With the specialisation in Financial Engineering & Management (FEM), you can easily find work in financial institutes, such as banks or insurance companies. You could also pursue a career as a consultant, and even start up your own agency. More interested in doing research? Then a PhD might be the right choice for you, or become a highly-skilled designer with an EngD programme at the University of Twente (UT)!
Type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in FEM, you will receive a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc.). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in Financial Engineering & Management.
Job opportunities
Professionals with a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management are in high demand on the job market, even in economically tough times. Whichever specialisation you choose, your career opportunities are excellent and you can end up working in a wide range of positions and sectors. You will be equipped to enter any area of industrial engineering and management – not just the area of your specialisation. There are however types of jobs that fit graduates of this specialisation perfectly.
With a focus on Financial Engineering & Management, you could start a career in the financial sector, as a banker, risk manager, business analyst or CFO, to name a few options. You might find yourself taking on such a role at for example a bank, an insurance company or at the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). But graduates of this track also find themselves in (financial) positions in various other sectors. Another popular direction graduates choose is consultancy. In this case, you could work as, for example, a risk consultant or a strategic financial adviser at a consultancy firm.
Start a business
Do you have a great business idea? At the University of Twente, you can turn it into reality! At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. In fact, UT has been voted the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands four times in a row. We have a unique approach of putting scientific knowledge to practical use and turning our expertise and yours into solutions that people and society actually need. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and the start-up hub on campus.
Former students have gone before you. For example, leading sports analytics company Scisports was once started up by an IEM-graduate, just as You++, a coding learning platform for kids. Other examples of start-ups by IEM-graduates are software company Topicus, and research consultancy company Distribute. Will you be next?
Continue as a researcher: obtain a PhD
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after obtaining your Master’s degree, you can opt to follow a PhD programme at Twente Graduate School (TGS). This involves spending four years studying a particular research area in-depth at one of our research institutes. Obtaining your PhD will earn you the title of Doctor (Dr.).
Follow an EngD programme
For excellent professionals and graduates with a Master’s degree from a university, TGS offers five different Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programmes. These two-year, tailored programmes are aimed at you becoming a high-level technological designer. The EngD programme most likely to match your interests as a Master's in Industrial Engineering & Management would be Maintenance or Business & IT. On successfully completing the programme, you will receive a certified diploma and the academic degree title, Engineering Doctorate (EngD.). Interested in doing an EngD? You can check below if there are any vacancies. If not, you can also send in an open application.