MEngSc Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing
The development and deployment of robotic as well as smart manufacturing technologies have become very important for a significant number of industrial sectors in Ireland and the rest of the world, including biomedical, pharmaceutical, agricultural as well as electronics manufacturing companies. Learn more at Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing from University College Dublin.
Quick Facts
| Duration | 1 year full-time |
| Start Date | September |
| Tuition Fee | €29,800 per year full-time |
| Location | Blended (Dublin, Ireland & Online) |
The main barrier towards implementing modern, smart automation technologies in standard manufacturing practices is the lack of skills of automation experts in the areas of robotics and digital manufacturing. In Ireland, this is manifested in the difficulty Irish robotic and system integration companies have in recruiting engineers who can be readily involved in today’s complex automation cell and line building projects. This is also reflected on the average salary of automation experts, which is among the highest in the country. The main goal of this programme is to produce experts with sufficient scientific and practical skills in the areas of robotics and smart manufacturing.
This Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing programme from University College Dublin is delivered by a highly research-intensive school, which is in the top 150 in the QS world subject rankings. An example of this research activity is the coordination of the 2.23-million-euro Horizon Europe iCircular3 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project, with one of its main research goals being to take advantage of circular economy principles for improving the efficiency as well as for extending the lifecycle of industrial robots.
Courses include:
- C Supply Chain Design and Analysis
- C Engineering Project Management
- C Data Analytics for Engineers
- O Control Theory (L)
- O Biosensors & Actuators (L)
- O Machine Learning for Engineers
- O Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Testimonial
“A significant part of today’s major economic activities, including manufacturing, construction, logistics, and transportation are being transformed by robotics, data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence platforms. It is expected that robots, automation, and intelligent technologies will constitute the foundation underlying all future scientific and engineering projects.
The MEngSc programme provides students with an understanding of the tools that are required for designing and deploying novel production and business environments. These tools include digital manufacturing, simulation, data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence software, industrial, collaborative, and mobile robots, advanced sensors, and smart devices. Graduates will be capable of getting involved in advanced robotics and smart automation projects.“
Dr Nikolaos Papakostas, Programme Director
Career Opportunities
At this point of time there is a quite significant lack of automation scientists and engineers in the Irish job market. The prospectives for the programme graduates are excellent. Leading automation companies, such as KUKA Ireland and Cobots.ie, as well as biomedical manufacturing companies, such as STRYKER and Boston Scientific, are continuously looking for automation experts in the Irish job market.
Why study with us?
UCD is consistently ranked in the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. In the 2022 QS World University Rankings, UCD was again named as one of the best universities globally, and was placed 173rd in the world.
UCD is the most international and diverse university in Ireland with 8,500 international students from 130 different countries. Our network of 288,000 successful and influential alumni can be found in 169 different countries around the world.
The UCD campus is one of the largest urban campuses in Europe and is situated just 5 kilometres from Ireland’s capital city of Dublin. Our students enjoy world-class teaching and learning facilities, modern and comfortable student accommodation, state-of-the art sports and fitness amenities, an Olympic sized swimming pool, a cinema, cafes and student centre all on our beautiful, nature-filled campus.