Overview
Aimed at improving the processes through which new and existing products and services are developed and delivered, we now witness a strong upsurge in industry’s interest in improvement techniques and philosophies. Examples are Six Sigma, Lean Production and Lean Product Development. Many industrial companies and public organizations are using improvement programmes based on these or similar ideas and success in these programmes requires a change in mindset together with organisational transformations. Engineers equipped with the knowledge and competence required for leading quality driven change processes and business improvement are therefore crucial.
The Quality and Operations Management programme of Chalmers University of Technology gives you a thorough understanding of tools for identifying customer needs and business opportunities. You will be trained in the skills needed to manage the process of developing products and services.
A strong focus will be on the usage of different qualitative and quantitative tools. Another focus will be on production and delivery processes, in both manufacturing and service and on the tools and techniques for their improvement. You will acquire a number of competencies needed to manage improvement and change processes, whether they concern product development or production. These skills include leadership, project management and change management.
Career
Graduates of the programme can find positions as quality and improvement process facilitators, problem solvers or change agents, production, quality or product development engineers or project managers. There is also the prospect of working within management in the above mentioned areas as well as management consultants or academic researchers.
Examples of positions acquired by students of earlier versions of this programme are: management consultants, production engineers, quality engineers, Six Sigma Black Belts, project leaders in product development and company internal quality consultants. Future career opportunities are not restricted to manufacturing organizations, but also include service providing organizations and public services.
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Quality and operations management
- Integrated product development
- Design for quality
- Operations strategy
- Research methodology
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Management, Organisation & Leadership View 54 other Masters in Management, Organisation & Leadership in SwedenAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Bachelor´s degree (or the equivalent) with aMajor in Industrial Engineering and Management or an Engineering Discipline.
- Prerequisites:Mathematics (at least 30 credits) (including Mathematical Statistics at least 7,5 credits). Studies in one or several of the following subjects: Economics, Organization and/or Management (at least 15 credits).
- Preferable course experience: Linear algebra, Single variable analysis and Multivariable analysis.
Tuition Fee
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International
13532 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 13532 EUR per year and a duration of 24 months. -
EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 0 EUR per year and a duration of 24 months.
- 140 000 SEK/ academic year;
Funding
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