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| Faculty: | Natural and Environmental Sciences in cooperation with the Faculties of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Social Sciences, Economics/Industrial Engineering |
| Location: | Zittau |
| Degree: | Master of Science |
| Standard period of study: | 3 semesters or 4 semesters (with propaedeutic semester) |
| ECTS credits: | 90 / 90+30 (with propaedeutic semester) |
| Enrollment for: | Summer semester Winter semester (propaedeutic semester) |
| Admission restriction: | None |
| Accreditation status: | accredited |
Our KIAdirekt model works like this:
Over the course of the year, there is an approx. 50/50 distribution of study and work time.
After 3 semesters, we have trained specialists and managers whose knowledge and skills are a perfect fit for the KIA company.
We are happy to support you in your search for a suitable practice partner.
Today, hardly any company can manufacture and sell products without having proof of a certified quality management system. Depending on customer requirements, legal requirements or internal company objectives, further management systems, such as an environmental, occupational health and safety, IT security or energy management system, are added.
All management systems are characterized by the fact that they follow the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle (PDCA) and require, for example, regular status analyses in the form of audits and checks, planning of targets and measures based on these, and the designation of responsibilities.
On the other hand, management systems refer to different topics and tasks: Quality management systems primarily to the fulfillment of customer requirements, environmental and energy management systems primarily to an improvement of resource efficiency, occupational health and safety management systems primarily to occupational safety and health protection of employees.
Students of the master's program "Integrated Management Systems" deal with the requirements of quality, environmental, energy and occupational health and safety management systems and examine how companies can optimize their processes in these areas through integrated management systems. Related topics, such as accompanying project management, auditing of management systems or reporting on achieved results are considered in the same way as the environmental policy-legal framework and issues of technical environmental protection, especially energy technology.
Our high application orientation is not only given by a project-oriented theory-practice-transfer module, but also by dealing with software applications in project and material flow management and the teaching of soft skills on issues of learning and change processes in organizations.
In our Master's program, we impart well-founded and practice-oriented knowledge in the following areas:
Environmental management systems and operational material flow management
Change and learning processes in organizations
Quality management systems/
Quality assurance
Compulsory elective modules (at least 1 module):
Compulsory elective modules (at least 1 module):
Master thesis
If you can provide evidence of equivalent competencies and skills acquired outside the university sector (e.g. qualifications as a management representative), modules can be recognized up to half of the credit points provided for the degree course.
In many modules, study-related projects with reference to your company are possible! At the beginning of each semester, let us know your wishes and requirements. On this basis, we will jointly determine the content, scope and duration of the accompanying projects.
After successfully completing the relevant modules, you will have the opportunity to acquire the following TÜV certificates from our cooperation partners, TÜV-Rheinland Akademie GmbH and TÜV-Rheinland CERT(R) GmbH*, at special conditions:
The following two periods should be planned for the full-time study phases at our university:
- mid-March to mid-July (4 months)
- early October to mid-February (4 months)
The periods in between and the entire third semester (Master's thesis) are available full-time for practical work in the company.
There is sufficient and inexpensive accommodation available at the university!
Applicants with a Bachelor's degree with the following characteristics are eligible for admission:
Our preparatory semester always starts in the winter semester. Here you have the opportunity to acquire the remaining 30 ECTS credits via a preparatory semester before the start of the Master's degree program. Further information can be found in the module catalog of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences.
Foreign applicants require the following language certificate: DSH at least level 1, TestDaf in all four parts at least level 3, Telc C1 Hochschule or another adequate certificate.
If you do not currently meet the language requirements, you can attend a language course (DSH course, 1 semester) at our Studienkolleg. At the time of application, you must provide proof of German language skills at level B1. You can find all the important information for your application here: Application for full-time studies
The standard duration of the course is one semester. No course fees are charged.
The Master's degree course in Integrated Management Systems provides students with sound, application-ready specialist knowledge in theory and practice in the fields of management systems and energy management/technology. Graduates of the course are qualified to take up the following positions:
Areas of employment after graduation can be found in the following areas:
Practice and theory are far apart? Not with us.
You want specialists and managers whose knowledge and skills fit your company? Then use the KIAdirekt study program to combine your company's know-how with our scientific findings. KIAdirekt is a part-time master's degree program in which your company and our university jointly train specialists and managers for their work in the field of management systems. Students remain employees of your company during their studies and are delegated to the university for their studies. The study program lasts 3 semesters and starts in the summer as well as in the winter semester. If you enroll in the winter semester, you will study the 2nd semester first and then the 1st semester. At KIAdirekt, your employees study in presence at the university during the semesters. During the lecture-free periods as well as during the master's semester, the students pursue their activities in your company.
Do you have specific questions about the management systems in your company? No problem: in many modules we can gear our project work to these.
We now also offer our student advisory service via WhatsApp. Just send us a message to: +49 173 2086748
