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Engineering and Quality Management (Master) 2020/2021

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General


Academic degree:
  • Master's degree
ECTS:
120
Duration:
4 curricular semesters
Regime:
Daytime
Place:
Azurém Campus, Guimarães (UM)
Main Scientific area:
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering

Contacts


    School of Engineering
    Campus de Azurém
    4800-058 Guimarães

    Tel: +351 253510179 / 253510160 Fax: +351 253510178
    E-Mail: cp@eng.uminho.pt
    URL: http://www.eng.uminho.pt

Description


The Master course in Quality Management and Engineering provides a range of solid and comprehensive training in an area of great importance to various sectors of activity that is not commonly covered by traditional university training. This course puts emphasis on engineering techniques and management applied in planning, control and improvement of processes and in the design and improvement of products and services. The Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho has expertise in Engineering and Quality Management, based on academic staff with PhD in this field, which has collaborated with various companies in the service sector and the industrial sector through projects of quality improvement. These projects, involving internationally renowned companies, originate, typically reducing costs and improving processes and products / services with a positive impact on customer satisfaction, contributing to Organizational Excellence.

Access to higher education


3rd cycle courses in the area of Engineering and Management

Careers


A professional with a Master degree in Quality Management and Engineering can work in all types of organizations (ranging from industries to services, from public to private companies). Examples of some popular functions according to the American Society for Quality are:
Quality manager- create or manage a quality management system towards organizational excellence. More information at http://prdweb.asq.org/certification/control/manager-of-quality/index
Quality engineer- perform activities of process/ product quality planning, control and improvement. More information at http://prdweb.asq.org/certification/control/quality-engineer/index
Quality auditor- assess and improve quality management systems. More information at http://prdweb.asq.org/certification/control/quality-auditor/índex      

Access


30

Vacancies

12

Minimum

Access forms


The access to this Cycle of Study can be done at the Students Portal of the University of Minho
https://alunos.uminho.pt/EN/candidates/MastersDegrees/Pages/default.aspx

This information does not replace consultation of the Academic Regulations of the University of Minho and other official documents.

Entry requirements


The following may apply for access to the study cycle leading to the master's degree:
a) Holders of a degree or legal equivalent;
b) Holders of a foreign higher education degree awarded following a first cycle of studies organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this Process;
c) Holders of a foreign higher education degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of the degree by the statutory competent scientific body of the higher education establishment where they intend to be admitted. 
Knowledge of Portuguese and English, written and spoken.

Aditional Information


Study Plan


Regime Curricular Unit Scientific Area ECTS
Year 1 60
S1 Implementation and Certification of Quality Management Systems EIS 5
S1 Lean Six-Sigma EIS 5
S1 Production Technologies ENG 5
S1 Quality Management EIS 5
S1 Quality Tools EIS 5
S1 Statistical Techniques EIS 5
S2 Human Factors in Engineering EIS 5
S2 Organization and Maintenance Management EIS 5
S2 Performance Measurement Systems EIS 5
S2 Opção I em Engenharia e Gestão da Qualidade 5
Metrology EIS 5
Reliability EIS 5
S2 Opção II em Engenharia e Gestão da Qualidade 5
Strategic and Organizational Management ENG; EIS 5
Sustainability and Social Responsibility EIS 5
S2 Opção Tecnológica em Engenharia e Gestão da Qualidade 5
Manufacturing Technologies ENG 5
Processamento e Projeto com Plásticos 5
Quality Control in the Textile Industry ENG 5
Year 2 60
A Thesis in Quality Engineering and Management EIS 50
S1 Research Methods 5
S1 Seminars in Quality Engineering and Management ENG 5

Assessment/Accreditation


A3ES Accreditation status:
Accredited
Resolution publication date:
14-09-2020
Registry number at Ministry:
R/A-Cr 69/2013
Registry Date:
20-05-2013
Accreditation validity:
30-07-2026

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