In addition to the compulsory courses of the Master's in Industrial Engineering & Management, you will follow additional courses within the specialisation in Production & Logistics Management (PLM). In two years of study you will collect 120 EC.
Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), which is widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work.
Compulsory courses for the Master'sfor all Master's students in Industrial Engineering & Management
10 EC
IEM Research Orientation
Data Science
Specialisation coursescompulsory for the specialisation in PLM
15 EC
Operations Research Techniques 1
Stochastic Optimization and Learning
Simulation
Orientation coursesdepending on your chosen research orientation within PLM you will take three of these courses
After-Sales Service Logistics
Advanced Inventory Management
Transportation and Logistics Management
Planning & Scheduling
Warehousing
Reliability Engineering & Maintenance Management
Elective courses
20 EC
In consultation with the specialisation coordinator, you will compose a study plan that best matches your wishes and future plans. In two years, you will collect a total of 45 EC of elective courses. Examples of electives are the courses that are not compulsory for your orientation and/or all available courses by other engineering programmes.
Total EC of year 1
60 EC
25 EC
You will finish the total of 45EC electives. These electives can be followed at UT, at other universities in the Netherlands or even abroad. You can also choose to add a second specialisation, consisting of a prefixed package of courses worth 30 EC.
Master's thesis
35 EC
Your master’s thesis is worth 30 EC. You will prepare your thesis by writing a research proposal during the Thesis Preparation, which is a 5 EC course.
Total EC of year 2
You will finish your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. This involves applying what you have learned to a real-life situation, executing a research at an actual company and writing a thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you and the research orientation you have chosen. Most of the master’s projects involve improving efficiency within an organisation.