The following aims stated below are general to the overall programme. They are supported by the individual objectives for each subject and the project activities, these being stated in the subject syllabuses and in the Curriculum Structure.

1. The overall aim is to provide integrated education and training appropriate to the level of bachelors degree with honours as specified in (2) below.

2. On completion of the programme students should

(i) be versed in the activities that persons employed in the various engineering disciplines may be called upon to fulfil in the execution of their duties (through the common first year), and in particular, the area of industrial and systems engineering (through the latter years of the programme).

(ii) have sufficient understanding of the application of procedures (the application of principles, techniques and methods), and their limitations so that they can select the most appropriate for a particular situation.

(iii) be capable of formulating problems, recognising areas in an organisation where improvements are necessary devising and implementing strategies aimed at producing solutions,

(iv) have gained some experience in applying their knowledge to solve problems of the type and, eventually, of the complexity that may be encountered in practice,

(v) have been exposed to a range of academic activities of such style and content as will enable them to develop effective communication skills (oral, written, graphical and numerate),

(vi) an awareness of the responsibilities and ethics of professional engineers in the modern world and a realisation of the constraints imposed on the enterprise by economic and environmental factors,

(v) have satisfied the academic requirements and part of the training requirements for corporate membership of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (MIE Division) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (Manufacturing Division) of the UK.