Wirtschaftsingenieur FH: Study, training, further education, overview of providers, self-test

In der Schweiz ist ein Studium zum Wirtschaftsingenieur ausschliesslich an einer FH, nicht an einer Universität oder anderen Ausbildungsstätte möglich.

Industrial engineering responsibilities and competencies are common after industrial engineering UAS:

• Management of individual divisions
• Professional skills
• Leadership skills

An industrial engineer at a university of applied sciences usually performs the following tasks:

• work at the interface between business administration and technology
• work in industrial and service companies as well as in public administrations
• take on demanding project management functions and lead employees
• Bring in systematic thinking
• Understanding of business processes
• Designing and optimizing products and processes
• Work in process controlling, product management, production technology and industrial engineering or logistics

The specializations in the industrial engineering FH course are different at each university of applied sciences. Possible specializations for the Diploma in Industrial Engineering FH are: Business Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Strategic Resource Management, Service Engineering and Marketing, Production Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Process Controlling, Production Technology and Processes, Product Management, Business Engineering and Operations Management.

As a rule, students only decide to study industrial engineering during the course of their FH degree program.
for a specialization after they have completed their basic studies. The individual universities will inform you about the exact regulations.

The Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management takes six semesters in the standard period of study, and correspondingly longer for part-time and part-time students.

The following requirements exist for an FH in Industrial Engineering and Management (Fachhochschule Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen):

• Completion of three years of basic vocational training in a field related to the field of study with a technical, commercial or design vocational baccalaureate

Or

• High school diploma and one year of work experience in a field related to the field of study

Or

• High school diploma and internship contract with a company (for practice-integrated Bachelor's degree program)

An einigen Fachhochschulen ist es möglich, ein Bachelorstudiengang zum Wirtschaftsingenieur FH berufsbegleitend zu absolvieren, jedoch nicht an allen.

After the federally recognized diploma "Bachelor of Science FH in Industrial Engineering and Management", the following options are available:

• Master's degree at a university of applied sciences, e.g. Master of Science in Engineering (MSE), Master of Science (MSc) in Business Information Systems or in Business Administration
• Various postgraduate courses