How can you design an electronic toll collection system? How can a production plant minimize production costs without compromising on quality and safety? How can you design a complex consumer product?
These are typical questions that a graduate of the Master's programme Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) can address. In a progressively technological society, IEM engineers will increasingly become leaders of technological innovation and design.
A Student of the Master's degree programme Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) learns how to deal with practical problems in businesses. A focus lies on how to find solutions to problems while taking on a technical and scientific design perspective. The general aim of the IEM Master's programme is to train engineers to acquire a thorough overview of all primary and secondary business processes, especially with respect to the design of a technological product or process.
You can choose between two specialisations:
* PTL: Production Technology and Logistics
* PPT: Product and Process Technology
More than its nearest competitors, the IEM Master's degree programme of the University of Groningen focuses on technology. About 65% of the curriculum is dedicated to engineering and technology, and about 35% focuses on management and business.
Job prospects
Career opportunities are abundant for Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) engineers. Career-market analyses consistently show that there is a strong need for professionals with a combined technical and managerial background.
IEM engineers with a Production Technology and Logistics (PTL) specialisation
IEM engineers with a PTL specialisation can start a career as a product manager, involved in the development of new innovative products within the tight boundaries of technical, market and product-related constraints.
Product and Process Technology (PPT) specialised IEM engineers
PPT-specialised IEM engineers can become members of product and process design teams or for example begin a career as a production manager in industrial companies.
Job examples
Expected May 2023
More details
Start date
Expected September 2022
University of Groningen
Broerstraat 5,
Groningen,
9712 CP, Netherlands
Production Technology and Logistics:
Preferred Bachelor's degree programme: Mechanical Engineering; Materials Science / Engineering; Applied Physics; Industrial Engineering; Control Engineering; Aerospace Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Applied Mathematics; Systems Engineering.
Prerequisite courses: Calculus; Linear Algebra; Supply Chain Management; Operations Research; Accounting; Mechanics; Control Engineering; Automatic Control; Production Planning; Quality Control.
Product and Process Technology:
Preferred Bachelor's degree programme: Chemical Engineering; Biochemical Engineering; Biotechnology; Bio Process Technology.
Prerequisite courses: Calculus; Linear Algebra, Operations Research, Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Reactor Technology; Separation Processes; Transport Phenomena.
IELTS overall band: 6.5
TOEFL internet based: 90
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
