1. The Manufacturing Engineering Tripos shall consist of two Parts. There shall be a separate class-list for each Part.
2. A student who has obtained honours in Part Ib of the Engineering Tripos or in Part I of the Chemical Engineering Tripos may be a candidate for honours in Part I of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that the student has kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence.
3. The Faculty Board of Engineering may in special circumstances, which they shall themselves determine, give leave to a student who has obtained honours in any Honours Examination to be a candidate for honours in Part I of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has attained a satisfactory standard, as defined by the Faculty Board, in his or her last Honours Examination, and provided also that the student has kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence.
4. A student who, under arrangements approved by the Faculty Board of Engineering, has spent not less than three terms studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been certified by the President of the Institute after consultation with the Chairman of Examiners for Part I of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos to have studied diligently during that period, shall be deemed thereby to have obtained honours in that Part of the Tripos. A list containing the names of persons so qualified shall be certified by the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Engineering and published in the Reporter.
5. A student who has obtained honours in Part I of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos or has been deemed to have obtained honours in Part I of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos under Regulation 4 may be a candidate for honours in Part II in the year next after or next but one after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she
provided always that fifteen complete terms have not passed after the student's first term of residence.
6. No student shall be a candidate for either Part and also for another Honours Examination in the same term.
7. The Faculty Board of Engineering shall nominate such number of Examiners for each Part of the Tripos as they shall consider sufficient. The Examiners for each Part shall elect one of their number to act as Chairman. The Faculty Board may nominate one or more Assessors to the Examiners in each Part of the Tripos. Assessors shall be responsible either for setting the paper or papers or questions assigned to them or for looking over the work of the candidates therein and presenting a report to the Examiners or both, as the Examiners may decide. The Assessors, when summoned by the Chairman, shall attend meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.
8. In each Part of the Tripos the questions proposed by each Examiner or Assessor shall be submitted to the whole body of Examiners for approval.
9. The Examiners for each Part of the Tripos shall take into account such course-work done by candidates as shall from time to time be determined by the Faculty Board of Engineering. For this purpose the Head of the Department of Engineering shall present to the Examiners a detailed report on the performance of each candidate in this course-work. Details of the work required of candidates for each Part shall be published by the Faculty Board of Engineering by Notice in the Department of Engineering not later than the beginning of the Full Michaelmas Term preceding the examination.
10. In Part I the names of the candidates who obtain honours shall be arranged in three classes of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names of those in the first and third classes and in each division of the second class shall be arranged in alphabetical order. For special excellence in Part I a mark of distinction may be awarded. In Part II the names of the candidates who obtain honours shall be arranged in alphabetical order in a single class and distinctive marks shall be attached to the names of those candidates who in the opinion of the Examiners deserve special credit. The mark (d) shall be used to denote a distinguished performance, and the mark (m) a meritorious performance.
11. The Faculty Board of Engineering shall have power to publish supplementary regulations defining the scope and character of each of the examination papers and to amend such supplementary regulations from time to time as they may think fit. Any alteration of supplementary regulations shall be published before the division of the Easter Term in the academical year before that in which it is to have effect.
12. The examination for Part I shall consist of five written papers, as defined in the following table.
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Paper P1. |
Design and manufacture. |
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Paper P2. |
Organization and control of manufacturing systems. |
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Paper P3. |
Management economics, accounting, and finance. |
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Paper P4. |
Engineering materials and processing. |
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Paper P5. |
Human resources. |
13. In order to obtain honours in Part I, a candidate must satisfy the Examiners that he or she has such industrial or equivalent experience as shall be determined from time to time by the Faculty Board; a statement of each candidate's experience shall be certified by the Head of the Department of Engineering.
14. The examination for Part II shall consist of two written papers.
The paper shall consist mainly of questions on design for function and manufacture, the design process, the design of manufacturing elements and systems, and industrial engineering.
The paper shall consist mainly of questions on the control and integration of machines, operations, and enterprises, and the use of information systems in manufacturing.
The paper shall consist mainly of questions on the economic and financial aspects of industrial management.
The paper shall consist mainly of questions on the principles and analysis of materials processing and on the integrated nature of design, materials, and processing in the manufacture and performance of engineering components.
The paper shall consist mainly of questions on organizational theory and behaviour, and international human resource management and employment.
Paper 1 shall consist mainly of questions on technological aspects of manufacturing.
Paper 2 shall consist mainly of questions on managerial aspects of manufacturing.