Master's Programme in Resource Recovery - AI Enhanced Supply Chain Management
Borås, Sweden
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Jan 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
SEK 270,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU EEA citizens and exchange students are not required to pay fees
Introduction
This Master’s program consists of a unique combination of resource recovery and supply chain management, where we also take advantage of the growing opportunities available in AI. Resource recovery sees value in resources that are often otherwise seen as waste. A central component in creating resources from waste is efficient systems that can recover and transform waste into something of value. To enable this, as well as to reduce further waste generation, the management of supply chains is central. These subjects are closely connected but often treated separately in different academic courses. Due to the high complexity in this area, there is great potential for improvement with the help of various decision support.
Sustainable development and increased competitiveness
This Master’s programme is for those who want to contribute to sustainable development by working within more stringent environmental and traceability requirements. The programme gives you knowledge about how companies increase their competitiveness through supply chain management. It will also prepare you to work with skills linked to the application of AI in order to understand and manage complex problems.
Our programme in short
You will study and practice how to manage supply chains across multiple industries in a sustainable way and you will learn how to analyse, describe, and design supply chains in relation to specific targets.
The programme also gives you insights into how AI and numerical methods contribute tools that are crucial in both research and practice within industrial engineering. These tools give you the possibility to understand, describe, and optimise supply chains.
Admissions
Curriculum
In the first term, you will acquire broad competencies regarding the present state and future directions of the field of resource recovery. The first term entails an exploration of methodological knowledge, including life cycle analysis and research methodology, and provides an overview of current regulatory frameworks, economic circumstances, and business models.
During the second term, the programme focuses on courses related to the sustainable management of supply chains in the textile and fashion industry, the theory of logistics and supply chains, and the optimisation of complex systems. It also gives insights into AI and numerical methods within industrial engineering.
Lastly, the programme includes a year-long degree project yielding 60 ECTS credits, wherein you will investigate an area of your particular interest in depth. It is also possible to do a degree project yielding 30 ECTS credits by taking additional elective coursework relevant to the programme.
Program Outcome
Second-Level Education Objectives
Second-level education shall essentially build on the knowledge that students acquire in first-level education or corresponding knowledge. It involves a deepening of knowledge, skills, and abilities relative to first-level education and, in addition to what applies to first-level education, shall:
- Further, develop the student's ability to independently integrate and use knowledge,
- Develop the student's ability to deal with complex phenomena, issues, and situations, and
- Develop the students' potential for professional activities that demand considerable independence or for research and development work.
(The Higher Educations Act, Chapter 1, Section 9)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This educational programme gives you broad competence that prepares you for professional roles linked to supply chains, product development, and sustainability issues at manufacturing or transport companies.
The programme will also make you a global community builder with the knowledge necessary to take on challenges and set up professional networks in the area of sustainable supply chain management.
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.