Industrial Engineering & Management
The course Industrial Engineering & Management teaches you how to use technology, management and economy in such a way that you will be able to improve production processes or to make organizations profitable or more sustainable.
Do you want to help organisation - such as manufacturing sites, health care organisations, energy supply companies or government agencies - to perform effectively in our increasingly complex society? Then this technical and managerial programme is the right choice for you. As an Industrial Engineer & Manager you will be involved in designing, managing, optimising and improving business processes. You learn how to use technology, management and finance to help organisations more efficient and innovative, minimise risks, improve production processes and maximise profitability.
You will be working in the business or industrial sector or for the government. Would you like to work as an asset manager, a business consultant or a project manager? The Industrial Engineering & Management course trains you to become an engineer and a technical professional with a broad range of skills.
In the third year, you will do an internship at a company of your choice in the Netherlands or abroad. During your internship, you will experience first-hand how process optimisation works in a technical company. How can you design the process to install a smartphone screen in such a way that less damages occur, less phones are rejected and the profit increases?
These subjects should be taken at highest level at school:
- Mathematics (you must have taken this subject as an exam subject)
- Good knowledge of Economics or Physics would be an advantage
There is a large demand worldwide for professionals with a combined technical and managerial background. Industrial Engineering & Management offers the best job perspectives and highest starting salaries. Our graduates have secures positions as:
- (Asset) manager
Assets are company resources, for instance machines, vehicles and other important ‘tools’. As an asset manager, it is your responsibility to make the right choice with respect to these (often) large, expensive and advanced assets. You will be responsible for the purchasing, complete life cycle and maintenance of these assets. To this end, you will outsource the research into the costs as well as the technical and commercial aspects, and the impact on the environment. You will give your advice based on this investigation. - Process engineer
You are able to quickly scan a company of department and use a variety of tools to analyse, improve and (re)design a given process. - Quality or Health and Safety Engineer
As a quality manager you assist in establishing systems to support an drive continuous improvements and minimise the costs. You plan, schedule, execute and coordinate the different activities related to quality, health or safety issues.
