MSc Technology-Oriented Business Administration at Ilmenau University of Technology

Research-oriented programme that provides the business and methodological tools and technical expertise to analyse complex interdisciplinary economic problems. Graduates apply business expertise in close cooperation with engineers and natural scientists. Students receive a sound economics education complemented by elements of computer science, natural science and technology, and elective modules include English-language courses.

Faculty: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Media  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 credit points  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester (1 October) and summer semester (1 April)  |  Location: Ilmenau, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Compulsory business administration area (quantitative corporate planning, business ethics and sustainability management, main seminar), elective areas in business administration (for example accounting and management control, supply chain and closed loop management, applied production and logistics management, business-to-business marketing, media marketing, derivative financial instruments), in economics (for example competition, strategy and institutions, energy economics, economic policy, innovation economics, international trade, resource and environmental economics), and in engineering and natural sciences (for example measurement and sensor technology, additive manufacturing, image processing, digital factory, Industry 4.0), and the master's thesis.

Career pathways

Fields include supply chain management, sales and marketing, technology and innovation management, organisational development and change management, controlling, management consulting, company founding and auditing.

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