Overview
The Brunel Engineering Management PGCert pathway provides a strong foundation to develop your leadership and management skills. If you’re looking for a short course that will help enhance your engineering management techniques then this is the perfect option for you.
This on-campus course can be studied either full-time or part-time. You'll learn about manufacturing systems design and economics, project management, systems modelling and simulation, and quality management and reliability. Additionally, with an eye on the future, you’ll examine the challenges new technologies pose to management in the engineering sector.
Throughout your studies you’ll have 24-hour access to industry standard specialist software for engineering design in dedicated computer clusters on campus, so you’ll have the opportunity and equipment to explore ideas and tackle problems.
With the increasing complexity of the engineering sector, job candidates with expertise in business and management as well as engineering are increasingly in demand. Your PGCert in Engineering Management will equip you with the knowledge and skills that will make you a sought-after prospect across the industry.
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"Recognise your skill set, no matter what course you are doing, work out how you are translating that course to real life business." - Sachin Patel
"The staff were always ready and available to help the students." - Felix Adebayo
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Course content
The course is designed to provide graduates and professional engineers with specialist knowledge and skills necessary to apply key engineering management techniques in the workplace.
Compulsory
- Manufacturing Systems, Design and EconomicsThis module aims to meet the growing need of manufacturing industry for graduates with very high levels of knowledge and skills in advanced manufacturing processes, design of manufacturing systems and management of production facilities, including the understanding of materials and their properties in relation to production processes, the design of products for automated manufacture, advanced, automated production and assembly systems, and advanced and micro manufacturing and production processes.
- Project Management
This module aims to give students a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of the latest advanced techniques and strategies for project management, including management tools, management and reporting methods and team building.
- Systems Modelling and SimulationThis module aims to encourage systematic thinking and acquiring knowledge and skills to model and analyse modern complex systems.
- Quality Management and ReliabilityThis module aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the principles of modern quality assurance which underpin the discipline and their applications in engineering, manufacturing and enterprise, and to provide a professional-level working knowledge of the advanced techniques of reliability engineering and an ability to apply them to improving the maintenance, the maintainability and the safety of existing and proposed plant in their workplace.
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Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel
Careers and your future
You have the opportunity to enter a broad range of careers in the manufacturing, service and government sectors.
Our graduates are employed in a wide range of industries including Atkins, Canon Europe, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and Unilever. Others have developed their own consultancy companies.
UK entry requirements
- A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised qualification in an Engineering, Science or technology subject.
EU and International entry requirements
If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list. This must have been taken and passed within two years from the date the CAS is made.
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
- Pearson: 59 (59 in all sub scores)
- BrunELT: 58% (min 55% in all areas)
- TOEFL: 77 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.
Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.
Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.
Fees and funding
2026/27 entry
UK
£4,810 full-time
£4,810 part-time
International
£8,265 full-time
£8,750 part-time
More information on any additional course-related costs.
Fees quoted are per year and are subject to an annual increase.
See our fees and funding page for full details of postgraduate scholarships available to Brunel applicants.
Scholarships and bursaries
Teaching and learning
Assessment and feedback
Modules are assessed by combinations of formal examination and written assignments. Examinations are normally sat in January.
Read our guide on how to avoid plagiarism in your assessments at Brunel.