Master in Management Engineering
Parma, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
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STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* Tuition fees vary on the basis of a proportional tuition fee system: https://en.unipr.it/studying/tuition-fees-and-scholarships-2020-2021
Introduction
The Master's Degree in Management Engineering aims to train an engineer able to deal with the systemic problems that characterise the life of companies. The Master's Degree graduate is culturally prepared on the technical-plant and economic-managerial fronts and is capable of managing innovation in products and services. The skills developed through the Master's Degree in Management Engineering range from market analysis from an economic and legal point of view, to the management of new product development projects, business strategy, organisational design, production systems management and quality management.
Curriculum
The Program
Specific objectives of the Master's Degree Course in Management Engineering are:
- The creation of a figure with a solid background in the sectors that characterize the management of the company system articulated in its various sub-components;
- The complementary emphasis placed on in-depth analysis of analytical and interpretative models of the nature of inter-organizational supply chain relations (supply chain management and extended information systems) and analysis of the environment in which the company operates (financial system, competitive system, regulatory/institutional system). The aim is to create a high-profile professional figure, able to actively intervene in strategic and technical-operational business decisions, which influence the competitiveness of production and service companies.
The training plan envisages a common path for all students, characterized by the themes that constitute the backbone of management engineering training and including, in particular, training activities in the economic management, plant engineering, and data processing fields. The common path includes 3 curricula, which allow students to specialize their training in different management areas. The curricula offer specific teaching that allows students to deepen their knowledge of logistics chain management ("Supply chain management" curriculum), industrial production management ("Operations management" curriculum), and corporate accounting ("Finance and investment projects" curriculum). The training is completed by an internship (internal or external) and the final test. Part of the course is delivered in English.
The specific objectives of this Degree Course concern the following:
- Creating professionals having a solid knowledge of all those sectors connected with managing enterprises as systems subdivided into its different components (e.g. logistics, production, marketing, finance, administration, and control).
- Further studying analytical models concerning the relations within the supply chain (supply chain management and extended information systems) and analyzing the environment the enterprises act in (considering finance, competition, norms, and institutions) are two cornerstones of this Degree Course.
Second-level graduates in Business Management are therefore endowed with a solid knowledge of those technologies promoting business integration and coordination supporting business decisions. Such advanced tools may very well fruitfully be applied to the management of production systems, including those innovation projects featuring organizational issues or trade and financial problems. All these situations doubtlessly require scientific knowledge in order to operate effectively.
It must however be pointed out that, while the economic and management themes have a common value in all areas of business management, the technical subjects feature some differences from one another, making it harder to find common ground between them.
Therefore, the subjects proposed within the Second-Level Degree Course in Business Management can be subdivided into two macro-areas, themselves further subdivided into three different curriculums (for details on this, please see table A4.b2, below).
The first macro area is common for everyone enrolled in this Course and features those subjects that, together, make up the cornerstone of future management engineers. More specifically, these subjects characterize prospective business engineers in areas such as managing business information and information systems, analyzing data, designing and developing management control systems and strategies to let businesses grow, up to and including designing and controlling physical and informational flows concerning industrial logistics and supply chain.
The second macro area allows single students to choose the professional level he or she deems more apt to his or her features, therefore completing their training. This macro area deals with further study of the following subjects:
- Designing, managing, and stimulating logistics and production systems fully compliant with maximum efficiency;
- Designing and managing quality production systems, by choosing and managing the aptest production technologies according to the various manufacturing contexts;
- Managing an enterprise considering its financial and economic aspects.
Concerning teaching, an important part thereof is dedicated to complementary activities such as traineeships, company visits, seminars, and case studies. Furthermore, undergraduates should dedicate a full-fledged commitment to the finals and dissertation, since it should spur their capacity to manage issues and decide autonomously.
Double Degree options
The Master's Degree Course in Management Engineering also includes a double degree course in collaboration with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA). This course provides for attendance of the third semester of the course at the US University and allows students to acquire in addition the Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering issued by the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Another double degree opportunity is in collaboration with the University of San Marino.