Industrial engineers combine technical know-how with business management thinking. They design and improve business processes and speak the language of management.
Factsheet
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science FHNW in Engineering and Management
- ECTS points
- 180
Versatile career prospects
The economy is increasingly looking for employees with an eye for the big picture. Accordingly, you have excellent career prospects with a Bachelor of Science FHNW in Engineering and Management. As an industrial engineer, you are versatile and not restricted to individual sectors.
Practice-oriented undergraduate programme
During your studies, you will work in small project teams on exciting tasks set by our business partners. The real project work brings you into contact with companies at an early stage and you develop practical solutions for them. In addition to specialist skills, your methodological and social skills, such as teamwork, communication and initiative, will also be developed. The project work is instructive, motivating and fun.
Student projects
As part of the project modules, you will work in teams on tasks set by our industrial partners. Practical project work will bring you into contact with companies and commerce at an early stage and give you the opportunity to work on practical solutions. In addition to specialist skills, your social and self-competence skills such as teamwork, communication and using your own initiative will be enhanced.
Specialisations
In the third year, you can choose one of three specialisations in order to specifically tailor your degree programme to a particular professional field.
Degree
Course content
The programmes in natural and engineering sciences on the one hand, and economic and social studies on the other, are equally weighted. The practical projects carried out with our business partners are very informative and will give you practical experience that our graduates and business partners consider to be a huge advantage.
As industrial engineers often work internationally, we recommend doing a semester abroad.
Convergence semester
Convergence modules make sure that everyone starts the degree programme with the same level of knowledge.
As the degree programme covers both technology and economics, it is possible for people with different educational backgrounds to be admitted to the course. Convergence modules are offered in the first semester so that people with varying levels and types of previous knowledge all start the degree on the same page. These modules involve introducing the students to those specialist areas that are new to them.
- Students with a commercial educational background take convergence modules in technical mathematics, physics and chemistry.
- Students with a technical educational background take the accounting, business economics and law convergence modules.
This optimally prepares all of the students for the advanced specialist modules.
Structure and modules
The degree comprises the following four training domains: student projects, specialist training, professional-context modules (incl. language training and courses in humanities/social sciences) and free modules.
You can choose modules to create a personalised study programme and thereby focus on the subjects that you find most interesting. A detailed description of the modules that can be taken as part of the Engineering and Management degree programme can be found in the module table (German).
Studying part-time
The degree can be completed on a full-time or on a part-time basis while working. Part-timers may or may not be in gainful employment.