Engineering Doctorate (Engineering Management)
Programme
Engineering Doctorate (Engineering Management)
工程學博士(工程管理)
Award Title
Engineering Doctorate
工程學博士
Offering Academic Unit
Department of Systems Engineering
Mode of Study
Combined mode

Normal Period of Study
4 year

Maximum Period of Study
6 year

Credit Units Required for Graduation
57

Programme Aims
The programme aims at developing the candidates’ creative thinking and overall capability to apply innovative technologies and advanced management methods to meet the strategic needs of their organizations or industries. The programme aims to provide a platform for innovation leaders who can apply and commercialize technological innovations in Hong Kong/China manufacturing firms and engineering organizations. EngD(EM) program provides professional education and applied research to industrialists in engineering and manufacturing industries in Hong Kong/China.

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs)
Upon successful completion of this Programme, students should be able to:

1. To obtain creative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit,
2. To make strategic planning with a global perspective and cultural sensitivity,
3. To identify potential and strategic problems in an engineering company,
4. To implement new technologies/methods in an engineering context,
5. To apply quantitative and qualitative analytical skills in problem solving, 
6. To initiate and lead global technological projects and/or enterprises,
7. To conduct an applied research project based on the above core competences.

Programme Requirements

Programme Core Courses: (9 credits)
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit UnitsRemarks
ADSE8024DIntegrative Engineering Management3
ADSE8025DResearch Methods in Engineering Management3
ADSE8008DEngD Seminar3Consecutively for three years in the format of presentation, Q&A and intensive workshop

  
Programme Electives: (12 credits)
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit Units
ADSE5006Operations Management3
ADSE5009Industrial Marketing Management for Engineers3
ADSE6009Project Management3
ADSE6012Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship3
ADSE6014Asset and Maintenance Management3
ADSE6015Supply Chain Management3
ADSE6037Managing Strategic Quality3
ADSE6043Quality and Reliability Engineering3
ADSE6045Industrial Case Study3
ADSE6047Quality Improvement: Systems and Methodologies3
ADSE6050Engineering Economic Analysis3
ADSE6053Business Process Improvement and Innovation3
ADSE6101Estimation and Control of Random Dynamic Systems3
ADSE6102Managerial Decision-making Systems with Artificial Intelligence3
ADSE6103Financial Engineering for Engineering Managers3
ADSE6105Risk and Decision Analysis3
ADSE6106Intelligent Manufacturing for Engineering Managers3
ADSE6107Contemporary Occupational Safety and Health Management3
ADSE6108Energy Conservation and Management3
ADSE6109Semiconductor Manufacturing and Management3
ADSE8202Systems Modelling and Management3
ADSE8204Process Modelling and Control3
ADSE8205Managerial Economics3

  
Thesis: (36 credits)
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit Units
ADSE8104DDoctoral Thesis36