The modules may be taken by part-time study, subject to the requirement that they and the project, are completed within 36 months. All courses start in September. You will also find that you learn a great deal from the project, partly as a result of the guidance given by your supervisors and partly from your own efforts. Within the University, lecturers are drawn from the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Mathematics, Management, Mathematics and Statistics, Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Design Centre and the Industrial Statistics Research Unit which has an international reputation in the field of quality engineering. The material of the modules is examined by in-course assessment which will include some written examination papers.
Equal weight is given to the report of the industrial projects.
Research in Quality Engineering The Master of Science in Quality Engineering is one of many activities in the area of quality improvement which are drawn together under the Newcastle Quality Centre. The Centre oversees a large number of research projects and there are opportunities for students to work on these, after completing the Master of Science, and to register for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.