The University of Limerick feels that tuition in industrial design, design techniques, computer aided engineering and entrepreneurial studies, integrated within the context of mechanical engineering, constitutes a contribution to the desirable objective of expanding Ireland's indigenous high technology industrial base. Thus, engineering/technology graduates are provided with the unique opportunity of pursuing a programme of study dedicated to product design. - See more at: http://www.ul.ie/graduateschool/course/computer-aided-engineering-product-design-grad-dip-mtech#sthash.XoA4epQz.dpuf

The programme is in part designed as a conversion course to Mechanical Engineering for students having undergraduate qualifications in other engineering and technology disciplines derived from the mechanical sciences. Graduates may therefoe pursue conventional mechancial engineering careers. However, the strong mechanical and industrial design orientation of the programme equips students ideally for careers in specialised areas such as Engineering Design, Product Design, Computer Aided Design, etc, coupled with entrepreneurial activity.