Bachelor of Science in Production Management

General Information

This is a professional four-year degree with a unique mix of engineering and business subjects that opens up opportunities for an exciting and rewarding career. You learn a broad range of subjects that give a good insight into the workings of modern enterprises, both manufacturing and service. It gives you the flexibility to fit into a wide range of different sectors as they expand - you will find graduates in healthcare, pharmaceutical, nutritional, electronics, semiconductors and banking amongst others.You develop a strong understanding of both the technical and the managerial aspects of production and the necessary support operations such as supply-chain management, quality systems, accounting and human resources that underpin world-class service.

Course Structure

This is a four-year interdisciplinary degree that covers the principle and practice of production management such as:

• Production and information technologies
• Economics and Finance
• Human resource issues and organisation for effective human relations
• Accounting & Finance
• Product representation
• Quality/Reliability
• Production control/logistics
• “Physics” of productivity and performance
• Marketing, economic and product issues surrounding production management

During the Spring Semester of year 3 and the subsequent Summer, a period of Cooperative Education provides experience of the practice and application of production management in a working environment. In addition, students undertake a final-year project on a topic derived from a real current industrial problem, generally based on the Cooperative Education placement. Students are encouraged to apply different techniques to solve these problems in an innovative and academically rigorous fashion with the emphasis on analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

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Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to hold at the time of enrolment the established Leaving Certificate (or an approved equivalent) with at least Grade C3 in two Higher Level subjects and Grade D3 in four Ordinary or Higher Level subjects (including Mathematics; Irish or another language; and English).

In addition, applicants are required to hold at least the following in the Leaving Certificate, or an approved equivalent: Grade B3 in Ordinary Level Mathematics (Grade D3 in Higher Level Mathematics also suffices) and a Grade D3 at Higher Level (or Grade C3 or above at Ordinary Level) in any one of the following: Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physics with Chemistry, Engineering,Technical Drawing/Design and Communication Graphics,Technology, Construction Studies,Agricultural Science, Biology.

Applications by Mature Students are welcomed and each application is treated individually.

Career Prospects

Graduates of the course have been appointed to responsible roles with titles such as Manager, Engineer, Analyst, Supervisor in areas such as:

• New Product Development
• Quality Management
• Supply-chain Management
• Scheduling
• Logistics Management
• Maintenance
• Supplier Development
• Industrial Engineering
• Facilities Development
• Manufacturing Processes
• Service Management
• Project Management
• Purchasing Supervision
• Production
• Management Engineering

Many graduates have also progressed to postgraduate study at a wide range of institutions and across different professional areas.