Key information
For:
starting January 2026
Typical offer:
Relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification
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Overview
Step up your career in Engineering Management with a course that converts your existing learning and industry experience into a full BEng degree.
You’ll develop and demonstrate your management skills across processes, people and operations. You’ll begin with modules tailored by our Industrial Advisory Board to meet the engineering industry’s management needs, then take on a personal project that can align to your company’s requirements or to your professional aspirations.
Your distance-learning study fits with your schedule, over your choice of two or three years, with access to your lecturers and fellow students in our virtual learning environment. When you graduate, you’ll be able to show the understanding and abilities to manage projects and resources across the engineering industry.
Course highlights
- Follow a course designed for working engineering professionals
- Develop a range of engineering management skills: from supply chain to sustainable design
- Study with lecturers who are also experienced engineers, with a wealth of industry expertise
- Fit your study around your existing responsibilities, over two or three years.
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Entry requirements
BEng (Hons) Engineering Management (Distance Learning Top-up) degree entry requirements
Typical offers
- Relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification, for example an appropriate HND, foundation degree or successful completion of 2 years of degree study in a relevant subject.
You may need to have studied specific subjects or GCSEs – see full entry requirements we accept below:
English language requirements
- English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
See alternative English language qualifications:
We also accept other standard English tests and qualifications, as long as they meet the minimum requirements of your course.
If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
Typical offers
- Relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification, for example an appropriate HND, foundation degree or successful completion of 2 years of degree study in a relevant subject.
You may need to have studied specific subjects or GCSEs – see full entry requirements we accept below:
English language requirements
- English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
See alternative English language qualifications:
We also accept other standard English tests and qualifications, as long as they meet the minimum requirements of your course.
If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
We look at more than just your grades
While we consider your grades when making an offer, we also carefully look at your circumstances and other factors to assess your potential. These include whether you live and work in the region and your personal and family circumstances which we assess using established data.
Careers and opportunities
As an engineering manager, you’ll be bringing leadership, teamwork and time management to your roles – skills that the Institute of Mechanical Engineering has said might be even more in demand in this complex industry than technical ability. Being able to deliver both elements makes you a compelling candidate for future jobs.
Your learning includes industry-focused activities, so you can show your ability to apply your knowledge to sector problems, and you’ll have built connections with your lecturers and fellow students that expand your professional network.
You’ll also build the knowledge that could lead you to further study.
Modules
Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits. You'll need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits.
If you study this course over 2 years, you'll probably study modules worth 60 credits a year. If you do the course over 3 years, you'll likely study modules worth 40 credits a year.
What you'll study
Year 1
You'll improve your decision making and learn to contribute effectively to the modern production environment. When you finish this module you'll be able to demonstrate your understanding of key Quality Management concepts, use a range of Quality Control tools, and analyse situations to evaluate quality systems.
You'll analyse supply chains for efficiency, resilience and responsiveness in this module, then create and optimise model supply chains using modern tools and techniques. You'll explore emerging technology, ethics and environmental concerns, and specialised supply chain methodologies from agile to fully-integrated.
In this module, you'll compare technologies, propose designs and improvements for existing systems, and learn to apply these for economic and ecological benefit. You'll tackle topics like quantitative analysis, reliability optimisation and structured design, developing your expertise in using traditional techniques and emerging developments to meet real-world manufacturing challenges.
Year 2
You'll explore the current thinking on managing organisational change, the role of the project manager, and accounting for commercial constraints. With your increased understanding, you'll analyse the needs of an industrial system, and create an implementation strategy to optimise it.
In this module, you'll apply strategies for waste minimization, materials selection optimisation, supply chain analysis, product life-cycle assessment, and more. Your studies will include the production of an eco-conscious improvement to an existing product or service, with awareness of economics, reliability targets, and stakeholder needs.
You'll engineer a solution to a problem by researching existing solutions, suggesting options; and devising, testing and evaluating one of your suggestions.
Year 1
You'll analyse supply chains for efficiency, resilience and responsiveness in this module, then create and optimise model supply chains using modern tools and techniques. You'll explore emerging technology, ethics and environmental concerns, and specialised supply chain methodologies from agile to fully-integrated.
In this module, you'll compare technologies, propose designs and improvements for existing systems, and learn to apply these for economic and ecological benefit. You'll tackle topics like quantitative analysis, reliability optimisation and structured design, developing your expertise in using traditional techniques and emerging developments to meet real-world manufacturing challenges.
Year 2
You'll explore the current thinking on managing organisational change, the role of the project manager, and accounting for commercial constraints. With your increased understanding, you'll analyse the needs of an industrial system, and create an implementation strategy to optimise it.
In this module, you'll apply strategies for waste minimization, materials selection optimisation, supply chain analysis, product life-cycle assessment, and more. Your studies will include the production of an eco-conscious improvement to an existing product or service, with awareness of economics, reliability targets, and stakeholder needs.
Year 3
You'll improve your decision making and learn to contribute effectively to the modern production environment. When you finish this module you'll be able to demonstrate your understanding of key Quality Management concepts, use a range of Quality Control tools, and analyse situations to evaluate quality systems.
You'll engineer a solution to a problem by researching existing solutions, suggesting options; and devising, testing and evaluating one of your suggestions.
Changes to course content
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.
Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
Costs and funding
Tuition fees
UK/Channel Islands/Isle of Man students and International students
- 2-year study mode – £3,180 a year (subject to annual increase)
- 3-year study mode – £2,120 a year (subject to annual increase)
EU students
(including EU Scholarship)
- 2-year study mode – £3,180 a year (subject to annual increase)
- 3-year study mode – £2,120 a year (subject to annual increase)
UK/Channel Islands/Isle of Man students and International students
- 2-year study mode – £3,180 a year (subject to annual increase)
- 3-year study mode – £2,120 a year (subject to annual increase)
EU students
(including EU Scholarship)
- 2-year study mode – £3,180 a year (subject to annual increase)
- 3-year study mode – £2,120 a year (subject to annual increase)
Funding your studies
Find out how to fund your studies, including the scholarships and bursaries you could get. You can also find more about tuition fees and living costs, including what your tuition fees cover.
Applying from outside the UK? Find out about funding options for international students.
Apply
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Apply for this part-time course using our online application form.
2-year course
3-year course
Our courses fill up quickly, so submit your application as soon as you decide which course you want to study.
Not quite ready to apply?
Come to an Open Day to explore our course facilities, tour the campus and have a look around our halls of residence.
Apply for this part-time course using our online application form.
2-year course
3-year course
Our courses fill up quickly, so submit your application as soon as you decide which course you want to study.
Not quite ready to apply?
Come to an Open Day to explore our course facilities, tour the campus and have a look around our halls of residence.
Applying from outside the UK
As an international student you'll apply using the same process as UK students, but you’ll need to consider a few extra things.
You can get an agent to help with your application. Check your country page for details of agents in your region.
Find out what additional information you need in our international students section.
If you don't meet the English language requirements for this course yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
Admissions terms and conditions
When you accept an offer to study at the University of Portsmouth, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.