BSc in Manufacturing and Quality Engineering

Career Opportunities

Graduates from the course will fill positions for junior quality professionals, such as Quality Technician/Engineer and trainee Quality Manager. In the past few years, the Institute’s careers office continues to be notified of vacancies for quality graduates from industrial companies that exceed the number of course graduates.

A BSc in Manufacturing and Quality Engineering usually leads to a career as a Quality professional but also provides an excellent basis to branch out into other areas such a as operations management, purchasing, sales, process engineering, consulting or starting your own business.

Graduates are employed throughout Ireland in each of the following sectors:
• Pharmaceuticals
• Healthcare
• Electronics and computing
• Manufacturing and Construction
• Food
• Services

Course Features

The course is designed to produce high calibre Quality Technicians with both the technical and management skills that are required in modern high-value manufacturing and service industries.
Although the course is primarily designed to be a qualification in itself and enable the successful student to fill a junior engineering/management appointment in industry, provisions have been made within IT Sligo to enable the students to progress to an Honours Degree in Quality Management & Technology.

Duration

Three Years

How to Apply

Through the normal CAO application procedure. The course has recently been redesigned as a three-year option and a CAO code number is not yet available. This code number will be available in time for the CAO change of mind forms in Spring 2006.

For More Information

Contact Frank Carter, Head of Department of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, on 071 91 55225
Email: carter.frank@itsligo.ie
Or
Dr John Donovan, 071-9155231. Email: donovan.john@itsligo.ie