(Full time) 2020 start
Engineering Technology and Business Management MSc (Eng)
Overview
This programme for graduates in electronic engineering or similar subjects will prepare you to become a senior manager or entrepreneur in global companies, where understanding technology and managing innovation in business are key to success.
Jointly delivered by the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Leeds University Business School, the course allows you to tailor the programme of studies to your needs, selecting optional modules from three engineering themes and four business themes. A set of core modules provides the foundation of your knowledge and skills.
You’ll be taught by leading experts in technology and in business management, with practical lab classes and project work allowing you to gain hands-on experience investigating and applying topics from your lectures and tutorials to real-life engineering and business situations.
This joint programme offers a unique opportunity to enhance both your technical and managerial skills.
The School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is an exciting and stimulating environment where you’ll learn from leading researchers in areas pertinent to emerging and developing technologies. These technologies include future wireless and optical communications systems, renewable energy systems, ultrasound and bioelectronics systems, as well as nano, terahertz, and quantum technologies.
Leeds University Business School is also a leading international business school, globally, in the top 1%. It has world ranked programmes and internationally recognised teaching.
Course content
A set of compulsory modules form the core of the programme, developing your understanding of the electronics and technology industries as well as fundamental business management topics.
You will study the principles of managing innovation and gain an understanding of risk perception, as well as operations and supply chain management. A dissertation will allow you to research and gain an in-depth understanding of key issues in developing technologies. Your research project will allow you to study how a new engineering technology is being applied to a commercial environment.
To complete your studies, you will gain additional specialist knowledge through your choice of optional modules related to a range of different themes. You do not have to choose modules from within the same themes (so long as there are no timetabling clashes) – you can study topics as diverse or as specialised as you want to reflect your own interests or career plans.
Themes include healthcare technologies, energy, information management and other topics that reflect the research strengths of both Leeds University Business School and the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. We will expect you to take one or two optional modules offered by LUBS.
Want to find out more about your modules?
Take a look at the Engineering, Technology and Business Management module descriptions for more detail on what you will study.
Course structure
The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules
- Modern Industry Practice 15 credits
- Engineering, Technology and Business Management Project 45 credits
- Risk Perception and Communication 15 credits
- Operations and Supply Chain Management 15 credits
- Managing for Innovation 15 credits
Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
- Wireless Communications Systems Design 15 credits
- Optical Communications Networks 15 credits
- Data Communications and Network Security 15 credits
- Smart Grid Analysis 15 credits
- Power Electronics and Drives 15 credits
- Electric Power Generation by Renewable Sources 15 credits
- Control Systems Design 15 credits
- Electric Power Generation and Distribution 15 credits
- Digital Media Engineering 15 credits
- Medical Electronics and E-Health 15 credits
- Programming 15 credits
- Effective Decision Making 15 credits
- Strategic Management 15 credits
- Managing Global Logistics and Supply Chains 15 credits
- Creative Industries Management 15 credits
- Advanced Management Decision Making 15 credits
- Information Tools for Organisations 15 credits
- Challenges in Information Management 15 credits
- International Purchasing and Supply Management 15 credits
Learning and teaching
Our groundbreaking research feeds directly into teaching, and you’ll have regular contact with staff who are at the forefront of their disciplines. You’ll have regular contact with them through lectures, seminars, tutorials, small group work and project meetings.
Independent study is also important to the programme, as you develop your problem-solving and research skills as well as your subject knowledge.
Assessment
You will be assessed using a range of methodologies including case studies, technical reports, presentations, in-class tests, assignments and exams. Optional modules may also use alternative assessment methods.
Applying, fees and funding
Entry requirements
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in electronic/electrical engineering, computing, physical sciences, or a related engineering/ science subject.
Applicants with a high 2:2 (hons) may be considered if they can demonstrate specific competence in electronic/electrical engineering.
All applicants will need to have GCSE English Language at grade C or above, or an appropriate English language qualification.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information please contact the Admissions Team.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component.. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
Improve your English
International students who do not meet the English language requirements for this programme may be able to study our postgraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.
This pre-sessional course is designed with a progression route to your degree programme and you’ll learn academic English in the context of your subject area. To find out more, read Language for Engineering (6 weeks) and Language for Science: Engineering (10 weeks).
If you need to study for longer than 10 weeks, read more about our postgraduate pre-sessional English course.
How to apply
Application deadlines
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences will only consider applications made before the dates below, subject to places being available:
31 July 2020 – International applicants
10 September 2020 – UK/EU applicants
This link takes you to information on applying for taught programmes and to the University's online application system.
If you're unsure about the application process, contact the admissions team for help.
Read about visas, immigration and other information in International students. We recommend that international students apply as early as possible to ensure that they have time to apply for their visa.
Admissions policy
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Postgraduate Admissions Policy 2020
Fees
- UK/EU: £11,000 (total)
- International: £24,000 (total)
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Additional cost information
There may be additional costs related to your course or programme of study, or related to being a student at the University of Leeds. Read more about additional costs
Scholarships and financial support
If you have the talent and drive, we want you to be able to study with us, whatever your financial circumstances. There may be help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government. Find out more at Masters funding overview.
Career opportunities
The combination of technical and business knowledge you’ll gain from this programme will leave you well-placed for senior roles in the electronics industry, with sectors including energy and power, telecommunications, consumer electronics and aerospace. Many such organisations need engineers with a deep understanding of business and management issues.
More and more graduates are also finding careers in a range of companies that are applying digital technologies to improve their business.
Careers support
You will have access to the wide range of engineering and computing careers resources held by our Employability team in our dedicated Employability Suite. You’ll have the chance to attend industry presentations book appointments with qualified careers consultants and take part in employability workshops. Our annual Engineering and Computing Careers Fairs provide further opportunities to explore your career options with some of the UK’s leading employers.
The University's Careers Centre also provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more at the Careers website.
Projects
A joint project is one of the most satisfying elements of this course. It allows you to apply what you have learned to a theme of technology, focusing on a real-world problem, and it can be used to explore and develop your specific interests.
Recent projects by students in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering have included:
- Novel Biosensor for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cancer: Opportunities, Challenges and Public Perception
- Resource and Capability Management for the Successful Commercialization of Silicon Photonic Transceivers
- Innovations in Solar Photovoltaic cells and their implementation in developing countries: Pakistan
- Public Perception of Wind and Solar Energy Technologies: A Review of the Situation in Nigeria and United Kingdom
- Building Global Innovation Network for Developing and Commercialising Quantum Key Distribution Technologies
- Digital Audio Workstation & Supply Chain in Music Industry
- Energy-efficient geographic routing in ad-hoc wireless sensor networks
- Understanding Adoption of Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management Application from Firm’s Perspective
- Node positioning and localisation in wireless sensor networks
- Cloud Computing as a Disruptive Innovation
- Future of wireless communications: A case analysis of the innovation and standardisation challenges linked to development of 5G technology
A number of projects may be formally linked to industry, and may include spending time at the collaborator’s site over the summer.