Course overview
Our Advanced Manufacturing Systems MSc degree focuses on providing you with a unique learning opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge and skills in advanced manufacturing, aiming to produce the leading engineers and researchers required for Industry 4.0 oriented smart manufacturing to improve products and production processes.
This course is designed to address the challenges of modern manufacturing and enterprise systems. It covers a breadth of subjects that enables you to appreciate and deal with the complexities of modern industrial environments. You’ll learn the latest techniques in manufacturing and systems engineering and work on real issues and problems given by our industrial partners.
Built on our world-class research and expertise, this degree addresses the full spectrum of subjects concerning advanced manufacturing including advanced design, manufacturing technologies including manufacturing simulation and robotics, sensors and measurements, data analytics, quality engineering management and supply chain management.
The course is developed with strong industrial advice and the appropriate balance of theory and practice. You’ll be taught by a team of expert staff and industry collaborators and have access to excellent laboratory resources and facilities, including the latest engineering software tools.
Job outcomes
- Engineer
- Researcher
- Project leader
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 1 year – Full-time
- 2 years – Part-time
Entry requirements
A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised qualification in an engineering, science or technology subject; Mathematics or Statistics discipline Other subjects with relevant work experience will be assessed on an individual basis.
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
- Pearson: 51 (51 in all subscores)
- BrunELT: 60% (min 55% in all areas)
- TOEFL: 79 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
Assessment
Your work will be assessed through written exams, assignments, reports, presentations, individual and group projects, and your dissertation project.
Delivery
Our staff have national and international reputations for their research, publications and applied work. This means that your education will be at the forefront of scholarship and practice, covering the most up-to-date industry knowledge.
Your learning will be enhanced through guest speakers from different areas in manufacturing and technology.
The study will combine lectures, seminars, tutorials, supervised laboratory sessions, and individual and group project work.
Subjects
This module aims to help students to gain an in-depth knowledge of basic measurement theory, the operating principle of modern measurement techniques, capabilities of practical measuring machines and advanced data analysis.
This module aims to give the students the knowledge to model the entities, points, edges, surfaces and solids for CAE and the skill to create the computer model of a part or assembly using a contemporary CAE software package (CATIA), and to educate the students in the theory and application of Mechanism Synthesis and Analysis and to equip the students with the skill of modelling mechanisms using the MATLAB and Simulink software packages.
This module aims to meet the growing need of manufacturing industry for graduates with very high levels of knowledge and skills in advanced manufacturing processes, design of manufacturing systems and management of production facilities, including the understanding of materials and their properties in relation to production processes, the design of products for automated manufacture, advanced, automated production and assembly systems, and advanced and micro-manufacturing and production processes.
This module aims to provide an understanding and critical awareness to designing and controlling modern automated manufacturing systems, and employs a systems approach in doing so.
The module provides exposure to a variety of industrial and factory automation practices and also an understanding in selecting appropriate automation and control methods for the equipment or process at hand.
This module aims to provide students with methods for analysing sustainability in design, quantifying the quality parameters, calculating and assigning appropriate tolerances, analysing the manufacturing operations for achieving the required quality targets.
The emphasis will be on the link between design information and manufacturing operations to produce products and propose operations that reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing.
This module aims to encourage systematic thinking and acquiring knowledge and skills to model and analyse modern complex systems.
The dissertation aims to help students develop their problem solving, communication and project management skills to work independently in consultation with their academic supervisor and carry out an in-depth investigation of a suitable topic relevant to the course.
The main aims of this module are to teach the students how to integrate mechanical, electronic and control functions, to critically analyse and use mechatronic design concepts, to apply multiple discipline expertise in an integrating mechatronic process, and to use a contemporary software to simulate power electronic circuits.
About Brunel University London
Brunel University London proudly takes its name from one of the great British engineers of the 19th century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Our alumni continue to follow in his footsteps in civil engineering today, as well as going on to work across a range of manufacturing, service, and government sectors around the world.
In the spirit of our namesake, excellence, innovation and entrepreneurialism is at the heart of everything we do here at Brunel. As a diverse, forward-thinking university, we are proud to be ranked in the top 60 universities worldwide for the number of international students (QS World University Rankings 2020), and 34th in the world for international outlook (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019).
