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Welcome
to
The University of Warwick
Charlie SzybiakDirector – WMG Admissions & Recruitment
The Team
Ms Yuer HuangWarwick Representative in TaipeiUK STAR
Where is Warwick University?
By Train
By Car
Sport at Warwick
• Warwick Sports Centre
– Bear Rock Climbing Centre
– Aerobics
– Running Bear Fitness Suite
– Sauna
– Sports Halls
– Swimming pool
– Squash courts
• All weather athletics track
• Tennis and netball courts
• Pavilion and playing fields
• Games hall
• Dance studio
• Fitness and training classes available throughout the year
• 74 sports clubs available. See http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/portal/sports/Default.asp?url=
CLUBSOCLIST&category=59 for complete list
Facilities at Warwick
• Student Union– Full list of societies can be found at
http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/portal/societies/ – Student Union bar/club with bands and events organised
weekly• Warwick Arts Centre
– All events/plays available to students– http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/
• The Music Centre– http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/musiccentre/
• Supermarket• Chemists• Hairdressers• Banks• Post Office• Bookshop • Health Centre• University chaplaincy • Also available out of Warwick Campus
– NEC and NIA– Coventry– Warwick Castle– Stratford upon Avon– Many major sporting facilities
Quality Speaks For Itself …
•Consistently ranked in the Top Ten UK Universities in the national league tables
•Ranked 5th among the UK's 100 universities for quality of research (Funding Councils' Research Assessment Exercise, 2001)
•over 91% of academic staff in departments with top research ratings of 5 or 5*
•Teaching quality: 22 out of 24 academic departments so far assessed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education rated 'excellent' or scored 21 or more points out of 24;
•7 departments had perfect scores of 24
•Voted by employers in 2004 as one of the top two university careers services in the UK
Sunday Times Good University Guide 2004
•Best Marks for Teaching – 11th •Top Ten for Research – 5th •Sunday Times University League Table – 7th (previously 8th in 2003)
•The Times Good University Guide 2005 – 5th
(http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/
about/profile/quality/)
Taken from The Financial Times, 14 December 2001
Institution Five Star Departments 2001 (1996)
Score
University of Cambridge
30 (27) 9.07
London School of Economics& Political Science
7 (4) 9.02
University of Oxford
25 (25) 8.80
Imperial College of Science,Technology & Medicine
13 (7) 8.17
University of Warwick
6 (3) 8.01
University of York
3 (20) 7.66
University College London
16 (14) 7.66
University of Bristol
15 (1) 7.50
Royal Holloway, University of London
4 (2) 7.47
University of St Andrews
2 (1) 7.34
The Top Ten UK research institutions
Institution Ranking Score
Oxford 1 1000
Cambridge 2 957
Imperial College 3 951
London School of Economics
4 878
University of Warwick
5 876
University College, London
6 863
York 7 862
Durham 8 861
St Andrews 9 851
Loughborough 10 845
The Times Good University Guide 2005
“Europe’s most outstanding example of how a University should interact with industry”
(French Government study)
“WMG is an outstanding example of combining academic excellence with industrial relevance – a unique international contribution, which we are all proud of”
(Tony Blair – Prime Minister, 2000)
What people say …
“A future role model for German Universities”(German Government)
“Singapore should look at WMG and clone it”(Chairman Economic Development Board)
Warwick Manufacturing GroupWMG
• Founded at the University of Warwick by Professor Lord SK Bhattacharyya in 1980, WMG is a division within the School of Engineering
• Developing World Class Managers and Engineers
• Promoting International best practice in manufacturing engineering
• WMG is one of Europe’s leading manufacturing groups and is involved in publicly and privately funded research on innovation in products and in manufacturing processes, with a focus on research, development and application of new approaches for a wide range of industrial sectors
Professor Lord Bhattacharyya KB CBE
WMG research
Facilities at WMG
WMG has five centres to provide focus for its research and development comprised of state of the art equipment along side staff with both academic and industrial based background.
