我们在日常生活中接触的几乎所有东西都是设计和制造的。制造与设计工程学科的基础是制造技术，与工业和企业管理相结合的制造设计。在工程技术领域中，制造与设计工程师承担着解决社会创新和生产任务的重任。制造与设计工程师参与产品的设计以及对资源和技术的有效管理，以为社会生产优质的商品和服务。制造与设计工程师在促进知识经济中的关键作用是开发更具创新性的产品，从而打造高附加值的制造业。制造与设计工程师具有可以在广泛的工程领域中应用的技能和知识。
Almost everything we touch in daily life is designed and manufactured. The fundamentals of the Manufacturing & Design Engineering discipline are manufacturing technology, design for manufacture combined with business and enterprise management. Of the many disciplines in engineering and technology, Manufacturing & Design Engineers have the vital task of solving society's innovation and production tasks. Manufacturing & Design Engineers are involved in the design of the product and the efficient management of resources and technology to produce quality goods and services for society. A key role for Manufacturing & Design Engineers in advancing the knowledge economy will be to develop more innovative products resulting in a high value-added manufacturing sector. Manufacturing & Design Engineers have skills and knowledge which can be applied across a broad spectrum of the engineering sector.