| 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 master's degree program with a focus on quality, environmental, energy, occupational health and safety, and IT security management systems is so far unique in Germany! We attach great importance to a very practical education: You will have to prove your knowledge in project work in companies already during your studies. We make you fit for current tasks concerning management systems in companies, whether large or small, producing or providing services. Companies need well-trained specialists in this field.
You also want to go abroad during your studies? No problem, we have a double degree with ITMO University in St. Petersburg.
You work and want to study part-time? Then take advantage of our study option KIADirekt . This is a dual, 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.
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):
Specialization or field of study
Elective modules summer semester
Compulsory elective modules (at least 1 module):
Specialization or field of study
Elective modules winter semester
Master's thesis
Specialization or field of study
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:
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:
We are now also offering our student advisory service via WhatsApp. Just send us a message to: 0173 2086748
