MSc Sustainable Design and Manufacture
University of SunderlandOn campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
This MSc in Sustainable Design and Manufacture will prepare you for the growing need to minimise waste, reduce environmental impact, conserve energy, and reduce reliance on natural resources when creating products or services. You’ll develop a well-rounded set of advanced engineering skills that focus on sustainable design and management. Throughout the course, you’ll improve on your existing skills and awareness of mechanisms, such as cradle to grave, upcycling, recycling, life cycle and material flow analysis, material structure, and performance and sustainability relationships.
The course focuses on two key areas, design and management. You’ll strengthen your knowledge of sustainability in design techniques, as well as the impact that poor design has on the manufacturer, the environment, and society as a whole. You’ll learn more about leadership and innovation, globalisation, market boundaries, measuring performance, promoting growth through technology, and promoting entrepreneurshi
Key highlights
- Prepares you to minimise waste, environmental impact and energy use
- Covers life cycle and material flow analysis techniques
- Explores cradle to grave, upcycling and recycling mechanisms
- Combines two key areas: sustainable design and management
- Examines the impact of poor design on manufacturers and society
- Includes leadership, innovation, globalisation and entrepreneurship topics
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include engineering discipline
Scholarships
We Care Postgraduate Bursary
The We Care Postgraduate Bursary awards £2,500 cash to eligible postgraduate students.
Up to £2,500
Careers this course leads to
- Sustainable design engineer
- Manufacturing engineer
- Sustainability consultant
- Product design engineer
- Environmental engineer
- Operations manager
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,250 per year | International: £19,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Sunderland, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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