IfM Education

Education programmes

Our education programmes are widely valued for the comprehensive grounding they provide in engineering, management and economic principles. Students benefit from contact with world-class researchers as well as with experienced industrial professionals. Company-based projects are a significant feature of the programmes, enabling students to apply what they have learned to real industrial problems.

Undergraduate

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos
MET is a programme for 3rd and 4th-year Cambridge engineering students that integrates management, business and interpersonal skills with engineering knowledge and industrial engagement.

Postgraduate

Masters programme - ISMM - Industrial Systems, Manufacture and Management
ISMM prepares graduates from numerate disciplines for fast track careers in industry through an intensive programme of taught modules and industrial projects. Students spend more than half their time in companies in the UK or mainland Europe.

Research degrees
Research students follow one-year MPhil and three-year PhD programmes covering management, technology and policy issues. They receive close, individual support from an expert in their chosen field.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
KT Partnerships involve high calibre graduates (KTP Associates) who work in a company for two or three years to achieve strategic improvements in the company's operation.

Post-experience

Masters in manufacturing leadership
MLP is for high-potential middle managers already established in their careers; its modular structure allows participants to continue in their company roles, preparing them to meet new challenges by developing their operational, strategic and business capabilities.

Student projects

How to get involved
There is a range of opportunities for companies to become involved in the IfM's work through student projects for its education programmes.

Alumni

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Overseas programmes

MSc in Industrial Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management (IIEM)
[Developed by the IfM for the University of Trinidad & Tobago]