Industrial Engineering and Management

Why study Industrial Engineering and Management?

Exciting insights into the diverse industrial engineering degree program at KIT

Exciting insights into the diverse industrial engineering degree program at KIT

The Industrial Engineering and Management course is well suited to you if you want to pursue business and technical interests in your studies. Graduates have enormous job opportunities for three reasons in particular:

  • the course structure is very flexible and an individual study focus is possible
  • the proportion of computer science in KIT industrial engineering is comparatively high and prepares students ideally for the digital economy
  • Industrial Engineering is firmly anchored in the KIT Faculty of Business and Economics and the course content is perfectly adapted to the needs of industrial engineers.

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Is the Industrial Engineering and Management degree course suitable for me?

We offer our Bachelor's and Master's degree courses in particular for those who are interested in economic, engineering and mathematical topics and issues, like to think in an interdisciplinary and analytical way and are interested in current subject-related research topics.

The foundation course in the first three semesters provides you with a sound knowledge of the following core subjects:

  • Business Administration
  • Economics
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering Sciences
  • Operations Research
  • Statistics
  • Mathematics

From the fourth semester onwards, you can choose your specialization individually and according to your interests.

You can find the structure of the Bachelor's program here.

You can find the structure of the Master's program here.

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Some reasons (among other things) to choose this course:

  • Germany is a high-tech country that depends on innovation. Anyone who wants to take on responsibility in a company here will benefit from an interdisciplinary course in business and technology.
  • In a digital society, the distinction between technical and business issues is becoming blurred. Industrial engineers understand both and can therefore take on important interface functions.
  • Data and data-based decisions are becoming increasingly important in companies and research. The Industrial Engineering and Management degree course has a strong quantitative and methodological focus and thus prepares students perfectly for these tasks.

 

Why Industrial Engineering and Management at KIT?

There are several universities in Germany where you can study Industrial Engineering and Management. In comparison, studying here has three important advantages:

What are some other reasons to study Industrial Engineering at KIT?

Cube auf dem KIT-Campus Süd
Founding at KIT
Räumlichkeiten der WiWi-Fachschaft KIT
WiWi student council
Schloss Karlsruhe und Schlossgarten
Karlsruhe Palace next to the KIT campus

The three advantages mentioned above make the Industrial Engineering and Management degree program at KIT unique. In addition, there are a number of other reasons that speak in favor of studying with us:

  • Top positions in rankings. Our degree program regularly scores very well in surveys of students and company personnel managers.
  • Job opportunities. After completing their studies with us, students usually find a job they like very quickly.
  • In order to get in touch with exciting companies during their studies, the KIT Faculty of Business and Economics has established a partner network specifically for its degree programs. At lectures, workshops or excursions, you have the opportunity to get in touch with exciting companies and gain insights into how your knowledge from your studies is applied in practice. Click here for an overview of our corporate partners.
  • Founding your own company. At KIT you will find an ideal environment to start your own company. Information about start-up activities at KIT can be found at kit-gruenderschmiede.de/en/angebote/.
  • Student activities. Students at our faculty and at KIT are committed to helping themselves and others in many different ways. You can find an overview, for example, under Student life at the faculty.
  • Sports facilities. At KIT you will find a wide range of sports activities. Examples of this are the KIT SC (kitsc.de/) and the university sports program.
  • Campus University. KIT has a large connected campus directly in the city center of Karlsruhe.
  • Further general information on the Industrial Engineering and Management degree program can be found here, for example:https://ranking.zeit.de/che/de/fachinfo/13 https://www.tu9-universities.de/

Convinced? Then apply now for the Industrial Engineering and Management degree program at KIT.

 

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