The Master’s degree «MSE in Business Engineering» will enable you to leverage engineering and design-centred approaches to develop and supply products and services. Taking into account relevant technological and business constraints and opportunities and viewing issues from a risk, quality, and lifecycle perspective, you will be able to develop business models and to plan, analyse and manage relevant industrial and service systems.
Benefits
Practical relevance: The MSE in Business Engineering at the FHNW offers an application-oriented alternative to other theory-heavy courses, providing an ideal foundation for a specialist career in business.
1:1 support: Throughout your studies, you will be supervised 1:1 by an experienced advisor.
Full-time or part-time: The degree can be taken full-time, or part-time (optionally with a 50% employment at the Institute of Business Engineering FHNW).
Institute of Business Engineering
This specialization is offered by the Institute of Business Engineering. Find out more.
TheMaster's degreecovers the following topics, among others:
Project Management
Product Management
Business Development
Business and Data Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Production Management
Technical Asset Management
Quality Management
Service Engineering
Sales Engineering
Reliability and Risk Analysis
TheMSEin Business Engineeringwill prepare you for a future in industrial or service enterprises or in consulting. You will work in the fields of business development and business engineering, as well as in quality, risk, technology and innovation management. As a Business Engineer, you will be responsible for the management of industrial goods and services, or for the operations and systems by which these goods and services are produced, e.g. logistics and supply chain management, life cycle management of products and facilities, and the use of analytical methods to answer questions in the fields of business and production.
Lifecycle Management of Infrastructures
Servitization of Manufacturing
Integrated Sustainable Mobility
Technology Product Innovation & Management
Smart Services Modeling & Optimization
Simulation & Operations
Predictive Maintenance Technology
Quantitative Measures in Industrial Operations Management
As part of your studies, you will have the opportunity to work on various projects and put your knowledge directly into practice. Possible current project topics are, for example:
AI in the preparation of offers
Development of individualized chatbots
AI in production planning
Guideline for the economic efficiency of digital twins
Prototype of an energy twin
Smart routing in production
Intelligent autonomous factory – smart factory
The Master's degree program can be completed full-time within three semesters or part-time. Employment of up to 50% at the Institute of Business Engineering or in industry is possible during the course in order to optimally combine theory and practice.
