MSc in Engineering Management

Course Description

Verplichte kernvakken (12 studiepunten)

This block aims to develop a basic understanding of engineering management, to provide a broad range of knowledge and to enhance professional practices in engineering management. It includes the following courses:

• Engineering Management Principles and Concepts
• Operations Management
• Project Management
• Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Keuzevakken (18 studiepunten)

• Asset and Maintenance Management
• Business Process Improvement and Innovation
• Contemporary Occupational Safety and Health Management
• Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence for Systems Engineering
• Data Analytics for Smart Cities
• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
• Dissertation
• Energy Conservation and Management
• Engineering Economic Analysis
• Estimation and Control of Random Dynamic Systems
• Financial Engineering for Engineering Managers
• Global Human Resource Management
• Industrial Case Study
• Industrial Marketing Management for Engineers
• Intelligent Manufacturing for Engineering Managers
• International Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
• International Organizational Behaviour
• Linear Systems Theory and Design
• Managerial Decision-making Systems with Artificial Intelligence
• Managerial Economics
• Managing International Business
• Managing Strategic Quality
• Predictive Modeling and Forecasting for Business
• Process Modelling and Control
• Quality and Reliability Engineering
• Quality Improvement: Systems and Methodologies
• Queueing Theory with Telecommunications Applications
• Risk and Decision Analysis
• Semiconductor Manufacturing and Management
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Modelling and Management
• Transportation and Logistics Management

Remarks: Course offering is subject to sufficient enrollment.

Remarks

• MSc Degree in Engineering Management (30 credit units)

The full MSc degree award requires 30 credit units, with the completion of taught courses only, or taught courses plus the dissertation project.

Distinct Features of the Programme

• The programme is highly multi-disciplinary.
• The programme adopts action learning and team-based experimental learning approaches.
• The programme requires students to work in small groups in different courses with a view to developing solutions for a set of engineering management problems which are derived from the professional experiences of the students or sponsored by local companies.

Teaching and Learning

The programme utilises a variety of learning methods including :

• Action Learning
• Experimental Learning
• Team-based Learning
• Lectures & Tutorials
• Seminars / Panel Discussions

Programma Bedoelde Leerresultaten (PILO's)

Na succesvolle afronding van dit programma wordt van studenten verwacht dat zij:

• Nadenken over uitgebreide kennis in technisch management bij het ondersteunen van probleemidentificatie, probleemoplossing, besluitvorming en analyse;
• Toepassen van managementvaardigheden, inclusief gedrags- en communicatieve vaardigheden, die nodig zijn bij de effectieve overgang van de rol van ingenieur naar die van technisch manager;
• Technische en managementkennisintegreren en toepassen bij het beheer van technische projecten, operaties, producten en diensten in technische / productiebedrijven en -afdelingen;
• In staat zijn om innovatieve ideeën te genereren in het engineering management proces en de innovaties om te zetten in praktische implementatie;
• Denk na over verantwoordelijkheid en gevoeligheid voor milieu- en maatschappelijke problemen, interculturele kwesties en wereldwijde ontwikkeling.