Master's Programme in Industrial Management and Innovation
Academic year 2023/2024
- 120 credits
- Autumn 2023, Uppsala, 100%, Campus
- Programme syllabus and outline
Would you like to have a career that revolves around managing innovation? Uppsala University offers you a good base for a career in technology-intensive and innovative businesses. Whether you start your own business or work for an established company, the Master's Programme in Industrial Management and Innovation provides you with a deep understanding and a variety of tools to manage complex innovation processes.
Why this programme?
The Master's Programme in Industrial Management and Innovation educates future leaders in a holistic perspective of the complex innovation processes within and around technology-intensive companies. The industrial landscape of today is facing increased competition, rapid changes in demands, political and regulatory instability, along with growing environmental and societal challenges. To remain competitive in this complex setting, it is important to be at the forefront of innovation and business development.
Innovation is a complex process that not only entails new technology but is also connected to the economy, organisation and society. Our goal is that students who have completed the programme will be able to combine a deep understanding of new technology and business with a solid practical knowledge of how innovations can be managed in technology-intensive companies.
During the programme you can expect to:
- Have a close connection to both industry and research
- Train to handle technical, societal and economical dimensions of the innovation process.
- Get knowledge of project management and how to organize and lead innovative projects
After completing the programme you will, for example, know what is needed for innovations to generate money, how to go from an exciting idea to a realised product and advice on what investments companies should pursue. The programme will also include marketing and teach you to understand customers and build customer relationships to market technological products and services successfully. After graduation, you will have a good base for a career in technology-intensive and innovative businesses
Student profile
You have a Bachelor's degree in engineering, and you might have studied a few courses in the field of industrial management. You might have some practical experience working in the field after earning your Bachelor's degree but you have not forgotten your broad theoretical base and study techniques. You are now looking for an education that gives you a theoretical understanding and practical tools for working with management-related issues in technology-based companies.
Degree
The programme leads to a Master of Science (120 credits) with Industrial Engineering and Management as the main field of study.
Name: Fredrik Lundberg
From: Falun, Sweden
How did you choose your programme?
– I’ve previously worked with product management for industrial products and services, so I saw this programme as a way to develop my skills and knowledge a bit more. Especially within innovation management and client-focused product development.
What is the best thing about studying at Uppsala University?
– That It’s easy to ride your bike everywhere, the student life and the student nations!
Name three things you are doing this week!
– Seminar 2 for the degree project, paddle with classmates and prepare for work interviews.
What is your reason for studying, or your goal?
– A challenging work life within innovation in the automotive industry or manufacturing industry.
Describe the student life?
– Very rich! There are a ton of student events organised by student associations and nations. Everything from choirs to ski trips.
Three quick questions:
What is your favourite place in Uppsala?
– Orvars pub (Norrlands nation).
Which is the best student tradition at Uppsala University?
– Walpurgis week + the river rafting.
Where is the best place to study?
– The new building 10 at campus Ångström.
Spring 2023.
Programme
The first year of studies will focus on the main functions of firms, including strategy, organisation, marketing, production, and research and development. You will be trained to lead innovation during courses in innovation management as well as project management. Courses in Engineering Ethics and Industrialisation connect the innovation processes in a larger industrial and societal context. During the first year, there are also elective courses for broadening and deepening some parts of the innovation work such as technology-based entrepreneurship, agile project management and supply chain management etc.
During the second year, you specialise in the field of management of technological innovation through the course Innovation: Traditions, Theories, Trends. In the course Industrial Development Project, you will work in a group to solve a sharp industrial project related to innovation such as the potential of new materials and technologies. The course Qualitative and Quantitative Methods gives you a good base to do scientifically based investigations. During the spring you will conduct an independent degree project together with an industrial partner or within a larger research project.
Courses within the programme
See the outline for courses within the programme.
Learning experience
The teaching consists of a variety of teaching activities including lectures, group exercises, labs, seminars, project work and field trips. During the programme, you will attend seminars where you, together with other students, discuss concrete business problems and different cases. Many courses involve working in smaller groups to teach you how to collaborate in different group constellations. You will have the opportunity to meet and interact with people with vast industrial experiences during site visits, industrial guest lectures and industrial projects.
As a student, you are expected to actively participate and take responsibility for your own learning. A lot of emphases is on reading and scrutinising academic articles and texts within the field of innovation management and innovation as a complement to your technical background. The written examination can be found in all courses and the written language is a central tool during the programme.
The teachers in the programme are active researchers with extensive expertise in their research fields and they use some of their own research in their teaching. You can apply for writing the independent degree project within a research project.
The programme takes place in Uppsala at the Ångström Laboratory. The language of instruction is English.
Career
Technology-intensive companies have great use of well-trained professionals who understand new technology and innovation and how it relates to business, organisation and society at large. In other words, there is a great need for people with broad expertise in several knowledge areas who want to engage in development and push innovation forward. The programme will train you to successfully manage complex problems where technology, organisation, business, and markets interact.
Examples of industries and companies where our students can pursue careers:
- The automotive industry, such as Scania, Volvo
- The energy/utilities industry, such as ABB, Northvolt
- Steel and mechanical engineering industries, such as Sandvik, Atlas Copco
- Engineering Consulting firms such as ÅF, Sweco
- The Telecom industry, such as Ericsson
- Innovation support, such as Uppsala Innovation Center
- The university sector
Examples of possible working positions:
- Business consultant
- Process engineer
- Innovation manager
- Product developer
- Product manager
- Project manager
- CEO
- PhD candidate
- Researcher
Career support
During your time as a student, UU Careers offers support and guidance. You have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities and events that will prepare you for your future career. Learn more about UU Careers.
Admissions
Below you will find details about eligibility requirements, selection criteria and tuition fees. For information on how to apply and what general documents you need to submit, check the application guide. Besides the general supporting documents, you also need to submit one programme-specific document: an Application Summary Sheet (including your statement of purpose).
Master's Programme in Industrial Management and Innovation
120 credits
Autumn 2023, 100%, Campus
Location: Uppsala
Application deadline: 16 January 2023
Application code: UU-M1480 Application
Language of instruction: English
Requirements:
Academic requirements
A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be engineering or technology.
Also required is 20 credits in mathematics.
Language requirements
Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries. Detailed instructions on how to provide evidence of your English proficiency are available at universityadmissions.se.
Selection: Students are selected based on:
- an overall appraisal of previous university studies; and
- a statement of purpose.
Tuition fee-paying students and non-paying students are admitted on the same grounds but in different selection groups.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees. Fees cover application and tuition only and do not cover accommodation, academic literature or the general cost of living. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 72,500
Tuition fee, total: SEK 290,000
Contact and further resources
Is this programme right for you?
- Explore research at the Department of Engineering Sciences
- Watch a keynote talk by Niklas Zennström - creator of Skype - about entrepreneurship and life. It was hosted by the Master's Programme in Industrial Management and Innovation at Uppsala University.
Contact
For programme-specific questions, please contact the Study Adviser at
study-adviser-mili-samint@uu.se
For admissions-related or general information, please contact our applicant support team:
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1 752 37 Uppsala
Box 169, 751 04 Uppsala
www.uu.se/education