Curriculum and Majors

BSc in industrial engineering and management

During the first year of studies, students acquire in-depth knowledge of mathematics and physics, basic knowledge of the principles of programming, and basic knowledge in the fields of industrial engineering and management, including information systems.

During the second year, the foundation courses are joined by more specialized courses such as optimization methods, research operations, analysis and characterization of information systems, and software engineering. Students delve into the disciplines of statistics, the organization, and economics.

During the third year, students delve into the areas that an industrial engineer handles, including management and operation of production systems, simulation, databases, and project management. Students also choose one of the two majors:

• Entrepreneurship and innovation in processes, products, and services or
• ​Information system engineering.

The majors are composed of advanced courses in which students gain hands-on experience in the department’s labs.

During the fourth year, students perform the final project, which brings together the theoretical knowledge and the practical tools to implement it that students acquired throughout studies for the degree. For the final project, which is conducted in cooperation with a wealth of organizations, companies, and industrial firms, the students identify and define a problem or challenge that the organization wishes to solve or improve. With the guidance of the organization’s management and employees, the students learn about the organization and its goals, and with the help of lecturers and mentors from the department, they identify and map the weak points and the possibilities to solve them. Finally, the students offer practical engineering options to resolve the selected issues based on the skills, knowledge and tools they acquired during their studies.

Majors 

During the third year of studies, the students select one of the two majors, completing a series of advanced courses in an applied field (*the major may have prerequisites):

Entrepreneurship and innovation in processes, products, and services

The major in entrepreneurship and innovation in processes, products, and services focuses on tools that take an encompassing systemic look and the integrative application of organizational processes, particularly processes in the field of production engineering, service engineering and supply chain, and tools to lead entrepreneurial processes within and beyond the organization. The subjects covered include innovation within an organization, business entrepreneurship and technological innovation, applying research in industry, logistics, strategy, data mining, and new product development.

A variety of employment opportunities await engineers who complete this major. They include managing, planning, and supervising production, organization, and methodology; supply management; planning and characterization of systems; enterprise resource planning(ERP); information systems included in resource planning for an organization; project management in a variety of fields in all sectors of the economy; characterization and construction of customer service centers; technology management; and more.

Information System Engineering

Information systems are a central and critical tool for managing organizational systems. This is a branch which is in high demand and the knowledge in it is an inseparable part of the work of an industrial engineer and manager. This major prepares students to perform the final applied project in information systems and is composed of courses on decentralized information systems, methods and applications of data mining, data communications and internet systems, including a course on developing mobile phone applications.

Alumni of this major are prepared to serve in a variety of key roles at an organization: system analysts, particularly data systems; programmers and database managers; software quality insurance engineers; system operators; support and guidance engineers; and more.

The Final Project