Masters in Manufacturing Engineering with Zero Defect Manufacturing for a Circular Economy  (T370)

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:

1. direct involvement of industry,


2. hands-on experiential learning through Teaching & Learning Factories,


3. Fully immersive and transnational experience involving at least two institutions from different countries,


4. core technology areas combined with structured training in innovation and entrepreneurship, and


5. 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.

UCD is Ireland’s Global University and its largest university with a track record in empowering students to enter a diverse range of careers that reflects the most diverse curriculum on the Island of Ireland. Consistently, over 90% of graduates are employed or in further study or training 9 months following course completion. The QS World Ranking on Graduate Employability has placed UCD at number 1 in Ireland for Graduate Employability since 2018. On the global stage UCD leads the Irish higher education sector and is the only Irish university to be ranked inside the world’s top 80 for Graduate Employability.

At University College Dublin we are aware that for many students, programme outcomes in terms of graduate jobs and career options is important. The purpose of this statement is to help you understand and appreciate the range of skills you may develop during your time at UCD and how you may develop your employability. Visit the UCD Careers Networks website and MyCareer, the UCD Career management Platform, to access career information, internships and graduate roles as well as information about the range of initiatives, supports and events available to you.

There is strong demand throughout Europe for graduates of manufacturing degree programmes to be better equipped for the marketplace than their predecessors have been. There is strong need for graduates to have direct experience of industry, to have a practical awareness of important developments within the sectors of Europe’s manufacturing industry (e.g., increased digitalisation, demands of Industry 4.0, growth of additive manufacturing and robotics, etc.), to have a greater awareness of innovation & entrepreneurship, combined with an international perspective that is the direct result of personal experiences. The ME Manufacturing Engineering will prepare you for high level technical positions, Innovation roles and business profiles, including the capability to create your own start-up. It will also allow you to create a professional network at national and international level through the several initiatives and the EIT alumni communities.

Stage 1

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.

See the UCD Assessment website for further details, including worked examples of how degree award GPAs are calculated

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