Computer Aided Engineering Design
MSc/PgDip/PgCert
A long-established and successful Master’s programme in Computer Aided Engineering Design(CAED), launched nearly twenty years ago, has been significantly revised for the third time to reflect advancements in the latest computer aided design methodologies and computer analysis tools and technologies in general. Also, changes in demands in the marketplace have been considered in this version of the course, which will be available from September 2011 onwards. The course has been revised based on industry and student feedback and technological development to meet increasing interests and global demand for qualified computer aided engineering designers, computer aided engineering tool developers and project managers in this field.
The course aims to produce a new generation of product design engineers who combine engineering expertise with the confidence to work with, develop and manage knowledge-based computer aided engineering systems to support engineering design.
The course enhances participants' understanding and practical experience of information technology, particularly in engineering design, in the successful development and application of CAED systems in industry.
Students gain a thorough understanding of the methods, techniques and tools used in computer-supported product design and development, enabling them to make significant contributions to wealth generation by developing better products in a shorter time at a lower cost. These skills can be applied to, and practised in, industry-based design projects offered on the course.
Unique Course Features
- The course is delivered by leading internationally-renowned researchers in the fields of computer aided engineering design, computer modelling, system integration, rapid prototyping, computer visualisation and product development. Examples of such high-profile teaching staff include Professor Alex Duffy - past President of the Design Society, Professor Jonathan Corney - Chairman of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Edinburgh), Professor William Ion, Operations Director of the Advanced Forming Research Centre and Dr. Xiu-Tian Yan - Vice Chairman of The Mechatronics Forum.
- A unique Postgraduate Group Project, which provides industry-related training experience in applying the techniques and theories taught in the course, into a real computer aided engineering design and analysis project with local industrial partners;
- Accreditation by relevant professional bodies is under way.
- The course is supported by a state-of-the art Digital Design and Manufacture Studio and prototype workshops providing the latest 3-D visualisation technology, digital modelling, a computer-aided engineering systems development environment and digital model rapid prototyping machines, enabling digital artefact designers to rapidly realise their design in a physical form;
- A friendly study environment where staff are very approachable and helpful, as indicated by our students’ survey
Who is the Course aimed at?
- Graduates with career interests in the application, development, research and management of CAED systems. This includes graduates and engineers from small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), consultancies, large manufacturing companies, college lecturers, and designers;
- Graduates from relevant engineering, computer science or other computer-related courses who wish to study further the computer aided engineering systems development and their applications in general and engineering design in particular as their chosen career;
- Engineers or computer scientists working in engineering design, engineering analysis and associated supporting functions, who wish to enhance their theoretical grounding as well as gain better understanding of techniques, methodologies, the latest computer aided engineering design and analysis concepts and tools used in creating engineering products utilising fully the computer support tools, or developing computer based tools to provide better support for product development.
Course Structure and Contents
The course is designed to provide high-calibre graduates with a thorough in-depth understanding of methods, techniques and tools such as modelling, simulation and visualisation used in computer-supported product design and development. The course aims to produce a new generation of product design engineers who combine engineering expertise with the confidence to work with, develop and manage knowledge-based computer aided engineering systems (CAED) to support engineering design.
The course programme comprises the following compulsory modules:
- CAED Systems
- Design Management
- Product Modelling and Visualisation
- Systems Integration (see testimonial)
- Postgraduate Group Project
- Postgraduate Individual Project.
And the following optional modules:
- CAED Software Systems Design
- Knowledge Engineering and Management for Engineers
- Product Design Techniques
- Project Management
- Design Methods
- Modelling of Manufacturing and Business Systems
- Information Management
MSc Entry Requirements
MSc: First or second class honours degree in a relevant Engineering, Computer Science or Technology subject discipline from a UK university (or equivalent). Candidates with lesser qualifications, who have appropriate professional or industrial experience, may be eligible also.
PgDip/PgCert: Degree, good HND or equivalent. Applicants with a pass degree, good HND or equivalent, together with relevant industrial experience, will be considered on an individual basis.
Progress from PgDip to the MSc programme is possible, subject to satisfactory performance. Please contact us to discuss your individual circumstances.
Course Length
- MSc:12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
- PgDip: 9 months full-time; 21 months part-time
Course fees
- Home fees £3600 (subject to increase for 2013-14)
- Overseas fees £15600
Contact
Postgraduate Admissions, DMEM, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, Great Britain.
Phone: +44 (0) 141 548 2424
Fax: +44 (0) 141 552 7986
Email: pgadmissions@dmem.strath.ac.uk
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Postgraduate entry requirements are in our prospectus.
Postgraduate entry requirements are in our prospectus.
for Sep 2013 entry to full-time PG Diploma computer aided engineering design (Admission Code : DMPD26)
Postgraduate entry requirements are in our prospectus.
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