• Advanced Technology Centre• Simulation centre• Software Applications Centre• International Manufacturing
Centre (teaching facilities base)• Small Scale and Distributed
Processes Centre
• International Automotive Research Centre
• Computer facilities
Over 100 companies including:
Industrial Partners
Acordis
Agco
Alstom
Alvis Vehicles
AeroMexico
AstraZeneca
Avecia
Avon Automotive
BAE Systems
BMW
Bajaj
Bombardier
British Airways
Brose
BT Cellnet
Caradon
Charles Letts
Chep-UK
Corus
Corning Optical
Domino UK
David Brown
Dunlop
East Midlands Elec.
Emirate Airlines
Filtrona I & A
Ford
Glaxo Welcome
H&R Johnson Tiles
Honeywell UK
GKN Westland
IBC Vehicles
IMI Norgren
Jaguar Cars
Johnson Controls
London Electricity
London Taxi Int.
Marconi
Mars
Mott McDonald
NSK-RHP
National Starch
Nokia Telecomms
Pilkington Technology
Portsmouth Aviation
Rolls-Royce
Short Brothers
Syngenta
TAFE
Tata
Thomson Marconi
TRW
TVS
Tyco Electronics
Vauxhall Motors
Visteon Technical
VSEL
Westlands
Industrial Collaboration & Recognition
• Hong Kong The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
• China The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• India Confederation of Indian Industry
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• S. Africa Morgan University Alliance / UKZN
• Thailand Chulalongkorn University
MSc courses offered under School of Engineering
Full Time (Offered by WMG)
• Engineering Business Management
• Engineering Enterprise Excellence
• E-Business Management
• International Technology
Management
• IT for Manufacture
• Manufacturing Systems Engineering
• Supply Engineering & Logistics
• Programme & Project Management
Part Time
• Engineering Business Management
• International Technology
Management
• Process Business Management
Full Time (Offered by School of Engineering)
• Process Technology & Business Management
• Advanced Electronic Engineering
• Advanced Engineering
• Advanced Mechanical Engineering
• Advanced Photonics and Communications
Engineering Business Management(EBM)
Stream Leader Ian Tursley
‘designed to support the development of personnel for Engineering, Manufacturing and Process-based organisation …
EBM focus on the key value-adding activities of market, product and process development; operations, logistics and supply chain management’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 150 students
e-Business Management (E2BM)
Stream Leader Paul McCarthy
‘… to provide engineering and manufacturing companies with employees who can lead the e-business transformation’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 150 students
Engineering Enterprise Excellence (EEE)
Stream Leader Paul Roberts
‘… designed to deliver a detailed understanding of the philosophies, strategies, processes and techniques that enable and deliver enterprise excellence in technology based organisation’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 15-20 students
International Technology Management
(INT)Stream Leader Graeme Knowles
‘… designed to provide a world-class international graduate development programme encompassing both the technical aspects and the operational, economic, human and political perspectives of modern international technology based business’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 15 students
IT for Manufacture (ITfM)
Stream Leader Neil Davies
‘… delivers a broad understanding of Manufacturing Engineering business processes
and a detailed view of how IT can facilitate improved management and operations of such a business’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 30 students
Manufacturing Systems Engineering(MSE)
Stream Leader Ken Young
‘… aims to combine value creation with strategic development in a manufacturing environment …
enables candidates to develop an up-to-date knowledge of manufacturing techniques and processes’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 30 students
Supply Engineering and Logistics(SEAL)
Stream Leader John Hill
‘designed to support the further development of people on logistics, purchasing and supply chain functions in manufacturing-based enterprises
as well as supporting service organisations’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 150 students
Programme & Project Management(PPM)
Stream Leader Roger Gemmell
