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Business Administration and Engineering: Materials and Process Engineering M.Sc. at RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Programme overview

The study of industrial engineering equally covers topics from economics and engineering courses of study. By selecting the specialization in materials and process engineering, students spend the engineering part of their studies on materials development, manufacture, and processing. Materials research has an important meaning in Germany.

Faculty: Division of Materials Science and Engineering in the Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering and the School of Business and Economics  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German- and English-taught  |  Intake: Winter Semester, Summer Semester  |  Location: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

You can find the exam regualtion and the module handbook for this course of study on the departmental advising pages . Each specialization is reflected by the respective specialization of the chair and is oriented towards individual materials and material groups and/or processes.

Career pathways

Industrial engineers are qualified both in practice and research in two disciplines.They are well suited for tasks in the cross-section of technology and business and primarily work at this cross-section – for example in production planning and scheduling, in controlling, in purchasing, and in technical marketing and sales.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First university degree, required qualifications according to the examination regulations. Admission to first semester: Open (No NC). The prerequisite for admission to the program is an initial university degree.

Intake: Winter Semester, Summer Semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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