BEng (Hons) Scheme in Product Innovation and Smart Manufacturing
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
HKD 175,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Free Choice of programmes in Year 2
- BEng (Hons) in Smart Manufacturing
- BEng (Hons) in Product Innovation with Marketing
International Exchanges and Placements
Students will have the opportunity to experience a different culture and to obtain valuable working experience before graduation.
Characteristics of the Scheme
- To equip students with the specialized skills in product innovation and development, marketing, process control and optimization in complex organizations and businesses, in a global context.
- An integrative and problem-based teaching and learning approach is adopted in the scheme, helping students to develop their engineering knowledge as well as their communication, team-playing, management and self-learning skills.
- The skills learnt not only improve the systems of today, but also create better ones for tomorrow.
- Students admitted into the scheme will study the common curriculum for the first one and a half years. They are then free to make their programme choices (one out of two programmes).
Aims of the Scheme
- To provide the student with fundamental knowledge and skills in product innovation and smart manufacturing, including engineering economics, quality engineering, engineering science and mathematics, engineering communication and information technology.
- Product innovation with marketing or smart manufacturing
Professional Recognition
Re-accreditation will be sought from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) for the programme as a professional engineering degree programme recognised by other Washington Accord signatories. The Washington Accord is an international agreement between bodies responsible for accrediting engineering degree programmes. Currently, it has 20 signatories, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand.
Programmes under the Scheme
BEng (Hons) in Smart Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing (SM) is a professional discipline that focuses on developing and implementing optimal solutions from a system-level perspective. This involves people, technology, quality, finance, information, and environmental issues. The main task of a smart manufacturing engineer is to organize and work harmoniously with others to streamline operational procedures and improve productivity and overall system performance. The ultimate goals of these efforts are to increase efficiency, to reduce operating costs, and to increase customer satisfaction. SM is different from other traditional engineering disciplines, in which knowledge and skills are applied to specific areas; for example, traditional manufacturing engineers usually work in a production environment. In contrast, SM provides students with the opportunity to work in a variety of organizations in both the industrial and commercial sectors. This broad exposure and experience give smart manufacturing engineers flexible career paths. Thus, SM graduates are employed in a wide range of areas and settings, such as new product development for transportation, theme parks, logistics services, banking, public utilities, business development consultancy, and government departments. The ultimate objective of the SM discipline is to provide leadership in the design of integrated industrial and commercial systems for the advancement and well-being of the community.
BEng (Hons) in Product Innovation with Marketing
Product design and development have become increasingly complex in recent years, due to decreasing time to market, increasing customer expectations, and growing global competition. Today, product engineers carry out product design and development tasks that go beyond functional or engineering design to incorporate consideration of aesthetic and business issues, product life-cycle design, and technologies. Therefore, there is an urgent need for product development professionals who are sufficiently innovative, knowledgeable, and skillful to synergize product development with design, technology, and business aspects to develop novel products with immediate market appeal.
Curriculum
BEng (Hons) in Smart Manufacturing
BEng (Hons) in Product Innovation with Marketing
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Rankings
4 th
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
73 rd
QS World University Rankings by Subject (2024) in Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering
51 st
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 in Business & Management Studies
14th
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (ARWU) 2024 in Mechanical Engineering
2 nd
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (ARWU) 2024 in Transportation Science and Technology
22 ISE members
PolyU scholars ranked among world’s Top 2% Most Cited Scholars compiled by Stanford University 2023
Program Outcome
BEng (Hons) in Smart Manufacturing
- To be versed in the activities of various engineering disciplines, and in particular, smart manufacturing so as to be able to
appreciate and interact with other engineering professionals during execution of their duties. - To be able to apply knowledge, procedures (principles, techniques and methods), of engineering and, where appropriate, mathematics and science, to solve smart manufacturing problems, and to have sufficient understanding of their limitations so that they can select the most appropriate for a particular situation.
- To have gained some experience and developed the ability in applying their knowledge to formulate problems, identify areas in organisations where improvements are necessary, and devise and implement strategies to produce solutions.
- To be able to communicate (oral, written, graphical and numerate) effectively.
- To be able to effectively work individually on their own initiative, and as members of a team.
- To be aware of the responsibilities and ethics of professional engineers in the modern world and recognise the constraints imposed on the enterprise by economic and environmental factors.
- To possess the ability to engage in life-long learning.
BEng (Hons) in Product Innovation with Marketing
- To be versed in the activities of various engineering disciplines, and in particular, product innovation and marketing so as to be able to appreciate and interact with other professionals during execution of their duties.
- To be able to apply knowledge, procedures (principles, techniques and methods), of engineering and, where appropriate, mathematics and science, to solve product innovation problems, and to have sufficient understanding of their limitations so that they can select the most appropriate for a particular situation.
- To have gained some experience and developed the ability in analyzing the market situation and competition environment,
identifying market needs and converting them into a new product that satisfy customer needs. - To be able to communicate (oral, written, graphical and numerate) effectively.
- To be able to effectively work individually on their own initiative, and as members of a team.
- To be aware of the responsibilities and ethics of professional engineers in the modern world and recognise the constraints imposed on the organisations by economic and environmental factors.
- To possess the ability to engage in life-long learning.
Scholarships and Funding
Various scholarships will be given to our students with outstanding performance.
Admissions
Career Opportunities
Our graduates work in well-established organizations, such as Johnson Electric, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO), Hang Seng Bank, SAE Magnetics, P&G, Sun Motor Technology Group, VTech Co. Ltd, Dah Chong Hong Ltd, and U.S. Dust Free Manufacturing Ltd. Mattel, Parsons Brinckerhoff, BMW, Gibson Innovations, Daikin, Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Gas, and Hong Kong Productivity Council.
Some typical examples of job positions are: examples of job positions are:
- Business Development Engineer
- Business Process Analyst
- CAD Engineer
- Industrial Engineer
- Management Trainee
- Marketing Engineer
- Marketing Executive
- Product Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Quality Engineer
- Sales Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Technical Consultant
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Why study at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering considers the importance of cultivating the future talent for the society and prioritizes the students’ learning experience. The scheme enables students to acquire the knowledge of the latest technology and engineering management skills to cope with the future challenge faced by organizations. Technology adoption remain a key driver of business transformation in the next five years. With the advent of the latest technology, AI, wearable devices, autonomous robots, cyber security, and metaverse are transforming the industry. Logistics and Enterprise professionals can apply their knowledge not limited to logistics industry but also in finance industries. ISE will equip the future graduates with emerging Industrial engineering techniques and technology such as system design with AI, quality improvement through IoT and machine learning techniques, big data analytics for workflow management. Autonomous robots and cyber physical systems can
be adopted by different industries such as logistics and retail industry. Industrial engineers focus on bridging the gap between management and operations in a cross-section of organizations and professional fields. According to the 2023 future job report. skills outlook by World Economic Forum [1], system analysis is one of the growing skills required and it is one of the future development of industrial and systems engineering professions. Equipping the future professions with the lasted nine technologies can help to digitally transform the enterprises and organizations in Hong Kong.