Master's Degree

Industrial Engineering


Master's Degree

Industrial Engineering


Why do a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering?

Industrial engineers are becoming increasingly important for the growth and development of companies and, more generally, of public and private organisations. They have the ability to design, manage and coordinate complex systems within which they have to govern the dynamic relationship between the technological, financial, environmental and social dimensions.

The LIUC School of Industrial Engineering trains management engineers capable of operating in multiple organisational contexts. The course deepens the skills characterising industrial engineering, providing specialist knowledge of areas crucial for the professional world of the future (data science, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, digitalisation) as well as developing the necessary transversal skills for roles of responsibility and coordination, such as critical thinking applied to innovation processes and the use of artificial intelligence, advanced problem solving, stress management and negotiation, self-awareness, attention to environmental and social sustainability issues and multi-disciplinarity.

The LIUC degree course in Industrial Engineering aims to provide graduates with knowledge, skills and tools enabling them to design, manage, coordinate and innovate the operating processes of companies and organisations, integrating technological, economic-financial, information, strategic, organisational and commercial elements.

In particular, the course aims to train master’s degree graduates who are able to:

  • design, manage and make technology choices in operations and the supply chain, properly evaluating the technical, economic and financial aspects of technology choices
  • promote and manage technological innovation and industrial design processes, from idea generation to product and process design and commercialisation;
  • manage complex projects and systems and their financial and organisational implications
  • integrate sustainability assessments into industrial systems decisions
  • manage the financial aspects supporting technology and innovation choices
Why choose LIUC?

A distinctive element of the LIUC educational pathway is the teaching model. It is characterised first and foremost by experientiality, thanks to the i-FAB (Lean and Industry 4.0 model factory), workshops with companies in class, and a compulsory internship for all students.

The didactic model is also based on intensive interaction between students, teachers and companies, made possible by the limited number of places.

LIUC has also created Learning Pills (LeaP), training modules in multimedia format, which can be used asynchronously for basic management engineering topics (e.g., Data Science, Accounting, Investment Analysis, Production Management, Logistics, Information Systems). LeaPs allow students, particularly from three-year degree programmes other than Industrial engineering, to update or revise some basic skills.

To complete and enrich the professional profile, the educational pathway of the LIUC master’s degree in industrial engineering offers students the opportunity to build a multi-disciplinary curriculum through a choice of subjects (curricular and extracurricular):

  • Process Management in Healthcare
  • Performance Analysis in Healthcare
  • Industrial Design Lab
  • Artificial Intelligence for Business
  • Digital Ecosystems for Business Intelligence
  • I-FAB Laboratory
  • Philosophy of Management
  • Social Psychology of Organisations and Services
  • Ethics for Engineers
  • Cyber Law
  • Engineering Law
  • Law and Technology
  • Business English Language Course

Interdisciplinary courses

From the first year onwards, you can customise your study plan, developing transversal skills through dedicated courses, teaching modules and extracurricular activities.

The interdisciplinary courses offered will cover three areas: Sustainability, Science Technology and Society and Professional and personal skills development.

As far as internationalisation is concerned, LIUC is able to offer an international experience to all students who request it, through a semester or year abroad, summer and winter schools, internships abroad, an entire third year at LIUC taught in English, in classes with international students.

The common training pathway for all students, regardless of the specialisation pathway, consists of the following subject areas, which are weighted differently during the three years:

  • Courses in the financial-management area, relating to technology and innovation management, industrial design and finance to support innovation. These courses are further enriched by specialisation in the area of healthcare services, with courses related to the management and evaluation of healthcare processes and technological and organisational innovation in these contexts.
  • Courses in the area of industrial plant engineering, relating to project management, supply chain design and management, the use of mathematical methods for industrial applications, and sustainability in industrial systems. These courses are further enriched by specialisations in the area of operations, with courses related to the application of machine learning, data analytics and simulation to the factory and tools for the smart factory according to the Industry 4.0 paradigm.
  • Courses in the area of IT management, relating to systems theory and information systems. These courses are further enriched in the specialisation in digital services, with courses related to the modelling of business processes with a view to digitisation and digital consulting methodologies
  • Interdisciplinary courses, aimed at the development of independent judgement and critical thinking, communication skills and learning skills. Courses dedicated to the areas of sustainability, professional and personal skills, humanities and social sciences allow students to customise their pathway in line with their aptitudes and interests.

The degree course then offers four different options:

The first two, Data Science for Operational Excellence and Manufacturing Strategy (in English), are oriented to the field of operations. The training objective is to specialise graduates in advanced skills for factories, such as the application of machine learning, data analytics and simulation to logistics-production systems, the development of tools for the smart factory according to the Industry 4.0 paradigm. The English language course also aims to enable the development of a global mindset and the ability to work and interact in international contexts.

Integrated Management of Companies and Services in Healthcare is geared towards services in healthcare, where the training objective is for graduates to specialise in skills for the management and evaluation of healthcare processes and impact assessments of technological and organisational innovations.

Design and Management of Digital Transformation is digital process-oriented. The educational objective is for graduates to specialise in skills for digital transformation project management and the adoption of emerging digital technologies.

YEAR I

  • Innovation and Technology Management
  • Mathematical Methods for Industrial Applications
  • Design for Dynamic Systems
  • Supply Chain Design
  • Project Management
  • Information Systems
  • Sustainability of Industrial Systems
  • Options chosen by the student: (Process Management in Healthcare, Performance Analysis in Healthcare, Industrial Design Lab, Artificial Intelligence for Business, Digital Ecosystems for Business Intelligence, I-FAB Laboratory, Philosophy of Management, Social Psychology of Organisations and Services, Ethics for Engineers, Cyber Law, Law for Engineering, Law and Technology, Business English Language Course)

YEAR II

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Financial Engineering
  • Innovation and Industrial Design
  • Options chosen by the student: (Process Management in Healthcare, Performance Analysis in Healthcare, Industrial Design Lab, Artificial Intelligence for Business, Digital Ecosystems for Business Intelligence, I-FAB Laboratory, Philosophy of Management, Social Psychology of Organisations and Services, Ethics for Engineers, Cyber Law, Law for Engineering, Law and Technology, Business English Language Course)

COURSE OPTIONS

INTERNSHIP

THESIS

A course limited to 20 Master’s degree students in Business Administration and Management or Industrial Engineering.

This orientation project focuses on the topic of the changing financial market in the light of digital technologies and the resulting effects on corporate finance.

The course stems from close cooperation with leading Italian banks and players in the new fintech.

For students from other universities or courses of study, LIUC has created training modules in multimedia format that can be used asynchronously on topics preparatory to specific courses and/or pathways.

Some examples: Data Science, Accounting, Investment Analysis, Production Management, Logistics and Information Systems.

MoFs are also a useful tool for all LIUC students to go over basic curricular areas of knowledge for engineering management.

Raffaella Manzini

Director,
School of Industrial Engineering

Access

Classes for the Master’s Degree program are supposed to be taken in-person. However, students are allowed to live stream the lectures (therefore without active participation) on MS Teams.

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