Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology - Engineering and Related Design
The primary purpose of the Degree: Industrial Engineering is to provide graduates with:
A thorough grounding in mathematics, basic sciences, engineering sciences, engineering modelling, and engineering design, together with the abilities to enable applications in fields of emerging knowledge.
Preparation for careers in Industrial Engineering and related areas, for achieving technical leadership and making a contribution to the economy and national development.
The educational requirement towards registration as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
For graduates with an appropriate level of achievement in the programme, the ability to proceed to postgraduate studies in both course-based and research masters programmes.
Industrial Engineering is an area of study which prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy. Additionally, the student is prepared to apply operational analysis of total systems and processes to a wide variety of engineering problems and the integration of human, physical, energy, communication, management, and information requirements as needed. The training includes instruction in applied mathematics, physical sciences, the social sciences, engineering analysis, systems design, computer applications, and forecasting and evaluation methodology. The aim of this qualification is to build into the curriculum the mastering of the necessary knowledge, understanding, abilities, and skills required for further learning towards becoming a competent practicing industrial engineer.
The Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering at the institution is to attend to the need for more engineers in the engineering sector in South Africa. The Minister of Education has tasked Tertiary institutions to double the number of engineering graduates by 2020. This applies to the Faculty of Engineering of the institution as well. In order to achieve this growth target, additional programmes need to be added to the existing complement of engineering programs already presented.
Current research indicates that the world as a whole is moving from a traditionally product-driven market to a services market. This presents unique requirements in terms of the analysis and design of such systems as traditional engineering specialties have difficulty in transferring product skills to system skills without considerable experience. From market research, there is a large requirement for engineers with specialist skills in the design, development, analysis, and optimization of processes as it pertains to the services industry within South Africa. To this end, a qualification in Industrial Engineering is proposed that will have a strong focus on systems and processes.
A strong focus on systems engineering throughout the program will ensure that candidates are adequately exposed to the concepts, tools, and techniques that will be required to effectively function as industrial engineers within a services-oriented industry. Furthermore, this field of study will be unique to the institution and should attract additional engineering students.
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