BSc Engineering and Management

The link between engineering and business studies.

The business world is increasingly looking for employees with a holistic mind-set. In light of this, you will have optimum career prospects with a Bachelor of Science FHNW in Engineering and Management. As an industrial engineer, you are very versatile and are not restricted to individual sectors. You will be able to work with specialists from various fields in an extremely focussed manner and cope with complex tasks.

Make companies digitally fit

Digital transformation encompasses all companies and organizations and rewards innovation and creativity. The completely revised BSc Engineering Management focuses on the necessary competencies and specific specialist knowledge to master the challenges of the digital age.

In the course of studies, both the business side (strategies, processes, customer relationships, etc.) and the digital technologies that make the new business models possible are examined. The new specialisation "Digital Engineering" builds on this with expert knowledge on digitisation strategies, agile project management and digital business cases.

As of autumn 2019: new core subjects Digital Business and Digital Technologies.

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Career prospects Engineering and Management

As an industrial engineer, you will speak the language of the technology and business sectors.

“As an Expert Usability Engineer at Zühlke, I assist with customers’ software and product development projects. In my role, I am responsible for systematically involving the users of the product in the development process in order to make technical solutions easy for people to use. As a proud Wing graduate, I am still benefiting from a networked way of thinking and the project management skills I gained on the programme!”

Marika Buratti, Expert Usability Engineer at Zühlke Engineering AG

Insights into the Engineering and Management degree

Degree

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 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.

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).

In addition to everyday student-life experiences, various events that form part of the Wing degree programme provide opportunities for diversification and networking, such as:

Wing events with business partners
Reports of professional life compiled by Wing graduates (WingNetwork)
International days with reports on the experiences of students doing a semester abroad
One-on-one discussions with representatives from the economic sector
Company visits

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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.

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.

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International Track in Engineering and Management

Language excellence and intercultural competence play a key role in today's hyper-competitive world. Join us and gain valuable international experience.

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