Master of Engineering (MEng) emphasis:

Advanced Manufacturing

Questions?

If you have questions about the Advanced Manufacturing emphasis, please contact the Toronto Institute of Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM): tiam@utoronto.ca.

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The emphasis in Advanced Manufacturing is sponsored by the Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM), and was developed specifically to give U of T MEng students experience with advanced manufacturing topics. 

The manufacturing sector has long been a strategic driver wealth creation in societies and has affected improvements to standards of living and quality of life. Disruptive technologies are central to this sector – technologies that will drive forward dramatic changes in the coming decades.

MEng students can choose to take courses from one of two streams: Manufacturing Management or Manufacturing Engineering.

Students who complete the requirements of the emphasis will have it notated on their transcript.

Program Eligiblity

Graduate students registered in the following MEng programs can specialize in the Advanced Manufacturing emphasis:

You cannot apply to the emphasis directly as a standalone program. If you are a prospective student, you can learn more about applying to our MEng programs here.

Careers

Graduates from the Advanced Manufacturing emphasis are employed by companies across a range of industries, including:

construction,
consulting,
energy,
IT,
manufacturing,
mining

and more.

Some of the most common jobs students acquire after graduation are:

Design specialist
Engineering analyst (quality control)
Metallurgist
Process engineering specialist
Research & development engineering
Safety & reliability engineer

Emphasis Requirements

MEng students can earn an emphasis in Advanced Manufacturing by completing:

Four courses, including at least one core course
The remaining three courses may be other core courses, or any of the elective courses in either the Manufacturing Management stream or the Manufacturing Engineering stream
- There is no requirement that the courses be chosen from just one stream.

Some courses may satisfy the requirements of multiple emphases. Students may double-count a maximum of one course towards the requirements of any two emphases.

Students cannot earn more than two emphases.

Core Courses

AER501H: Advanced Mechanics of Structures
AER1403H: Advanced Aerospace Structures
APS1028H: Operations and Production Management for Manufacturing and Services
CHE1123H: Liquid Biofuels
MIE1740H: Smart Materials and Structures
MIE519H1: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

Elective Courses

Manufacturing Management stream

Manufacturing Management courses are for students who seek to move into positions of leadership in industry. Students will obtain fundamental knowledge and develop an understanding of the operational complexity of enterprises, innovation management, manufacturing and business process improvement/optimization, and integrated product/process/system design. In addition, students will develop the cognitive skills to critically evaluate the potential benefits of alternative manufacturing strategies; to use virtual/simulated platforms to facilitate and improve business processes; and to analyze enterprise systems as interacting units, components, and subsystems.

APS1005H: Operations Research for Engineering Management (not offered at this time)
APS1420H: Technology, Engineering and Global Development
APS1012H: Management of Innovation in Engineering
APS1013H: Applying Innovation in Engineering
APS1014H: Advanced Project Management
APS1017H: Supply Chain Management and Logistics
APS1020H: International Business for Engineers
APS1023H: New Product Innovation
APS1088H: Entrepreneurship for Business
TEP1011H: Concepts and Application of Authentic Leadership
TEP1026H: Positive Psychology for Engineers
TEP1501H: Leadership and Leading in Groups and Organizations
CHE561H: Risk Based Safety Management
CHE1434H: Six Sigma for Chemical Processes
MIE523H: Engineering Psychology and Human Performance
MIE562H: Scheduling
MIE1505H: Enterprise Modeling
MIE1514H: Systems Design and Engineering – A Product Perspective
MIE1715H: Life Cycle Engineering
MIE1721H: Reliability
MIE1723H: Engineering Maintenance Management (no longer offered as of Fall 2024)
MIE1727H: Statistical Methods of Quality Assurance

Manufacturing Engineering stream

Manufacturing Engineering courses focus on advanced and emerging manufacturing technologies and skills that can be used to increase the efficiency, productivity and profitability of modern manufacturing industry. Students will obtain an understanding of specific advanced and emerging manufacturing technologies and skills, and how to implement these technologies in the manufacturing sector in Ontario and in Canada, within key industrial sectors such as automotive, aerospace, electronics and biomedical.

APS1005H: Operations Research (not offered at this time)
ROB521H: Mobile Robotics and Perception
AER1415H: Optimization Concepts and Applications
CHE1134H: Advances in Bioengineering
CHE1475H: Biocomposite Materials
MIE506H: MEMS Design and Microfabrication
MIE540H: Product Design
MIE1706H: Manufacturing of Cellular and Microcellular Polymers
MIE1709: Continuum Mechanics
MIE1713H: Analysis and Design of Joints in Manufactured Products
MIE1718H: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
MIE1743H: Axiomatic Design Principles for Conceptual and Embodiment Design
MSE558H: Nanotechnology in Alternate Energy Systems
MSE561H: Engineered Ceramics
MSE1015H: Mechanical Properties of Solids I
MSE1028H: Advanced Materials Science
MSE1029H: Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials
MSE1031H: Forensic Engineering
MSE1043H: Composites Materials Engineering
ROB501H: Computer Vision for Robotics

Explore all MEng emphases:

Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Soft Materials

Advanced Water Technologies

Aerial Robotics

Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Biomanufacturing

Engineering and Globalization

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation & Technology in Engineering

Questions?

If you have questions about the Advanced Manufacturing emphasis, please contact the Toronto Institute of Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM): tiam@utoronto.ca.

For more information, visit the MEng emphases FAQ page »