Master's degree in Technology and Engineering Management

Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)

The master’s degree in Technology and Engineering Management (MEM) (master's degree website) is a challenging 1.5-year (90 ECTS credits) professional and academic degree programme offered by the Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT). The objective of the MEM is to develop the knowledge and skills of engineers and scientists in the management of people, projects, resources and organisations in technical environments. The MEM focuses on effective decision making in engineering and technological organisations in today’s competitive and rapidly changing business environment.

General details

Duration and start date: 1.5 academic years, 90 ECTS credits. Starting September and February
Timetable and delivery: Mornings. Face-to-face
Fees and grants: Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€2,490 (€9,496 for non-EU residents).
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Language of instruction: English
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Location: Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)
Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Places: 20
Pre-enrolment: Pre-enrolment closed (consult the new pre-enrolment periods in the academic calendar).

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Enrolment: How to enrol
Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

All graduates will be able to:

Manage and lead cross-disciplinary engineering and science-based teams.
Apply quantitative analytical and critical thinking techniques in project and process management.
Take a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex problems that involve integrating engineering and management principles in projects and processes.
Communicate crearly in the language of business with a variety of audiences.

Competencies

Generic competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Specific competencies

Exploratory analysis of quantitative data to identify patterns.
Confirmatory analysis of quantitative data to identify patterns.
Optimisation of problems and systems using mathematical models and skills in making decisions involving uncertainty.
Application of basic and theoretical principles of technology management and engineering in uncertain environments.
Analysis of physical and economic needs in process and project management in technological environments.
Optimal allocation of physical and economic resources in process and project management in technological environments.
Process and project management in uncertain technological environments.
Evaluation of the results of process and project development in technological environments influenced by process uncertainty.

Double-degree agreements

With other international universities

Master's degree in Technology and Engineering Management + Master of Science in Engineering and Management (Collegio di Ingegneria Meccanica, Aerospaziale, dell'Autoveicolo e della Produzione, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Master's degree in Technology and Engineering Management + Master's degree in Management Engineering (Laurea Magistrale Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell’Informazione e della Produzione (DIGIP), Università degli Studi di Bergamo (UNIBG), Bergamo, Italy)

Quality accreditation

Check the degree’s main quality indicators in the University Studies in Catalonia portal of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency. Find information on topics such as degree evaluation results, student satisfaction and graduate employment data.
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