This course is available through the following application route(s)
This Professional Certificate is an opportunity for academic / technological institutions and companies to upskill students and staff towards expanding their digital manufacturing capabilities. The flexible nature of this professional certificate makes it a perfect fit for applicants with rather tight or inflexible workload, especially industrial practitioners.
Professional Certificate in Digital Facility Layout Planning (DigitalPlan) will offer a learning path that will equip engineering and manufacturing employees, especially from SMEs, as well as engineering students and professionals to understand in depth the theory and practice related to facility layout design and planning, using digital manufacturing solutions.
The digitalisation of manufacturing activities goes hand in hand with improved management practices and corporate performance but a vast majority of the engineering and manufacturing workforce lacks the necessary digital skills. This Professional Certificate is an opportunity for academic / technological institutions and companies to upskill students and staff towards expanding their digital manufacturing capabilities.
This is a fully online flexible professional certificate where learners will receive the content fully online via skillsmove.eu learning platform (managed by European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)). Upon completing the designated learning paths on skillsmove.eu platform, the learners will apply the acquired knowledge on a case study which will help them sharpen their skills further.
September or January Start Date:
Please note we have both a September and January start date for this professional certificate.
Individual Modules:
For students that are not in a position to take on the full programme a number of the modules on this programme can be taken individually via the Advance Centre catalogue. Most modules are online so that you can fit study around your work and life.
Upon completion of this Professional Certificate, the learners will be able to:
(1) Upskill their digital hands-on capabilities.
(2) Design layouts within facilities, i.e, design and configure manufacturing processes within a facility for optimum performance
(3) Develop digital techniques to get new manufacturing cells up and running
(4) Plan and design realistic productive layouts using the collaborative decision support system.
The short-term advantage of this Professional Certificate will be educating the current and future manufacturing workforce to design/redesign manufacturing facilities. Utilising such a digital decision support system will result in constantly reducing product development lead times, engineering and manufacturing costs, while improving production performance, product quality and eventual customer satisfaction.
In the long term, participating in this Professional Certificate will increase the digital capabilities of the manufacturing workforce, in line with Industry 4.0 strategies, making learners a quite attractive candidate for manufacturing job market.
Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.
Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.
| Trimester | Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 Core Modules |
MEEN41370 | Digital Facility Layout Planning and Optimisation | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
MEEN41460 | Practical Case Application | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
From the Programme Director, Dr Pezhman Ghadimi:
"This programme will equip you with the ability to design/redesign manufacturing facilities. Utilising such a digital decision support system will result in constantly reducing product development lead times, engineering and manufacturing costs, while improving production performance, product quality and eventual customer satisfaction. You will be able to troubleshoot facility layout inefficiencies, analyse what to change and validate improvements. You will be able to add value to your organisation, whether an SME or a multinational, manufacturing or service, to stay ahead of the competition. Through the online content, you will learn the theoretical content and can apply it to a practical case study in your organisation or a given case by your academic supervisor. Finally, the fully online nature of the programme provides you with the flexibility to work and study."
The Advance Centre promotes Learner Subsidy Fee up to 80% off to promote participation in industry related programmes by reducing a learner fee. This scheme is funded and supported by the Irish Government under the Human Capital Initiative Pillar 3. Please see Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must hold a bachelors degree with a minimum of 180 ECTS credits or equivalent academic qualifications from an internationally recognised university with a minimum of 2.2 degree GPA. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or Industrial Engineering are preferred but applicants from related Science, Technology, Arts and Mathematics backgrounds will be considered on a case by case basis.
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
General application route(s) for Irish/UK/EU applicants* for International (non-EU) applicants* to Professional Certificate in Digital Facility Layout Planning:
| ROWCLASS | Apply to | Application Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| showAudience-audienceEU showAudience-audienceInt | T396 Professional Certificate in Digital Facility Layout Planning Professional Certificate |
Full-Time Commencing 2024/2025 September |
Graduate Taught | Apply |