MASTER’S DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

The Master’s Degree in Management Engineering (LM-31), which will be launched starting from the Academic Year 2024/2025, aims to train the professional figure of the Management Engineer for Digital Innovation. This professional is capable of responding to the growing need to activate and manage innovation processes through the analysis, design, and management of complex organizational projects and systems that integrate technology, economics, and organization.

The Master’s Degree in Management Engineering educates the Management Engineer who plays a central role in modern public and private companies, in line with the vision of Industry 5.0 which proposes the evolution of industrial processes and organizational innovation in terms of digital transformation, sustainable transition, and the centrality of humans in the organizational dynamics of value creation.

In 2021, the European Commission released the strategic orientation report titled “Industry 5.0: A Transformative Vision for Europe – Governing Systemic Transformations towards a Sustainable Industry,” which outlines the development guidelines for modern public and private organizations towards adopting the Industry 5.0 model. This development perspective, which builds on other guiding documents such as the 2019 “European Green Deal” and the 2020 “A New Industrial Strategy for Europe,” serves as a benchmark for understanding both the challenges of modern organizations and the need for developing new professional figures. This perspective is foundational and forms the informative basis considered in the design of the Master’s Degree in Management Engineering.

Master’s Degree in Management Engineering: Career Opportunities

The Master’s Degree in Management Engineering offers professional career opportunities primarily as managers and designers of the development of processes and products/services of companies in both the public and private sectors. This is possible thanks to the acquisition of in-depth knowledge in the management of organizational systems, governing technological and organizational transformation projects, managing informational and industrial systems, and the course’s strong scientific-engineering background, focused on digital and sustainable change.

The Management Engineer also has the opportunity to find employment in any work environment characterized by complex processes where the application of new technologies, technological innovation management, entrepreneurial skills, and sustainability are crucial. This makes the Specialist Degree in Management Engineering suitable for various industrial sectors.

Management Engineering: Specifics of LUM’s Master’s Degree

The Master’s Degree in Management Engineering program meets the need to complete the educational cycle for students who have graduated in the Bachelor’s Degree in Management Engineering L-9 and aims to meet the demand from the workforce for a professional figure capable of managing digital transformation processes and sustainable transition of modern organizations.

The distinguishing factors of the Master’s Degree in Management Engineering at our University are related to the specific professional profile it aims to develop. The Management Engineer who obtains the degree possesses competencies such as:

• analytical tools for modeling and engineering business and industrial processes;
• statistics;
• data management and analytics;
• project management;
• management of interdisciplinary work groups with cross-functional skills in complex contexts.

Additionally, they are able to manage innovation and change processes, being capable of conceiving and implementing technology transfer strategies and projects of digital transformation, analyzing and designing business and production processes based on the utilization and integration of new technologies. They can assess the technical and economic feasibility of possible digital transformation solutions, promoting those oriented towards product and process sustainability as well as overall organizational system sustainability.

To meet the need for training a professional figure aligned with the demands of the workforce who knows the methodologies and tools for managing technological and sustainable development initiatives in companies, the Master’s Degree in Management Engineering integrates laboratories for digital entrepreneurship, modeling and simulation, and optimal control of dynamic systems. Moreover, the study program in the second year includes carrying out training internships that can also be done in collaboration with companies that have been consulted and involved in the educational plan design process, and with whom collaboration agreements have been signed.

The Study Program will make use of collaboration agreements signed by the LUM University with numerous European universities to activate and support student mobility abroad within the Erasmus programs.

Graduates in Management Engineering LM31 can continue their studies within the educational offerings of LUM University, gaining access to the Doctoral Program or the Second-level University Master’s courses activated by the LUM School of Management.

How to Access the Master’s Degree in Management Engineering?

Admission to the Master’s Degree in Management Engineering at LUM University is based on the evaluation of curricular requirements (academic career) and personal preparation. Admission is granted to those who have acquired at least one of the following titles:

• bachelor’s degree;
• three-year university diploma;
• master’s degree;
• equivalent degree or title acquired abroad and recognized as suitable.

It is also necessary to have earned at least 30 ECTS in basic educational activities and 30 ECTS in educational activities in the characterizing areas established for the Class of Degree L-9 “Industrial Engineering.” Knowledge of the English language at level B1 is required.

Study Tracks

Master’s in Management Engineering A.Y. 2024/2025

The educational path of the Master’s Degree in Management Engineering is structured over two years and includes disciplines related to Digital Transformation, Smart Industry, the development of innovative products, management control, design thinking, data analysis, and visualization. Additionally, the study program includes subjects related to electronics and applied robotics for production management, the utilization of digital technologies and advanced automation. During the second year of the program, students can choose courses consistent with their professional profile to further characterize it. Furthermore, in the second year, students undertake training internships and prepare their final examination.