MASTER OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING – MBE

WITH SPECIALIZATION IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

The Master Business Engineering:Who is the course intended for?

Have you already successfully completed your Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or (business) informatics and are now looking for a new challenge? The Master’s in Business Engineering prepares you to work at the interface between business and engineering and to use the digital transformation to make companies fit for the future.

Learn to tackle economic problems with the analytical skills of an engineer – and discover how digital technology can help to sustainably improve projects, processes and products.

Note: To study at SMT, you need a partner ­company

To study at SMT, you need a partner company where you can complete a company-relevant project as part of your studies. This is possible without changing jobs at your current employer. Are you at the start of your career? Then you can find a suitable company through our partner, the SCMT. You can find relevant vacancies here – SCMT job exchange.

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What you learn in theMaster of Business Engineering

Regardless of whether your Bachelor’s degree focused primarily on engineering, computer science or economics: In the Master’s in Business Engineering, you will use your expertise as a basis for developing into an interdisciplinary specialist and manager. Under the guidance of our experts, you will learn to combine economics and modern business management with digital technology in order to use digitalization as an opportunity for strategic organizational development.

During your Master’s degree, you will set the course for your career within specific business areas or sectors – or develop into an all-round talent in technology transfer and the associated strategic corporate transformation (business engineering) thanks to your holistic view of interrelationships within the company.

More transfer

Put what you have learned directly into practice in your company. The Project Competence Study Program® provides you with exactly the know-how that will help you in practice.

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With the SMT eCampus, you receive important content for individual preparation before the seminar and have flexible and mobile access at any time.

More practice

Whether you are starting your studies as a young professional or an experienced specialist, our experts will help you.

More coaching

For us, you are not just a student number. During your integrated degree course at SMT, you will be supported by our lecturers from science and business.

The Master’s in Industrial Engineering and Managementat a glance

General information about the Master Business Engineering

As part of the practice-oriented SMT Project Competence Study Program®, you will learn to use sound business knowledge as the basis for digital transformation. The course-related work on an authentic problem from everyday business life enables you to put your technical know-how and management skills to the test in practice. You will also spend two periods abroad in Europe, Asia or the USA, which will prepare you for working in intercultural teams and international companies.

  • Academic degree

    State-recognized degree »Master of Business Engineering (MBE)«

  • Language of instruction and examination

    German, English

  • Start of studies

    2x per year (spring and fall) / entry into the project company possible at any time

  • Study period

    The standard period of study comprises a total duration of 24 months

  • Learning locations

    Berlin, Stuttgart

  • Stays abroad

    2 stays abroad during your studies (e.g. with partners in Europe, Asia and the USA)

The unique SMT study model

What do we expect from the Master’s in Business Engineering? Knowledge for practice. For this reason, the Project Competence Study Program ® at SMT combines maximum practical orientation with the latest scientific findings. This creates three basic building blocks for your studies at the interface of business and engineering:

Studying at SMT is only possible in combination with a company. If you already have both feet on the career ladder and want to develop your skills without changing jobs, our Professional Education Program is just right for you. If you are at the beginning of your career path and are looking for new challenges, our Fellowship model offers the right solution. Through our partner, the SCMT, you will find a suitable company where you can work as a fully-fledged project employee. Under the following link you will find further information on the project competence study program, application process and more.

Project

In the Master’s in Business Engineering, 85% of your time will be spent working in a company. This allows you to put theoretical knowledge into practice in order to analyze authentic company structures and problems – and use your know-how to help improve real projects and products.

Competence

When knowledge meets professional practice, competence is created that contributes significantly to increasing your market value as an interdisciplinary specialist and manager. The Master’s in Business Engineering therefore also offers you numerous opportunities to expand your skills profile beyond the specialist content, from experience abroad to personal development.

Study

In the Master’s in Business Engineering, you will not only develop into an expert in business and technology, but also learn what constitutes productive knowledge transfer. Together with our experts from research and business, you will build up the necessary knowledge for this – with a practical orientation based on current research and best practice.

Admission requirements for the Master’s in Business Engineering

The Master’s in Business Engineering is designed as a non-consecutive degree course, so you can enter from a variety of disciplines. Ideally, you will have completed a Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or computer science, but other subject combinations are also possible depending on your previous knowledge and aptitude.

Have you already decided to do a Master’s in Business Engineering, but are still looking for an employer for the practical part of your Project Competence® course? On the SCMT job board you will find job offers from companies from a wide range of industries where you could implement a project during your studies. – Continue to the SCMT job exchange.

  • Application for the Project Competence Study Program® via www.eis-scmt.com
  • Very good to good degree (university, FH, DH)
  • Very good knowledge of German and English
  • Successfully completed application process
  • Challenging project in a partner company (cooperation with one of our partners or with your current employer)
  • As a rule, practical professional experience of no less than one year is required following the first professionally qualifying university degree. If the practical professional experience is less than one year, this practical professional experience can be compensated by additional proof of performance. Please contact us for more information.

Core content of the Business Engineering degree program

The Master’s in Business Engineering deepens your knowledge in the areas of business administration and technology, but also lays the foundation for your qualification as a manager of the future. The foundation modules therefore focus on the basics of modern corporate management on the one hand and on process, project and change management as catalysts of digital transformation on the other.

