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The Master's degree program Operations Management & Logistics lasts two years. Each year consists of 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).

In addition to electives offered at TU/e, you will have the opportunity to take electives abroad. Operations Management & Logistics deals with supply chains across the globe, and the program encourages your personal development in spending a term abroad. This will give you the opportunity to complement the learning at TU/e with specific additional learning. In addition, you will gain personal experience of working and studying in an international environment. The Department has a long record of research collaboration and student exchange with a wide range of universities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Either by taking elective courses at one of our partner universities or by doing a research internship, you will have the opportunity to benefit from these excellent international relationships.

The creditpoints are subdivided as follows:

First year:

• Compulsory courses: 65%
• Electives: 35%

Second year:

• Electives: 40%
• Preparation for thesis: 10%
• Master's thesis project: 50%

• The content of the courses: related to current research by finding additional literature and other academic sources
• Students conduct design projects, based on actual business processes, and relate this to the scientific literature
• Content placed in its original context contains various perspectives, including scientific controversies.
• Student reporting is not limited to the actual design assignment, but always reflects on the relative contribution of the various disciplines

Compulsory courses:

• Performance Enhancement (5)
• Management Accounting (5)
• Philosophy of Science (5)
• Research Design, Data Collection and Analysis (5)
• One out of two:
• Business Process Management (5)
• ICT Architectures of Enterprise Information Systems (5)
• One out of two:
• Modeling & Analysis of Manufacturing Systems (5)
• Supply Chain Operations Planning (5)

Electives:

• Marketing and Innovation
• Human Performance in Complex ICT-Enabled Systems
• Executable models (of logistic processes)
• Design of OPC systems
• Strategic Sourcing and Supply Management
• Technology and growth
• Human factors in system failure
• Evaluation of process standards, languages and systems
• Retail Operations
• Game Theoretic Application in Supply Chain Management

At the beginning of your second semester you will choose a specialization, which could for example be:

• Human Performance Management
• Quality and Reliability Engineering
• Information Systems
• Operations and Supply Chain Planning
• Management Accounting

The Master Thesis project is both a research and a design assignment where you are expected to apply the theories and skills you have developed in the program. Moreover, you are expected to contribute to new insights in the field of Operations Management & Logistics. Most students (>90%) choose to conduct their thesis work on-site, at a company, while some students prefer to conduct their thesis work on campus.