The Master of Engineering Management at ALHOSN University is a course oriented program designed to train highly qualified personnel in an environment that combines engineering and management theories and practices to contribute to the growing body of engineering knowledge. The mission of the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) is to prepare technical managers from diverse engineering and science disciplines to efficiently manage complex systems in the UAE and the Gulf region countries. The program provides technical and managerial skills to integrate various resources including people, machines, information and processes to better satisfy customer needs. After completing the requirements for the degree, students will be able to apply engineering and management knowledge to successfully lead and execute engineering projects. Students will be trained to design, model, manage and control complex systems and prepared to play leadership roles in industry and government.

The graduates from the MEM program are expected to be able to achieve the following academic objectives:

• Apply engineering and management knowledge and techniques to solve engineering problems.
• Analyze, synthesize and evaluate information, solve real-world problems, and effectively perform engineering and management tasks for successful execution of engineering projects.
• Engage in successful professional careers, communicate effectively, collaborate and work in diverse teams, make successful management of personal and professional career objectives, and continue development through lifelong learning and professional involvement.
• Engage in service to professional societies and communities through practicing engineering work with professionalism and ethics.

The specific educational outcomes that support the objectives of the MEM program are to graduate students who are able to:

• Use knowledge of mathematics, engineering sciences, and management to identify, model and solve engineering problems.
• Apply engineering, management and economics knowledge to successfully lead and execute engineering projects and operations.
• Function within multi-disciplinary teams and realize the importance of professional and ethical responsibilities in work environment.
• Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.

Communicate effectively and recognize the need for and ability to engage in life-long learning.

In order to be granted admission to the MEM program, an applicant must satisfy the general admission requirements to a graduate program at ALHOSN University as well as the following MEM program specific requirements.

1. Applicants to the MEM Program must hold a bachelor degree in engineering (civil, building, mechanical, electrical, petroleum and architecture) or equivalent, or, a bachelor degree from a quantitative discipline including: mathematics, physics, chemistry, or equivalent.

2. Qualified applicants requiring prerequisite courses may be required to take such courses in addition to their regular graduate program. (Specifically, Students with no prior background in probability and statistics will be required to take MEM 501 Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers. Students with no prior background in engineering economy will be required to take MEM 502 Fundamentals of Engineering Economy).

The Master of Engineering Management requires a minimum total of 36 Credit Hours broken down as follows:

0. Foundation Requirements (0 CH):
   00 credit hours of fundamental courses
1. Program Requirements (36 CH):
   12 credit hours of core courses
   18 credit hours of elective courses
   06 credit hours of Research Project Reports

In other words, the Master of Engineering Management program includes two (2) fundamental courses (MEM 501 and MEM 502), four (4) core courses (MEM 601, MEM 602, MEM 603, MEM 604), two (2) Research Project Reports (MEM 698 and MEM 699), and six (6) elective courses. The six (6) elective courses may all be chosen from the MEM electives list (MEM 605, MEM 606, MEM 607, MEM 608, MEM 609, MEM 610, MEM 611, MEM 612, MEM 613, MEM 614, MEM 615, MEM 616) or may be a combination of four (4) courses from the MEM electives list above and the equivalent of six (6) credit hours from the MBA electives list (ACT 501, FIN 501, MKT 501, IBS 611, MGT 603, MGT 611, MGT 652). The preceding is a description of the MEM study plan as of October 2010.
The following plan shows a typical student schedule for completing the MEM program in four (4) semesters.

Course No	Description	Lect.	Lab.	Tut.	Credits
First Semester (Fall)
MEM 601	Advanced Engineering Economics	3	0	0	3
MEM 602	Project Management	3	0	0	3
MEM lmn	MEM Elective 1	3	0	0	3
	Total	9	0	0	9
Second Semester (Spring)
MEM 603	Statistics and Decision Analysis	3	0	0	3
MEM 604	Information Technology Applications to Engineering Projects	3	0	0	3
MEM lmn	MEM Elective 2	3	0	0	3
	Total	9	0	0	9
Third Semester (Fall)
MEM lmn	MEM Elective 3	3	0	0	3
MEM lmn	MEM Elective 4	3	0	0	3
MEM 698	Graduate Project - 1	3	0	0	3
	Total	9	0	0	9
Fourth Semester (Spring)
MEM lmn or XYZ lmn	MEM Elective 5 or MBA Elective 1	3	0	0	3
MEM lmn or XYZ lmn	MEM Elective 6 or MBA Elective 2	3	0	0	3
MEM 699	Graduate Project - 2	3	0	0	3
	Total	9	0	0	9
	Minimum Credit Hours:				36

Course No	Course Title	Credit Hours
Fundamental Courses
MEM 501	Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers	3
MEM 502	Fundamentals of Engineering Economy	3
Core Courses
MEM 601	Advanced Engineering Economics	3
MEM 602	Project Management	3
MEM 603	Statistics and Decision Analysis	3
MEM 604	Information Technology Applications to Engineering Projects	3
MEM Elective Courses
MEM 605	Legal Issues And Contract Administration	3
MEM 606	Planning and Control	3
MEM 607	Advanced Planning and Control	3
MEM 608	Project Cost Estimating	3
MEM 609	Applied Operations Research	3
MEM 610	Project Acquisition and Control	3
MEM 611	Fundamentals of Facility Management	3
MEM 612	Business Practices in Construction	3
MEM 613	Project Quality Management	3
MEM 614	Topics in Engineering Management	3
MEM 615	Product Design and Development	3
MEM 616	Operations Management	3
MBA Electives
ACT 501	Financial Accounting	2
FIN 501	Financial Management	2
MKT 501	Marketing Management	2
IBS 611	International Business	3
MGT 603	Strategic Management	3
MGT 611	Managing Human Resources	3
MGT 652	Entrepreneurship	3

Courses are offered during the Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and Summer 2 semesters. To accommodate the schedules of working professionals, the programs are offered in the evening, with opportunities to take classes on Thursdays. Students, who are employed full time, are advised to take nine semester hours or fewer during any four-month period.

E-mail: meng@alhosnu.ae