Reliability Engineering and Asset Management is a critical field of managerial and technical importance to UK and International industry. It is estimated that 10% of annual typical plant cost is spent maintaining plant. Maintenance costs are likely to influence competitiveness on a global scale and this allows Maintenance Managers to make major impacts on their companies' bottom line.

The majority of graduates who have entered the programme to date already occupied senior maintenance related engineering positions within their organisation. Most continued in this discipline in their organisations, often in a more senior position.