Engineering Management

Why study Engineering Management?
Learn how to be a good communicator and excellent project manager on this work-focused course. You’ll become a qualified engineering manager, helping teams work together successfully on the only four year Engineering Management honours degree in Scotland.

Practical and work-focused
Engage in hands-on learning that prepares you for real industry challenges, featuring a guaranteed work placement, onsite visits, industry presentations, team projects and guest lectures.

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Study in a work-like environment
From the very start you’ll work in cross-disciplinary teams on real-world projects. With everyone taking different roles, you’ll study as if you’re in the workplace.

This is where you’ll develop the knowledge, technical skills and business confidence you need to manage a successful project.

Guaranteed 12-week work placement
There’s a guaranteed 12-week work placement. This equips you with industry experience and on-the-job expertise. It also helps you to network within the sector.

Close industry links
The course is regularly reviewed by senior professional engineers (the industrial liaison panel) to ensure what you study is always relevant to the industry. You’ll also have onsite visits, guest speakers, and presentations from partners like Balfour Beatty, Transport Scotland and SSE.

High demand for skilled graduates
You’ll graduate with an excellent business, engineering and environmental skillset and work experience.

There’s a big skills gap in this field, making you highly desirable in the job market.

Flexible degree - tailor your studies
If your interests and career plans change, you can switch to another related degree at the end of first year. This is part of a portfolio of three engineering courses. Find out more.

Our Civil Engineering course ranked 1st in Scotland for teaching satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2023).

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We’re at the cutting edge of engineering – both theoretical and practical – and we offer a broad range of learning environments. This includes the traditional lecture and tutorial format, student-led learning, interactive class sessions, field trips and site-visits, and a substantial element of lab and design work. Our class sized are smaller than average, meaning we can spend more time with each student.

We encourage independent study, which means you take responsibility for your own learning. A variety of methods are used to assess your study, enabling you to demonstrate progress in different ways. Coursework typically includes design challenges, laboratory reports, essays and oral presentations. Formal exams include questions that require short answers, problem-solving and design.

Your placement will be assessed by industrial and academic supervisors, as well as by report and oral presentation. In your final dissertation, you’re individually supported by one of our research-active members of staff.