Production Engineering and Management KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Overview

The Production Engineering and Management programme from KTH Royal Institute of Technology provides a strong foundation to become a professional with knowledge in both engineering and management aspects of production and their interaction. 

The engineering side includes operation and integration of manufacturing technology, automation, maintenance and quality aspects, production development tools, and methods as well as software. The management side covers systematic decision-making, operations strategy, planning, control and management of resources that are essential for achieving a sustainable production environment. 

The programme emphasizes on both theoretical knowledge and applied skills which are covered through project course, individual and group assignments/projects, individual and group laboratory works, industrial visits. Furthermore, to maintain relevance to the state-of-the-art industrial developments and research, leading researchers and industrial professionals are invited to share their knowledge with our students. The educational activities and the structures promote self-learning, trains students how to communicate effectively with different stakeholders, and generates a study environment that provides an equal learning opportunity.

Career

• As production is global, graduates from our programme will be able to find positions as technical specialists, production developers, production engineers, production managers or consultants in various production fields, all over the world.
• During the studies, students also have limited possibilities to engage in research and other types of work at KTH as research and teacher assistant as well as a student representative.