UCL CENTRE FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

The world demands more and more of both companies and their staff; industry operates in an environment where technology changes rapidly and where global competition grows ever more intense. The challenges of remaining competitive means that the right products must be made at the right price. Our MSc in Systems Engineering Management will equip graduates and their companies with the skills to meet these challenges.

The course will equip successful delegates with a rich set of skills and knowledge:

• integrated, interdisciplinary view of complex systems and systems engineering
• understanding of the systems engineering process and the ability to apply this process to a variety of real world situations
• appreciation of the environment within which systems engineering occurs
• management skills necessary to facilitate the development of complex systems on time and within budget; the ability to recognise and manage risk and uncertainty
• detailed appreciation of systems engineering as applied to a specific, chosen discipline and/or environment
• direct experience and practice of the process through a significant industrial project

Download the course flyer (.pdf) or follow this link for further details on the MSc in Systems Engineering Management.

Today, industry is given the responsibility for designing, building, operating and enhancing large, complex, highly integrated systems. It does this in the face of intense international competition. Therefore, an organisation’s ability to deal with complex systems effectively is often what differentiates it in the marketplace and is critical for its future prosperity. At UCL the Centre for Systems Engineering provides training courses in Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Management that enable organisations to develop and enhance their capability in this important area.

Benefits to the Individual

Our courses will equip delegates with a powerful set of skills and knowledge.

• An appreciation of complex systems and the issues associated with their development, deployment, maintenance, upgrade and disposal
• Key skills that are fully aligned with INCOSE’s (International Council for Systems Engineering) core competencies and appropriate standards (e.g. ISO 15288)
• An understanding of systems development lifecycle options and processes. How toselect the best and how to find the balance between prescription and empowerment
• Awareness and understanding of the context within which systems are developed including the economics and organisational limitations
• Necessary management skills and an understanding of the relationship between project management and systems development
• The ability to manage risk and the creation of robust systems
• Domain specific systems engineering expertise

Benefits to Industry

By adopting effective Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Management practices an organisation can significantly reduce the risks of running over-budget, late delivery and stakeholder disappointment. Complex systems often are found to have unwanted emergent properties when deployed. By taking a broad perspective from the outset and dealing effectively with requirements management (including elicitation), systems design and modelling, and verification and validation, systems can be created with few, if any, unwanted and undesirable features.

Find out more or download the course flyer (.pdf)

In addition to our Master's Programme in Systems Engineering Management, and our range of of off-the-shelf short courses, we can also tailor or develop bespoke courses for industry. These tailored courses are ideal when an organisation has specific training needs, perhaps revolving around an existing in-house process or methodology.

We can examine in-house practices and standards and relate these to the wider body of knowledge in systems engineering and project management. We can also address specific developmental concerns of organisations, such as certification of employees. We are used to working with training managers and human resources professionals in ensuring that bespoke courses are:

• precisely tailored to the training need
• professionally prepared and delivered
• backed up with assessments and records of achievements

Find out more about industrial training.

We are inviting applications for the PhD Programme in Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Management.

• The programme typically consists of three to four years' full-time study, with some taught courses offered throughout the course (particularly in the first year).
• We expect our PhD graduates to have as their goal an academic career as a faculty member in a leading university, or to be an expert in Systems Engineering while continuing their industrial role.
• PhD applications are reviewed once a completed application form and research proposal have been submitted to the UCL Admissions Office. We are not able to accept CVs or any other document without a completed application form.

More information about the department’s current research activities can be found on the research page. For general enquires, please contact:

Matthew Whyndham
Centre for Systems Engineering
3 Taviton St.
London, WC1H 0BT, UK
T: 020 7679 4522
F: 020 7679 4911
m.whyndham@ucl.ac.uk