Why Engineering with Business?
• The ME (Engineering with Business) is designed to produce
fully qualified engineers who have a particular interest in and
understanding of the business context within which engineers
usually operate.
• All businesses comprise 3 elements:
– Finance – who will fund me?
– Marketing – who will buy?
– Operations – how do I produce and deliver?
• Organizations need engineers to
– Innovate to design new products and services
– Manage and optimise processes and minimise waste
– Analyse the operations and identify and implement
continuous improvement
– Develop feasible financial plans, and manage capital and
operational spending
– Match technology innovation to customer requirements
Internships
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Engineering with Business
• Specialise in one branch of Engineering
– to level similar to BE degree
– technical modules ~30 credits
• Add business and management modules
– ~55 credits
• Work placement
– June to December
– 20 credits
• Masters thesis
– 15 credits in final semester
– mix of engineering and business
– industry based research thesis
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ME (Engineering with Business)
Continuing disciplinespecific engineering subjects
30 credits
Technology management and
business subjects
55 credits
Work Placement/ Research/
Masters Project
35 credits
Civil, electrical,
electronic
or mechanical
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Operations Management
Business Information Systems
Organisational Behaviour
Accounting and Finance
Economics
(Design and Innovation)
(Project Management)
(Decision Analysis)
6 month
work placement,
research methods,
major project
ME Structure
Sem 1
Year 1
 Management and Org Behaviour
Sem 2
 Professional Eng. (Mgmt)
 Operations Management
 Entrepreneurship
 3 Technical Options
 2 Additional Options
(Project Management/
Decision Analysis)
 3 Technical Options
Year 2
Sem 1
Sem 2
 Work Placement (June to Dec)
 Business Information Systems
 Marketing
 Research Skills and Techniques
 Masters Thesis
ME with Business – Civil Engineering
• Core Modules
– Structural Analysis, Design
and Specification
– Systems and Geotechnics
– Case Studies
– Highway and Water
Engineering
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Operations Management
Professional Eng. (Mgt./Fin.)
Entrepreneurial Mgt.
Business Info. Systems.
Marketing Management
Research Methods/ ME Thesis
Work Placement
• Four Options
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technical*
EIA & SEA
Waste Management
Soil-Structure Interaction
Bridge Engineering
Modelling and Simulation
Transport Ops and Planning
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And 1 business*
– Supply Chain Design
– Project Management
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