The Master's programme builds directly on the content of the previous Bachelor's programme, but gives you greater freedom and takes your specialist interests into account. For example, you can choose a specialisation area from a wide range of topics in the economics part of the Master's degree programme. The economics curriculum is supplemented by compulsory modules in qualitative or quantitative methods and a compulsory business internship.

The economics specialisation is chosen from a profile area.

The Management profile area can be selected:

• Marketingmanagement
• Human Resource Management und Organizational Behavior
• Strategy, Innovation and Cooperation
• Sustainability Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Management der digitalen Transformation

 The profile area Accounting and Finance can be chosen:

• Controlling
• Finance and Accounting

 The Intelligence, Logistics & Operations profile area can be selected:

• Business Information Systems & Operations Research
• Produktionsmanagement
• Logistik
• Produktions- und Logistikmanagement

 The Economics profile area can be selected:

• Environmental and Industrial Economics
• Economic Theory

The electrical engineering part builds on the content of the Bachelor's degree programme. Here, too, you have many options to choose from:
You can choose modules totalling 38 ECTS credits from up to two areas of the following specialisations of the Master's degree programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology as well as the prerequisite Bachelor's modules:
- Automation Technology
- Energy Technology
- Embedded Systems
- Integrated Systems
- Communication Technology
- Mechatronics


Research-based learning forms an important pillar of the Master's programme with seminars, a research project and the Master's thesis.

Thanks to their interdisciplinary skills, industrial engineers are in demand in many sectors. Master's graduates are particularly recommended for demanding tasks in specialised and management positions within business and industry. A Master's degree also entitles graduates to a doctorate and thus opens up the possibility of pursuing a career in science.

As a graduate of the Master's degree programme in Industrial Engineering and Management specialising in Electrical Engineering, you will have a range of career prospects open to you. Your skills in engineering and business administration will enable you to work successfully in various industries and positions. Here are some potential career paths:

Project management: You could work in the planning, coordination and implementation of projects in the field of electrical engineering. This could include the introduction of new technologies, products or production processes.

Product management: In this role, you could manage products and services in the electrical engineering sector across the entire life cycle. This includes the development, marketing, pricing and further development of products.

Technical sales: With your technical background, you could work in sales of electronic products or solutions. You would provide technical expertise to help customers select and implement products.

Research and development: In research and development departments of companies, you could work on the development of new electronic products, technologies or solutions.

Quality management: Ensuring the quality of electronic products is crucial. In this role, you could work on defining quality standards, monitoring processes and solving quality problems.

Automation and control technology: Your knowledge of electrical engineering could be useful in automation and control technology, whether in industrial automation or building automation.

Energy and environmental management: Electrical engineering plays an important role in energy management and environmental engineering. You could work on projects that aim to improve energy efficiency or utilise renewable energy.

Consultancy: As an industrial engineer, you could also work in management consultancies that offer technical and business solutions for companies.

Start-ups and innovation: Your knowledge of electrical engineering and business administration could help you to work in start-ups or innovation departments of larger companies to develop new technologies or business ideas.

Logistics and supply chain management: Electronic components and products require efficient logistics. You could work in the planning and management of supply chains for electronic goods.
 

If you are interested in pursuing the Master's degree programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, you can find the entry requirements here:
You can participate in the programme if you have successfully completed the Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau. Alternatively, you can also provide proof of at least equivalent examination results, which comprise a total of at least 180 credit points (excluding practical components) and include a professionally qualifying university degree.
Please note that you must provide proof of English language proficiency corresponding to level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
 

If you did not obtain your Bachelor's degree at RPTU, you must fulfil the following admission requirements:

Business Administration
Business Administration 30 credit points
Proof of competence in business administration
areas such as cost and revenue accounting, financial reporting, production/logistics, marketing, investment and financing, human resources, organisation, taxes, operations research, strategic management

Economics 10 credit points
Proof of competence in the areas of
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics

Specialisation in Electrical Engineering with at least 88 credit points
Experimental physics, electrical engineering, electronics, measurement technology, information processing 50 credit points

Mathematical and statistical methods 38 credit points
Proof of competence in the areas of
Descriptive and inferential statistics, analysis, vector calculus, differential equation systems and data science.