To be a successful leader in today's highly competitive business environment, top engineering professionals must have command of leading edge technologies, competitive strategies and tactics, good people skills, and knowledge of the marketplace, business issues and the global economic challenge. They must be able to lead, think and plan strategically, manage finite human and financial resources and produce results.

The Advanced Design and Manufacturing Institute, ADMI, created through the partnership of five leading Ontario universities, presents a unique, innovative learning experience through a new Master of Engineering in Design and Manufacturing with emphasis on business and management. This exciting program is designed to provide practicing engineers the enhanced knowledge, tools, technology as well as business and management skills, necessary to keep them at the forefront of their profession.

The ADMI vision is to create a new generation of Canadian design and manufacturing engineers with the ability and mindset to propel Ontario Industry into a world leadership position. The collective resources of partner universities and industry are leveraged to provide participants with access to an integrated program of world-class technology, expertise and experience, leading academic training from partner universities and associates, together with innovative technology applications, experiences and best business practices from some of Canada s leading companies.

ADMI is the creative result of innovative thinking and leadership from the engineering and business schools of McMaster University, Queens University, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and the University of Western Ontario.

Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc., Centre for Materials and Manufacturing, also plays a key partnership role providing ADMI with developmental support and guidance as well as governance leadership. ADMI is broadly endorsed and supported by Ontario industry... reflected in the impressive list of companies represented by participants in the ADMI program.

ADMI is the central organization through which the partner universities and industry design and develop the program and pool key academic and industrial resources to offer a unique and exciting program leading to a Masters Degree in Design and Manufacturing. ADMI is managed by the Executive Director and is governed by the Board of Directors comprised of the Dean of Engineering from each partner university, the Dean of Business School at one partner university, the Managing Director of OCE Inc. - CMM (Chair) and four representatives from industry.

ADMI represents a unique and special commitment to achieve excellence in graduate engineering education. It represents the collaboration among the engineering and business schools of the partnering universities to deliver a high quality Masters Degree program in Design and Manufacturing. The program builds on the combined established and considerable expertise in manufacturing and design of five of the strongest academic programs available in the province of Ontario, and integrates the elements of business practices and management skills so essential in the competitive engineering marketplace.

The key objectives of ADMI are to...

	Significantly enhance the competitive and economic well-being of the engineering design and manufacturing communities in Ontario
	Assist in the technology and business skill development of engineers employed in Ontario engineering, design and manufacturing industries
	Develop design and manufacturing engineers capable to understand and address a demanding array of competing design and manufacturing technologies, standards, innovations and business issues and opportunities
	Enhance the format of post graduate programs in engineering design and manufacturing
	Enhance interface between industry and the four founding ADMI university partners (and potential additional university partners) to facilitate new research and development linkages
	Promote effective networking opportunities among all engineers participating in the ADMI program
	Attract bright young minds necessary to provide future industrial leadership
	Promote innovative career learning in engineering design and manufacturing