Student Guidebook 2012 [Tamil] - The Open University of Sri Lanka

Postgraduate Programmes
The Faculty of Engineering Technology offers
Postgraduate Diploma in Technology and
Master of Technology programmes in selected
areas. At present, PGDipTech and MTech
programmes are available in three areas of
specialisation:
Construction Management
Industrial Engineering
Apparel Production and Management
Courses offered in the three streams are given
in pages 60 – 62.
The Construction Management specialisation is
designed with the aim of providing knowledge
and skills required by the academically and/or
professionally qualified engineers to fit into
managerial roles in the construction industry,
to enhance quality, efficiency and productivity
of respective projects/ organisations.
The Industrial Engineering specialisation is
designed to suit the critical needs in modern
society for an engineering approach to solving
problems relating to the interplay of people,
productivity, information, and management.
The aim of the programme is to produce
effective engineering managers who are able to
drive their organisations to higher levels of
achievement and thus contribute to
organisational productivity through upgrading
managerial talents.
The Apparel Production and Management
specialisation is designed, with emphasis on the
apparel sector, to produce effective managers
who will be competent to successfully manage
and lead industrial or national organisations.
Students hoping to register for the Construction
Management and Industrial Engineering
programmes should hold a degree in
Engineering. For further information you may
contact Eng. Dr. DAR Dolage, (0112881289)
Programme coordinator for Construction
Management, at the Department of Civil
Engineering. For Industrial Engineering, you
may contact Programme coordinators, Dr. SDR
Perera (0112881069) or Ms. TSS Jatunarachchi
(0112881044) at the Department of Mechanical
Engineering.
The applicants for these two programmes
should have:
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A degree of Bachelor of Technology
(Engineering) in a relevant discipline, from
the OUSL, or
A degree of Bachelor of Science of
Engineering in a relevant discipline, from a
recognised university, or
Associate Membership of the IESL in a
relevant discipline
In the case of Apparel Production and
Management programme, please contact
programme coordinator Dipl.-Ing. GYAR
Jayananda (0112881372) at the Department of
Textile and Apparel Technology for
clarifications.
Students who possess a Bachelors Degree in
Textile and Apparel Technology or Bachelor of
Industrial Studies or any other discipline are
eligible to apply for the postgraduate
programme in Apparel Production and
Management.
Those who possess professional qualifications
in the field of textile and apparel technology,
CIMA, CIM Apparel Merchandising (with
appropriate additional credits) are eligible to
seek for provisional registration.
Further, for all three specialisations, students
should also have a minimum of two years postqualifying
and relevant experience in industry
at the closing date of applications.
A person who does not satisfy the requirements
described above may be admitted to the
programme of study if such a person possesses
other relevant qualifications and experience
acceptable to the Senate.
After evaluation of applications, successful
prospective candidates will be called for an
interview by the relevant Departments, where
the candidates are required to produce original
certificates pertaining to the identity,
academic/professional qualifications, and
experience. The respective Programme
Supervisor will inform the time, venue and any
other requirements for this interview.
The programmes are available in English
medium only. The minimum duration required
to complete the PGDipTech programme is one
year, and the MTech programme is further one
year after the PGDipTech. Those who