‘designed to equip the participants to operate effectively in the current business arena of projects or multi-project programmes’
Projected attendance figures
2005/06: 60 students
Course Structure
9 modules (50%)
• Avg 10 modules
• 9 core
• Some elective
• 40 hours / module
• Intensive (Mon - Fri)
• Mini-project (2000-3000
words)
• No examination
• Attendance
1 Dissertation (50%)
• Individual project
• Individual Supervisor
• Industry Focused
• Lasts for one year
• Min. 15000-20000 words
• Oral Exam
Teaching Styles
All tutors have industrial experience while also
incorporating various styles including:
Typical class size 30
Interactive lecturing
E-Learning
Team / group working / presentations
Case studies / simulation cases involving
presentations by the students
Delivery from both academic and industrial
presenters
Industrial Visits
The following industrial visits were organised for WMG students during 2004/05:
• Jaguar Cars
• Peugeot Cars
• Masterfoods
• Cadbury World
• Space4
• Astra Zenica
• TNT Logistics
• Minworth sewage plant
Timescales
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Oral Exam
Project sub
Write up
Proj execution
Proj selection
PMW
Module
Months
Graduation
• 12 month course ends in September
•Exam Board meets in November
• January Graduation or can defer to
• July Graduation
Academic Route
MSc Registration
Pass 9 subjects& project (50%) MSc
Pass 6 subjects& project
(40%) PgD
Pass 6 subjects (40%)
PgC
So what do you need to apply?
• 2nd Class Honors degree (or equivalent) from a good university
70% from good Taiwan University
• 2 satisfactory academic references (must be originals)
• Suitable English qualification
• IELTS 6.5
• TOEFL Paper 600 - 620
• TOEFL Computer 250 - 260
• What if I don’t meet the English requirements?
• IELTS 6.0 TOEFL Com 213-249 TOEFL Paper 550-599
• Must attend 5 week pre sessional English course and obtain BBC in
WELTS (£1630 including accommodation and meals)
Application Procedure• Application form (£30 application fee)
– no fee if sent to UK STAR
• Apply online at https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/cgi-bin-pgapplications/form
(£20 application fee)
• Send all supporting documents to Ms Cathy Lambert, Warwick
Manufacturing Group, International Manufacturing Centre, University of
Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL
• Your application is processed and a decision is made
• If an offer is made – return the acceptance form
• Meet the conditions of your offer
• Return your Green Card when signed by your previous university
• Forward your English qualification
• Forward any outstanding references
• We will then contact you in July/August with your welcome pack
• Apply for accommodation at (Deadline 31st July 2005)
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/
apply
• Application deadline: 19th August 2005
Accommodation
30 minutes walk to IMC but in quieter surroundings:•Heronbank (£88 per week)•Lakeside (£89 per week)
Most suitable for WMG students as close proximity to IMC:•Tocil (£62 per week)•Claycroft (£79 per week)
Claycroft
Lakeside
COSTS - Overseas
Living
Accommodation
Subsistence, local travel, laundry
Equipment, books, stationary
Warm clothing
Telephone, postage
Clothes, entertainment 7 - 9000
Fees (2006/7)
Overseas 11300
Total
Overseas 18 -20300
Key Points
• Courses more practical
• Interactive learning
• Directly relevant to industry
• Excellent career service
• Good career / job opportunities
Work in the UK
• During the course
• After the course
Useful contacts
• AccommodationWeb: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/apply/Email: [email protected]
• Tuition fees/FinanceWeb: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/academicoffice/postgrad/ Email: [email protected]
• ScholarshipsEmail: [email protected]
• International OfficeEmail: [email protected]
• UnitempsEmail: [email protected]
• Careers ServiceEmail: [email protected]
• Student UnionEmail: [email protected]
• 5 weeks English Pre-Sessional courseEmail: [email protected]
Contact Information
Course Administration Office
Warwick Manufacturing Group
International Manufacturing Centre
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
UKTel: +44 (0)24 7652 3691
Fax: +44 (0)24 7652 2943
Email:[email protected]
www.wmg.warwick.ac.ukwww.warwick.ac.uk
