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

The programme on Sustainable Mobility Analytics is organized in collaboration with the EIT Urban Mobility Master School. It integrates entrepreneurship & innovation throughout the coursework and has been launched to train our future innovators and change makers in urban transport and mobility. The track is a double degree programme; you will spend one year each at two different universities to be chosen from UGent, TU/e Eindhoven, UPC Barcelona, POLIMI Milano and University of Tartu. 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 [EIT].

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

This Master 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 urbanize and gather more data about our mobility patterns and urban systems, the challenge is not simply the amount of data, but how we manage it, critically understand its quality, and utilize it for decision support on cities’ most pressing challenges. There is an expanding need to forge a new generation of engineers, capable of analyzing 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, centered 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 analyze, 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 programme on Sustainable Mobility Analytics is organized in collaboration with the EIT Urban Mobility Master School. It integrates entrepreneurship & 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 program. You will spend one year each at two different universities - the “entry” university (first master year) and the “exit” university (second master year). All choices are located at a leading university in Europe in the field of urban mobility: UGent, TU/e Eindhoven, UPC Barcelona, POLIMI Milano and University of Tartu. 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 courses, and a master dissertation. The track has integrated technical content and business content (on Innovation & Entrepreneurship). The general module contains 30 credits of courses that cover the core competences of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. The main subject modules cover 30 credits of specialist courses in the domain of Sustainable Mobility Analytics. Through 30 credits of elective courses, students can further deepen and/or broaden their knowledge and skills in technical and non-technical subjects. In the Master Dissertation, students perform 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 within 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.