Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Technology with Robotics
MSc
Postgraduate
September 2025
Overview
Investing in advanced manufacturing systems and technology enables industry to progress and face unprecedented situations. This has been evident during the coronavirus pandemic and the World Economic Forum (2020) identified companies who invested in this technology were more able to:
- Adapt quickly to the current crisis, flip to new business opportunities and support Governments through the pandemic.
- Ensure business resilience through the use of advanced manufacturing technologies.
- Readily support safe COVID-19 manufacturing practices.
Shift happens, and result change is inevitable, therefore it is necessary for the industry to transform and adopt Industry 4.0 and 5.0 practices and technologies to alleviate COVID-19 impact on the manufacturing sector globally.
The Advanced Manufacturing Systems & Technology provides postgraduate provision that supports professional learning to support industries shift to advanced manufacturing as this is evidently the answer to supporting and accelerating the long-term economic recovery of industry to full capacity manufacture. The MSc has the potential to support engineering enterprise and regional businesses recovery from two factors BREXIT and COVID-19.
- On-shoring manufacturing in the UK reduces the complexity and cost of the BREXIT trade deal with the EU and the rules of origin.
- Reduces costs now associated with importing manufactured goods from China, the result of disruption to manufacturing and shipping due to COVID-19.
- Advanced manufacturing operations assist in resolving the challenges of implementing social distance shift patterns without additional costs; staffing and other overhead constraints of diversified industrial sectors (local and global).
This course provides a great opportunity for STEM graduates to become valuable Industry 4.0/5.0 engineers with skills sets that support industry to grow and accelerate into economic recovery.
Anne Nortcliffe, Head of School of Engineering, Technology and Design
Entry requirements
You should be a digital and numerical literate graduate with a degree (2(ii) or higher) in:
- Engineering, Physics, and Maths degree subjects
- Science and Near STEM subjects include: Economics, Informatics, Accountancy) if not related to STEM, you will also need an A level in maths.
For more information on the IELTS (International English language Testing System) requirements for this course, please click here to visit our dedicated IELTS web page.
Module information
As well as the core modules, you may also have the opportunity to study a number of option modules in your second and third year. Option modules will not be pre-selected for you. We provide examples of option modules. The availability of specific option modules may vary from year to year. The offer of an option will be subject to a minimum number of students choosing the module to ensure the appropriate student experience. The offer of option modules may also be affected by staff availability. It means we cannot guarantee the availability of a particular optional module. However, we will ensure you have a choice of option modules.
Core/optional modules
*Modules subject to approval
How you’ll learn
The programme follows the learning framework of the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) strategy that is emphasised on the industrial relevance of the programme. Students will take part in active learning using interdisciplinary group projects and problem-based learning typically sourced from industry with industrial involvement. The MSc programme will develop both technical and employability skills among students. The blended learning approach of lectures and workshops comprised of face to face and on-line will:
- Use industrially recognised and relevant technology and examples whenever possible.
- Receive guidance and other interaction with Industrial Partners – including in assessment where possible.
- Build the level of complexity of problems, challenges, and solutions over the period of the degree programme through working on and solving where possible industry sourced problems/projects.
- Consider advanced manufacturing solutions with respect to inclusivity, ethics, health and safety, economics, global, local, sustainability and environmental considerations.
The course will consist of blend of on-line and face to face campus practical learning in computing laboratories and face to face and on-line theoretical and practical learning.
The MSc course will build upon the skills you developed as undergraduate, and encourage the development of an enquiring mind, technical and employability skills to systematically solve and critically analyse complex problems.
The online and on campus practical learning in the MSc will use open source, student licensed software (which we have invested in) and cloud-based software resources, for example computer programming using MS Visual Studio Live.
The programme will also utilise Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment to support on-line asynchronous and synchronous on-line video learning, discussion board, chats, in conjunction with digital learning tools like Padlet, Mentimeter, Socrative, Kahoot, YouTube, Padlet, MS Whiteboard, MS Teams, GitHUb, MS Visual Studio Live, Autodesk, Matlab, Simulink, COMSOL, ANSYS etc.
Each 20 credits module will require:
- 40 hours scheduled timetable contact learning
- 40 hours guided independent learning
- 120 hours independent learning.
Professional Research Methods and Project 60 credit module will require:
- 28 hours Scheduled timetabled contact learning
- 572 hours Independent learning.
How you’ll be assessed
You will be assessed by both coursework and computer based assessments, essentially the programme is 100% coursework assessment. The coursework assessments will enable you to demonstrate the development of your key scientific and transferable skills. The course typically consists of coursework assessments submissions of (but not exclusive): computer scientific lab, logbooks, on-line quizzes, written reports, written scientific papers, discursive essays, stand-alone video presentations, walkthroughs, digital artefacts and poster presentations, professional portfolio.
Feedback
Assessment feedback will be provided through use of (but not exclusive) assessment rubric, written, audio recording, self/peer, one to one face to face, group face to face, tutorial, video conference, dragon den, panel interview, video, screencast, and computer generated feedback.
Your future career
MSc Advanced Manufacturing Systems & Technology has the potential to support postgraduate career opportunities. After graduating from this programme, the job profile of the students will be diversified over several engineering fields such as:
- Bringing new products and technologies to market, which is increasing the focus on business development skills among senior managers.
- Research and Development (R&D) section, which is stimulating demand for highly skilled graduates and increasing collaboration between advanced manufacturing research centres and industry.
- Taking advantage of potentially transformative enabling technologies, such as 3D visualisation, analysis and printing, composites, which could potentially transform the manufacturing sector in near future.
- Government and environmental agencies value advanced manufacturing to identify the opportunities to meet low carbon policies and legislation, which is increasing investment in energy efficient technologies and driving research in lightweight materials.
- Sales and marketing engineering products as export opportunities, which is considered a major growth opportunity for UK manufacturers.
- Leading and managing the efficient and effective management of the manufacturing team, commission, implementing, operating and servicing advanced automated manufacturing solutions.
The CDIO framework is acknowledged by WBCL as being effective in both education and the design of real-world products and systems… in due course hopes to benefit from the investment through recruitment of CCCU graduates.
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Tuition fees for this course
| UK | Overseas | |
| Full-time | £9,545 | £15,500 |
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