and the Professional Development Short Courses provided
for many of the same customers
It
is aimed primarily at Senior Product Development Engineers in the Defence
and Aerospace industry in order to develop and broaden their existing
capability which is usually based upon a specialist bachelor's degree
qualification supplemented by more than four or five years of industrial
experience. The courses are not designed to deepen the knowledge and capability
of a senior engineer in his own specialist technology but are designed
to provide:
knowledge and
technical expertise in a selected range of defence and aerospace technologies
the possible extension
and deepening of knowledge in related areas through the availability
of elective modules or modular extensions to the courses
an integrated
systems engineering viewpoint of related technologies, processes, techniques
and their effective use
insights into
essential skills such as multi-criteria decision-making with an awareness
of business risk and other facets of a systems engineering approach
to managing complex projects
the ability to
transfer newly acquired skills and knowledge into the workplace through
the experience of the team project and, thereafter, through the industry-based
individual Master's project
awareness of the
importance to the ultimate success of the industry of effective, integrated,
multi-skilled project teams working in extended enterprises beyond the
confines of any particular organisation
individual professional
development leading to the award of an MSc degree
MSc/
Diploma/Certificate in Risk and Reliability Methods
This
part-time postgraduate programme has been established to meet the needs
of industry in providing professional development for engineers and scientists
in the field of Risk and Reliability Modelling.
Its focus on systems risk and reliability quantification methods is unique
within UK higher education.
Whilst
maintaining academic standards appropriate to the level of study, the
programme also:
minimises the
total time spent away from the place of work
focuses the academic
material to provide a broad educational experience capable of impacting
and improving on working practice
involves comprehensive
project work based on real industrial systems, usually taken from the
students own workplace.
