Master of Science in Industrial Management and Engineering

Profile - General Content

A combination of skills in economy, technology and leadership opens doors to exciting and advanced jobs in management and production.

Working as an engineer you often need to solve problems involving both technological and economical aspects. The Master of Science in Industrial Engineering program offers expertise in both these areas and the skills required to manage projects that span both technology and finance functions. You will get broad knowledge within science and engineering, while you reach a deeper knowledge in the area of industrial economics. You are trained to think and act as an engineer and learn how to solve problems in a structured way. Knowledge in business development, innovation and entrepreneurship offers an interesting profile.

Qualification Awarded

The education leads up to a higher education qualification for second-cycle studies, with the description Master of Science in Industrial Management and Engineering.

Prerequisites

For admission to the programme, apart from general entry requirements for higher education, Specific entry requirements no. 9 apply: Mathematics E, Physics B and Chemistry A.

Read more about general admission requirements.

Admission Criteria

If there are more qualified applicants than available places for the current programme start, a selection is made. This is done in the following manner:

All qualified applicants are placed in one or several selection groups parallelly and then participate in the selection within each respective group.

Grade-based selection:

BG - grade average in the 0-20 scale:

Final school grades from the upper-secondary school programmes, final school grades from the upper-secondary school, adult education at upper-secondary level, foreign grades and transcript of courses and grades of the upper-secondary school.
BF - assessment
Folk high school with certificate of general/general entry requirements and student assessment. The distribution of places between the two grade-based groups are made in proportion to the number of applicants in each group.
SA - late applications
This selection group is for late applications. An applicant that submits a late application is placed in this selection group and is assigned tariff after day of arrival.
Examination-based selection:
HE - the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
In the examination-based selection all qualified applicants with a valid Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test participate. The lowest accepted result to participate in the examination-based selection is 0.1 points.
Other applicants:

The applicant that satisfies the requirement of entry requirements of but lacks a tariff can only be admitted provided that all in the above groups have been offered places.
DA - Direct admission can take place under certain circumstances through individual review.

Distribution of locations:

At the admission to a study programme, 67 % of the places should be distributed in a grade-based selection and 33 % in an examination-based selection. An applicant that satisfies the requirements for both the selection groups should be included in both.
Qualified applicants with the same qualifications:
If two or several applicants to an alternative at first- and second cycle have the same tariff, lots will be drawn.
For complete information about selection, see the admission regulations of BTH.

Admission Procedure

Read about the admission procedure.

Recognition of prior studies and studies abroad

Student who has been admitted to the programme and has earlier completed a course that corresponds to a course within the programme, can apply for recognition of prior studies. If possible, the student will be offered admission to an alternative course. Studies abroad within the programme can normally be partly or fully recognised. In these cases a decision is made via the Learning Agreement, prior the study period.

Read more about studying abroad.

Practical Information

Practical information is found under 'Prospective students'.

Profile - General Content

A combination of skills in economy, technology and leadership opens doors to exciting and advanced jobs in management and production.

Working as an engineer you often need to solve problems involving both technological and economical aspects. The Master of Science in Industrial Engineering program offers expertise in both these areas and the skills required to manage projects that span both technology and finance functions. You will get broad knowledge within science and engineering, while you reach a deeper knowledge in the area of industrial economics. You are trained to think and act as an engineer and learn how to solve problems in a structured way. Knowledge in business development, innovation and entrepreneurship offers an interesting profile.

Learning outcomes

In addition to the nationally regulated aims, the following aims apply to the education.
After completion of the education, you should
- successfully and with an overall view be able to work with the business-oriented implementation of engineering in a competitive, changeable, and international environment.
- show special ability to integrate entrepreneur - and innovation-oriented aspects of the company with an understanding of the technical side of a company's activities.
- show understanding for the importance of an efficient leadership in different forms of companies.
- be able to participate in the public debate around the concept sustainable social progress and be able to critically apply knowledge and ideas within this field in practical work.
- be able to model, analyse, solve and communicate multidisciplinary problems of technical, economical and organizational nature.

See also: Excerpt from the national and local Degree Ordinance

Mode of delivery

The education is built-up around a base block of two years and a specialisation block of four years. In the base block the student learns basic mathematics, natural sciences and economics and gets acquainted to the two engineering specialisations on the programme.

During year two, the student chooses specialisation for year three to five. There are two specialisations to choose between. One is mechanical engineering and sustainable product innovation, the other is applied IT. Both specialisations contain a continuation of basic mathematics and natural sciences and a combination of engineering and economics where the economics part is common to the specialisations.

Within the specialisation mechanical engineering and sustainable product innovation, the knowledge of the subjects of mechanical engineering is broadened, while the knowledge within sustainability and product innovation is deepened. Within the specialisation applied IT, the knowledge within the fields of software systems and telecommunication systems are broadened. Irrespective of chosen engineering specialisation, the economics part focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and business development.

Apart from more general economics courses, the student will meet a broad supply of courses that connect both in theory and practice to BTH:s focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. We aim continuously to develop the cooperation with the industry so that the students during the education will obtain continuous contact with different companies.

The programme consists of compulsory courses and specialisation-oriented courses. The eligibility within the programme therefore consists of the student being able to choose one of two specialisations.

To summarise, the education consists of the following fields:

- Mathematics and Natural Sciences - 45 HE credits
- Technology - 120 HE credits
- Economics - 82.5 HE credits
- Other general courses - 22.5 HE credits
- Degree Project - 30 HE credits

There is also the possibility to take courses during an exchange semester at one of the foreign universities that Blekinge Institute of Technology has student exchange with.

NOTE! It is the start term of the course that is stated below. See each course to find out the actual length of the course.

Written Work

The programme is completed with a written degree project equivalent to 30 HE credits.

International element

Students on the programme are encouraged to study 1 semester abroad.

The studies abroad can either be carried out at some of our partner universities or at other appropriate universities.

Read about study abroad

Job Profiles

Both in Sweden and abroad, there is a large need of graduated students with a Master of Science in Industrial Management and Engineering . Industry and society need engineers with a technical background that can develop the business within the services - and product-developing companies and organisations.
Industrial economics is the broadest engineering programme. The width of the education gives you very good preconditions for work as for example project manager, consultant or business developer, either as employed or as an entrepreneur. The education takes place in a partly international environment and can thereby prepare for work both in Sweden and abroad.

Further Studies

At BTH, the following third-cycle programme is open for students with a higher education qualification from this programme: Mechanical Engineering. Industrial Economics

Programme Advisory Board

The programme has a Programme Council that has the assignment of ensuring the usability of the education on and for the labour market.

The Programme Council consists of students, alumni, external representatives and teachers and representatives of the main field of study.

The Programme Council meets 2 times a year.

Contact for the Programme Council is: Stefan Sjödahl.