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MSc PGDip Systems Engineering

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    MSc: up to three years part-time; PgDip: up to two years part-time

Course Description

Systems engineers address some of the most complex challenges and problems that society faces. Our course will equip you to address the root causes of a problem situation, understanding requirements from multiple perspectives and the tension that may exist between them.

You will learn to think about the issues that may arise throughout the lifetime of a system, from concept to retirement, and to check robustly and rigorously that the system will meet user requirements throughout its lifecycle. The course will help you to understand how systems engineers, domain engineers and project managers come together as multi-disciplinary teams to develop solutions to real world problems.

The course has been set up to enable students better understanding to focus content and delivery on systems engineering professionals working in distributed, agile teams using shared models and flexible working approaches, with an emphasis on professional skills such as leadership, team working, communication, data management and ethics.

The MSc in Systems Engineering is designed for those seeking Professional status in their chosen career. A PgDip (two years) is usually the minimum qualification used for mapping to the UKSPEC.

Entry Requirements

A first or second class honours degree or equivalent in science, engineering or mathematics. Alternatively, a lesser qualification together with appropriate work experience may be acceptable.

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Student Destinations

Takes you on to impressive career prospects across a range of roles commensurate with your experience. This includes membership of multidisciplinary teams in acquisition, supply or research organisations. This could be in both general systems engineering roles or as a focal point for specific skills such as availability, reliability and maintenance (ARM), human factors, requirements, architecture test and evaluation etc. It is also applicable to key roles in MoD acquisition such as project team leader, capability manager and requirements manager.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

All the modules in the following list need to be taken as part of this course.

  • Introduction to Systems and Systems Engineering
  • System Design and Realisation
  • System Definition
  • Systems Thinking in Practice
  • Enterprise Systems Engineering
  • Systems Engineering Workshop
  • Research Methods
  • Thesis

Elective modules

One of modules from the following list need to be taken as part of this course

  • Software and Cyber Systems Engineering
  • Megaproject Systems
  • Life Cycle Cost and System Value
  • Dependability and Resilience
  • Human Systems Engineering
  • Dynamic Modelling of Systems
  • Simulation in the Systems Engineering Lifecycle
  • Complex Adaptive Systems

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