Study Guide

Descriptions

In the future, the technology industry will be looking for professionals who are capable of comprehensive thinking and can combine technological and business knowledge. The degree programme in industrial management and engineering gives you the knowledge and skills required in various international positions in the technology industry. The core of the studies consists of basic engineering courses, business courses and internationality. Part of the studies takes place abroad, and a number of courses are taught in English.

As a student, you will have the opportunity to influence the content and execution of your studies, as a great part of the studies will be done as project based learning. In learning projects, you will be working in close cooperation with companies. You will get to know the methods used in business operations. As an industrial management engineer you are familiar with innovativeness, new working methods, customer orientation, sustainable thinking and will be ready for interesting and challenging positions.

Structure of studies and study contents:

Basic Studies 90 credits
Professional Studies credits 150:
-Optional professional studies
-Technical professional studies
-Other optional studies min 30 credits
Practical Training 30 credits
Bachelor´s Thesis 20 credits

Objective

Graduated engineers from the degree programme of Industrial Management and Engineering capable to work within an international environment as professionals where both techological and business knowhow is needed. Main strong areas of the graduated engineers are project management, processes of tecnology industry, business knowhow and internationality combined with good language skills, innovativeness and co-operation skills. In order to strenghten his or her internationality and language skills the student performs part of his or her studies or practical training abroad. Majority of the professional study modules are studies in English.

Graduated engineers have good capabilities to work in demanding managerial tasks in industrial life. Duties can be related to e.g. purchasing, project or production management, quality management or international tasks. Degree programme gives good basis for becoming an entrepreneur as well.


Possible jobtitles after graduation are eg. purchasing manager, production planner, project manager, factory manager, development engineer/manager, quality engineer/manager

Internationality is realised so that the students in industrial management and engineering degree programme study one semester abroad or carry out an international practical training period.

Development

At the core of TUAS' instruction and its development is CDIO an approach which emphasizes the connection between working life and studies. The aim is to produce, adopt and use new information in such a way that something completely new is created – ideas, skills or practices. The students are encouraged to boost their innovative capabilities by combining instruction, RDI and cooperation with working life as an innovative way of learning.

In learning projects, students will be working in close cooperation with companies.

Further information

Evaluation and feedback

Various assessment method are used in order to measure the learning results and to motivate students to invest time in studying. The main evaluation basis consists of written exams, project works, exercises and other performances. The grading scale is normally from 1 to 5 but some courses are assessed by grades "passed" or "failed". Additionally self assessment and peer assessment are being used.