  • Project­management

    Project management methods and processes – Phases of project management – Information systems in project work – Trends in project management

  • Innovation­management

    Strategic innovation management – Design of innovation processes and structures in the company – Corporate entrepreneurship and digital intrapreneurship

  • Strategic corporate ­management

    Systems theory of corporate management – Market-oriented strategies – Resource-oriented strategies

  • Interrelationships between the economic and engineering sciences

    Fundamentals of economics and engineering – operations research – process optimization and control

  • Customer Success Management

    Customer Success Management Strategy – in Customer Success Management

  • Change management and reengineering

    Instruments of change management – change and innovation ­management

  • Digital business ­models

    Digital maturity models in practice – UX design and design thinking

  • Digital Supply Chain Management

    Digital transformation and supply chain management – Dynamics in value chains – Automation

  • International Management

    Introduction to international business management – International marketing strategies – International trade and efficiency effects

  • Inter­cultural competence

    Dimensions of interculturality – intercultural competence in the company – intercultural communication

Specialization – Technology­management in the Master Business Engineering

The specialization modules in the Master’s in Business Engineering will familiarize you with current trend topics in the field of digital technologies – and the associated opportunities and challenges for digitalization. In addition to technical issues, the focus is therefore also on your management skills. From Customer Success Management and Supply Chain Management to International Management, the specialization modules will prepare you to take on responsibility for employees, value creation processes and change in the company as a manager.

  • Technology Management, Technology Foresight & Scouting

    Technology Foresight – Future Thinking – Technology Scouting

  • Robotics

    Control and regulation of industrial robots – Robot programming

  • Virtual and Augmented Reality

    Basics of optics – Visualization techniques – Tracking

  • Data science and artificial intelligence

    AI methods – Machine learning – Data science – Process

  • Cyber-Physical Production Systems and Industry 4.0

    Digitization and Industry 4.0 – Concepts, methods and IT support in the context of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS)

  • Industrial Internet

    Definition of Industrial Internet and international trends – process models and methods for designing CPS and IIoT

  • Customer Success Management

    Basics of Customer Success Management – Implementation and organization of Customer Success Management in the company

  • Digital Supply Chain Management

    Operational and Strategic Digital Supply Chain Management – E-Logistic – Global Supply Chain Networks

  • Production planning and control and smart factory

    Factory planning – Production control – Smart Factory

  • International Management

    International marketing strategies and business relations – intercultural management

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Study with perspective:How the Master’s in Business Engineering paves your career path

The Master’s in Business Engineering not only provides comprehensive specialist knowledge in the field of digital technology, but also combines this with management and leadership tasks in everyday business life. In this way, you will sharpen your awareness of previously untapped potential and at the same time learn to take responsibility for the strategic restructuring of a wide range of business areas.

As an interdisciplinary degree course, the Master’s in Business Engineering also qualifies you to work in a wide range of business and corporate areas and enables a variety of specializations: Wherever digital technologies are used, you can use your technical know-how and leadership skills to help optimize structures, processes and products.

  • IT SOLUTION ARCHITECT(M/F/D)

    • E-Commerce
    • IT-Service

    Modern companies are highly complex systems that require an equally complex IT architecture to ensure optimal workflows. As an IT Solution Architect, you develop software solutions that are precisely tailored to requirements – either as an in-house expert or as an external consultant. You will use the overview of tasks and processes in the various divisions that you gained during your Master’s degree in Business Engineering to analyze existing structures, conduct strategic requirements management and design a holistic IT infrastructure that benefits all users.

  • HR BUSINESS PARTNER (M/F/D)

    • Salesforce
    • SAP

    As an HR Partner, you will lead the company’s HR department into the digital working world of the future. You will use your keen eye for optimization potential to streamline and improve HR processes, from recruiting and onboarding to long-term personnel development. Thanks to your expertise in the field of digital technology, you will also be the point of contact for employees, the works council and management for all questions relating to digitalization in everyday working life.

  • PROJECT MANAGER (M/F/D)

    • Automotive
    • Salesforce

    Whether supply chain management, change management or software development: modern project management requires strategic vision – and a keen sense of how digital technologies can contribute to improving workflows. At the same time, leadership skills are also particularly in demand here, because as a project manageryou stand between the project team and management, you arebotha mediatorand a manager. This makes it all the more convenient that you can prepare yourself for precisely these tasks in the Master’s in Business Engineering, from the basic project management module to independently managing a study project in the company!

Specializations, salary and network:What sets our Master’s in Business Engineering apart

With the Master’s in Business Engineering, you don’t have to choose between theory and practice, further education and professional experience. Quite the opposite: the SMT Project Competence Study Program® enables you to gain a foothold in professional life alongside your studies and hit the ground running immediately afterwards.

If you have already mastered your career entry after your Bachelor’s degree, you can now integrate the Master’s in Business Engineering into your existing career. If, on the other hand, you are still at the beginning of your career path, the fellowship model offers you the opportunity to carry out the study project in one of our partner companies. In this way, you can start your career alongside your studies with the experts from SMT at your side.

This close integration of theory and professional practice not only accelerates your development as a specialist, but also enables you to remain financially independent during your studies. All tuition fees are paid by the company in which you carry out the project – and as you contribute to mastering real challenges in the company with the study project, you will of course also receive a salary for this.

Figures from ourAlumni studies

  • 99%

    Better career opportunities after graduation

  • 53%

    work in higher management positions

  • 85%

    receive an offer for a permanent position

What our alumni say about theirBusiness Engineering study program

  • Diego Ruch

    The two years of PKS were varied: project work in the company and short study blocks in Germany and abroad. I had more responsibility in my job than I had imagined as well as unusual and varied tasks during my studies.

A strong partnership for yourBusiness Engineering studies

We know what will help you progress in your studies and career. The SMT team combines the latest scientific findings with many years of practical experience for you. For teaching that will enrich your professional practice in the long term.

You will also benefit from the SMT network and our more than 100 partner companies and educational partners in the Master’s in Business Engineering. In addition, our supervisors will accompany and support you personally as you work on your study project.

Overview of all partners

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