MSc Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Systems Management / Careers

Year of entry: 2025

Career opportunities

The University of Manchester is consistently named one of the most sought-after universities by Top Graduate Employers (THE Graduate Market, 2024), and that is only one of our our incredible accolades.

This programme was designed with your career in mind, and our academics bring cutting-edge industry experience and research to the forefront of your teaching. During your time with us, you will also benefit from the opportunity to attend industry talks, companies on-site, and to focus your dissertation on a project closely related to a current industrial problem.

Our students go on to work in a rich and varied range of manufacturing areas across the UK and beyond. With names including some of the best multinationals in the world, our graduates have gone on to work at companies including:

Previous graduate employers include:

  • Airbus
  • BAE Systems
  • Bentley Motors
  • Bombardier Transportation
  • Rolls Royce
  • Tata Steel
  • Siemens
  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • Nissan Motor Company
  • And many more

Examples of graduate roles include:

  • Consultant Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • PhD Researcher
  • Manufacturing Engineer
  • Plant Engineer
  • Research and Technology Engineer
  • And many more

Across the University, we also regularly host careers fairs, workshops, and presentations which attract more than 600 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors each year - making excellent opportunities to make connections and meet potential employers.

Accrediting organisations

This course is currently in the process of being re-accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers under license from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council for the 2025 to 2030 intakes. The process of renewing accreditation takes place regularly, at intervals of no greater than 5 years, to assure continued compliance with the academic requirements of professional accreditation. This course has been consistently accredited since 2009, and the outcome of the current re-accreditation process for September 2025 entry is due to be confirmed in June after which we will be able to update you further.

Students completing an IMechE accredited degree are deemed to have met part or all of the academic requirements for registration as a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer and are in a strong position to move on to achieve professional engineering status after a period of initial professional development in industry.

The accredited MSc will meet, in part, the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Accredited MSc graduates who also have a BEng (Hons) accredited for CEng will be able to show that they have satisfied the educational base for CEng registration.