This EIT-Manufacturing Masters programme (UCD ME Manufacturing) aspires to be Europe’s pre-eminent taught programme for graduates seeking to pursue careers in the manufacturing industry.  The unique factors that this programme offers to all students include (i) direct involvement of industry, (ii) hands-on experiential learning through Teaching & Learning Factories, (iii) Fully immersive and transnational experience involving at least two institutions from different countries, (iv) core technology areas combined with structured training in innovation and entrepreneurship, and (v) cross-sectoral involvement from both academia and industry.

1 - Be able to implement the gained engineering expertise in zero-defect to create new or improved methods, techniques, products, and services in the field.
2 - Be able to utilise modeling, monitor and improvement methods to design and manage data in industrial and service scenarios.
3 - Be able to use gained process data in the context of process quality, and process management including the flexibility enabled for smaller lot production.
4 - Be able to think out-of-the-box to find innovative solutions to real-world problems and to come up with new ideas;
5 - Be able to draw up plans and to make decisions foreseeing future consequences from a scientific, ethical, and societal perspective;
6 - Be able to turn innovations in the area into feasible and successful business solutions.
7 - Be able to profitably work in small size teams and contexts by taking into account all relevant elements and showing effective decision-making and leadership abilities.

The ME (Manufacturing Engineering) Degree Programme w Zero Defect for a Circular Economy minor is a Two-Year 2-Stage 120-Credit Masters Programme, part of the EIT Manufacturing Master School collaborative programme. Students are required to take 60 credits in Stage 1 (Year 1) at UCD as the Entry university with a balanced workload of 30 credits per Trimester. The second year of the Programme will be done in an Exit university, in another country, based on the students prefered choice, made at the registration stage for the EIT Manufacturing Master School.

Students will be automatically registered to their Core Modules.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
MEEN40030	Manufacturing Engineering II	Autumn	5
MEEN40090	Energy Systems and Climate Change	Autumn	5
MEEN40790	Supply Chain Design & Analysis	Autumn	5
MEEN41190	Sys. Anal. & Improv. (EITM)	Autumn	5
MEEN41330	Data Analytics for Engineers	Autumn	5
CHEN40660	CBE Business Plan	Spring	5
MEEN30140	Professional Engineering (Finance)	Spring	5
MEEN40110	Advanced Polymer Engineering	Spring	5
MEEN40430	Professional Engineering (Management)	Spring	5
MEEN41090	Eng. Decision Support Systems	Spring	5
MEEN41100	Operations Management	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: Students MUST register for a maximum of ONE Option Module in the Autumn Trimester from the OPTIONS list below. Students MUST consult their UCD Programme Director before registering for any of the modules.
CVEN40390	Innovation Leadership	Autumn	5
MEEN40560	Research Skills and Techniques	Autumn	5
MEEN40820	Technical Comms (Online)	Autumn	5
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: Students MUST register for a maximum of ONE Option Module in the Autumn Trimester from the OPTIONS list below. Students MUST consult their UCD Programme Director before registering for any of the modules.
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: STUDENTS -DO NOT SELECT ANY MODULE FROM THIS OPTION!! ****This is a composite module to recognise the credits from other university partners. Students will be registered to the relevant module by the College Office on the advice of the Programme Director.
MEEN41240	UCD-Gre Credit Recognition	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	60
MEEN41270	UCD-Aalto Credit Recognition	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	60
MEEN41320	UCD-UNITN Credit Recognition	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	60
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: STUDENTS -DO NOT SELECT ANY MODULE FROM THIS OPTION!! ****This is a composite module to recognise the credits from other university partners. Students will be registered to the relevant module by the College Office on the advice of the Programme Director.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
MTEMP010	Stage 2 - 50.00% Stage 1 - 50.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47