Master's in Management & Technology (MSc)

Overview

Managers increasingly need more than pure business know-how: they must understand how technical development and production processes are designed so they can assess situations and make well-founded decisions. As departmental boundaries fade in modern organisations, being able to communicate with and understand colleagues from different technical and scientific fields becomes crucial for effective leadership and strong on-the-job performance. This programme blends management education with technical and scientific perspectives to equip you for work at that intersection.

Taught in English and built on an interdisciplinary approach, the course enables you to drive innovation and take on tasks that span both management and technology. It is suitable whether you want to continue pursuing science and technology while building a management career, or you wish to supplement a business education with training in technology or the natural sciences. The structure is aimed at preparing you for professional roles that require both managerial skill and technical understanding.

Designed to meet students at different academic starting points, the programme brings applicants with interdisciplinary degrees and those from strictly management backgrounds to the same outcome: becoming capable business leaders who possess a solid grasp of relevant technical knowledge. For international students, this means gaining a competitive profile for roles that bridge departments, support cross-functional collaboration, and lead technological change in organisations.

Admission profile / Requirements

• Applicants with interdisciplinary undergraduate degrees that combine management and technology
• Applicants with a pure management/business background seeking technical grounding
• Applicants with a background in technology or the natural sciences who want to develop management skills
• Motivation to work at the interface of management and technology and to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries

Curriculum overview

This interdisciplinary MSc blends management and technology into a single, customisable programme. The course is built around two parallel cores — one in management and one in technology — each offering multiple specialisation paths. From the start you pick a management specialisation and a technology specialisation; beyond those core tracks you can choose electives from both areas to tailor your profile. The programme culminates in a research-based Master’s thesis in the final semester.

Key modules and learning outcomes

Core modules cover foundational and advanced topics in both management and technology, with additional elective modules to deepen domain-specific expertise or broaden your interdisciplinary competence. Students who enter with an engineering or natural sciences background may take a technical major for in-depth technical training; those without prior technical study can follow a technical minor to acquire essential engineering or science skills. Through the combination of specialised coursework, cross-disciplinary electives and the thesis project, graduates develop:

• Integrated managerial and technical problem‑solving abilities
• Subject-matter depth in an elected management and a technology specialisation
• Practical and research skills for industry or further academic work
• Flexibility to design a career-focused profile across innovation, operations, finance, IT and energy-related fields

Programme requirements (what you will do)

• Select one management specialisation from:
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Management & Marketing
  • Operations & Supply Chain Management
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Energy Markets
  • Life Sciences Management & Policy
  • Economics & Econometrics
• Select one technology specialisation (options depend on prior knowledge), for example:
  • Chemistry (minor/major)
  • Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (minor/major)
  • Mechanical Engineering (minor/major)
  • Informatics (minor/major)
  • Computer Engineering (minor/major)
  • Industrial Engineering (minor)
  • Sustainable Energies
• Depending on your bachelor’s background: pursue a technical major (deeper technical study) or a technical minor (foundational engineering/natural science skills)
• Complete electives in management and/or technology to shape your individual profile
• Produce and submit a Master’s thesis in the fourth semester demonstrating independent research or applied project work

Graduates are prepared for leadership and specialist roles that require both business judgement and technical literacy. Typical career paths include product and technology management, operations and supply chain roles, strategy and consulting for technology-driven firms, and positions in energy, life sciences, IT and engineering companies where cross-disciplinary coordination is essential.

The degree equips you to act as a bridge between departments — evaluating technical possibilities, shaping innovation strategies and leading interdisciplinary teams — making alumni attractive to employers seeking managers who understand both market and technical constraints.