Technology and Operations Management

• Choose a unique design-oriented programme with a strong focus on data-driven decision-making and a curriculum that balances design science with mathematical modeling and simulation methods.

• Develop insights into operational processes and socio-technical systems in logistics, manufacturing, services, energy, healthcare, and governance.

• Learn how to identify opportunities, analyze and diagnose operations-related problems, but also to design, develop, and evaluate solutions.
• Learn how to program with Python (no prior knowledge required) and use it for data processing and visualization as well as mathematical modeling and simulation.
• Benefit from courses on the latest technologies and their relationship with humans and artificial intelligence.
• Be the perfect bridge between engineering and business departments of organizations.
• Tap into our strong connections with companies and conduct your research project with an industrial partner.
• Engage in societal problems, ranging from sustainability, carbon emissions, and energy transition to healthcare economics, business ethics, and labour welfare. Did you know that the University of Groningen is the academic lead on an ambitious project to transform the Northern Netherlands into a hub of green hydrogen energy?
• The programme has been internationally accredited by the AACSB and EQUIS, ensuring a high-quality education, which only 1% of universities reach worldwide.

You graduate with a varied set of skills such as:

• Analytical skills: you know how to analyze data and information to understand technical systems and processes within their context
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills: you can come up with different designs to solve complex problems, and test the effectiveness of these designs using various quantitative techniques such as mathematical modeling and simulation
• Strategic decision-making skills: you make decisions on the most suitable design using various performance criteria, restrictions, and characteristics of the broader context of the system.

Our graduates can take on a large variety of roles in a diverse set of companies in the public and private sectors. For instance, you will be qualified for a career as an operations manager or data analyst in a production, distribution, or service environment as well as a consultant or project manager in the field of process improvement, innovation, and technology of products and processes.

Below are a few examples of common job titles and employers of our graduates:

• Accenture, Arriva, ASML, Belsimpel, EQUANS, Fokker, FrieslandCampina, Douwe Egberts, NS, Philips, Scania, Tata Steel, Van Oord, Yamaha
• Business Analyst, Consultant, Data Analyst, Logistics Manager, Maintenance Engineer, Material Planner, Mechanical Engineer, Operations Manager, Process Engineer, Production Planner, Project Manager, Quality Engineer, Supply Chain Manager.

Alternatively, you may opt for an academic career and start a career in research at a university (see also the Research Master programme).

The programme is strongly rooted in research-driven education, where students conduct interdisciplinary research projects in collaboration with professors and external partners on societally relevant topics such as healthy society, the economics of healthcare systems, digitalization, the impact of artificial intelligence in business and society, future prosperity and sustainability, climate change, and energy transition. From day one of your degree, you will be focused on making a real impact with research.

Our research has applications in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and logistics where common research themes such as smart industries, asset management, production and control, smart industries, inventory management, and sustainable energy supply, are tightly coupled with courses in our curriculum.

Research Institute related to the MSc programme: Operations Management & Operations Research .