Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Sustainable Mobility Analytics)

The Sustainable Mobility Analytics programme integrates entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the curriculum and has been launched to train our future innovators and change-makers in urban transport and mobility.

The track is organised in collaboration with the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and is accessible only to students pursuing a double-degree through either the MSc Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions (SUMT) programme or the MSc Smart Mobility Data Science and Analytics (SMDSA) programme offered by the EIT Urban Mobility Master School.

Students spend each year at a different partner university (Ghent University, TU Eindhoven, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, UPC Barcelona, the University of Tartu, and the University of Lisbon) and graduate with two officially recognised Master of Science degrees from each of the two universities where they carried out their studies. They are also awarded the EIT Label certificate by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

EUR-ACE® Master + CTI

EUR-ACE® Master (EURopean ACcredited Engineering Master)

The EUR-ACE label was accredited to this programme by the Commission des titres d’ingénieur (CTI), under the auspices of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE).

EUR-ACE® is a framework and accreditation system that provides a set of standards that identifies high-quality engineering degree programmes in Europe and abroad.

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Master's Programme
2 year 120 credits
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
English
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What

This Master’s programme combines the core disciplines of Industrial Engineering and Operational Research. Industrial Engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with analysing, designing and optimising complex operational systems. The set of the mathematical tools these engineers rely on for designing operational systems is known under the term Operations Research.

Sustainable Mobility Analytics aims to improve urban mobility in our cities and around the world. This requires not only the improvement of transport infrastructure but also a system approach towards a better planning, execution and operation. Today, new data coming from smartphones or intelligent transport systems are becoming available. As we continue to urbanise and gather more data on our mobility patterns and urban systems, the challenge is not simply the amount of data, but also how to manage it, critically understand its quality, and utilise it to support decision-making on our cities’ most pressing challenges.

There is an expanding need to forge a new generation of engineers, capable of analysing complex flows and relations in an urban environment and extracting meaningful insights. Such work is critical to support cities’ strategic decisions and push towards a more sustainable future, centred on efficient resource use, a clean environment, equitable citizen engagement, and a healthy, low-carbon society. The Sustainable Mobility Analytics programme is designed in an interdisciplinary fashion to analyse, start and manage new and emerging transport and mobility technologies and services for citizens and logistics.

Remarks

Note: students need to submit two parallel applications, both at UGent and at the EIT Urban Mobility Master School. Only students accepted for both applications, will receive a letter of admission for this programme.

For whom

The Sustainable Mobility Analytics programme is organised in collaboration with the EIT Urban Mobility Master School. It integrates entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the coursework and has been launched to train our future innovators and change-makers in urban transport and mobility.

Structure

The track is a double degree programme. You will spend each year at a different university - the “entry” university (first year) and the “exit” university (second year). You will be able to choose from leading European universities in the field of urban mobility: Ghent University, TU Eindhoven, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, UPC Barcelona, the University of Tartu, and the University of Lisbon. Graduating students will be awarded two Master’s degrees, one from each university where they carried out their studies. Moreover, the programme is designed so that students attain a certificate awarded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

The programme consists of a general module, main subject modules, elective course units, and a Master’s dissertation. The track has integrated technical content and business content (on Innovation & Entrepreneurship). The general module contains thirty credits of course units that cover the core competencies of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. The main subject modules cover thirty credits of specialist course units in the discipline of Sustainable Mobility Analytics. Through thirty credits of elective course units, students can further deepen and/or broaden their knowledge and skills in technical and non-technical subjects. In the Master’s Dissertation, students conduct academic research in close collaboration with a company or organisation in transport or mobility.

Between the first and second year, students will participate in a Summer School applying new skills to two different cities in Europe, with all students active in the EIT Urban Mobility Master School.

Labour Market

You will have a wide range of career opportunities, within the public and private sector, as well as the business know-how to start your own business or conduct rigorous research.