About the Department

The time in which contextual society asserts its dominance over information and post-industrial society requires specific competencies and skills to manage work processes, which are acquired through educational procedure at the Department of
Industrial Engineering and Management, under the given settings carefully coordinated process of research, education and its application in the economy, development, design, organization and management.

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management have evolved from the Department of Industrial Production Advancement which was established in 1960 as a part of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Novi Sad. Prof. Dragutin Zelenović obtains the greatest credit for its academic establishment. Today, it is one of the most important departments at the Faculty of Technical Sciences with over ninety employees and the largest number of students on study programmes that are organized.

Since the establishment of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management the degrees are obtained by 951 engineers, 1.629 engineer - Master, 147 Master of Science, 104 Doctor of Science, 140 MBA and 134 professional Specialist.
A large number of graduate students from the Department now work in small, medium and large systems, but also in their own companies in a very responsible position, which is a sufficient indicator of successful educational activity of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.

Studies

Three different study programmes are organized and carried out at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management:

1. Industrial Engineering
2. Engineering Management
3. Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation

Studies at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad are divided into academic and professional studies. Academic studies are organized in three cycle degree studies.

FIRST CYCLE STUDIES - Undergraduate studies (Bachelor with Honours), that last four years (eight semesters), with the obligation to acquire 240 ECTS (European system of transferable credits), including the graduation thesis. During the registration procedure a student enrols one of three Study programmes:

Industrial Engineering – after enrolling the 4th year of studies a student chooses one of the following fields of study:

• System Design, Organization and Management;
• Automation of Work Process;
• Information-Management and Communication Systems;
• Quality and Logistics

Engineering Management – after enrolling the 4th year of studies a student chooses one of the following fields of study:

• Enterprise organization and management;
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship;
• Project Management;
• Investment Management;
• Information Management;
• Quality Management and Logistics;
• Risk and Insurance Management;
• Industrial marketing and media engineering;
• Human Resource Management.

Mechatronics - after enrolling the 4th year of studies a student chooses one of the following fields of studies:

• Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation
• Mechatronics in Mechanization

SECOND CYCLE STUDIES - Graduate academic Master’s studies, last one year (two semesters) and are the sequel of undergraduate studies (worth additional 60 ECTS). Upon completion, the student acquires a total of 300 ECTS. In addition to the study groups that are present at undergraduate academic studies, Department for Industrial Engineering and Management organizes three new study programmes: Development and Product Lifecycle Management, Advanced Engineering Technologies and Logistic Engineering and Management that are developed within the international Tempus projects.

THIRD CYCLE STUDIES - Doctoral studies last three years (six semesters with a total of 180 ECTS) and they are open to applicants who have gained 300 ESTC during their prior education in the appropriate fields. Doctoral studies are organized through three study programmes: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and Mechatronics.

SPECIALIST ACADEMIC STUDIES last three semesters and upon the graduation student acquires 90 ECTS. The studies are organized through two study programmes: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Upon the completion of specialist academic studies a student is permitted to continue his higher education at doctoral studies. Student can also enrol in professional studies. Specialist professional studies are organized in the field of engineering management specializing in the field of E-Business, Human Resource Management, Public Relations, Controlling and Internal Audit, Insurance and Risk, Media Management, Investment Management, Actuarial and Management and Public Procurements. They last one year and upon graduation student obtains 60 ECTS.

Two-year international specialized studies in the field of Business Management - MBM - Master of Business Administration provides the necessary knowledge to solve specific problems of the business environment and raising competence in the field of management system and its elements. They are implemented in cooperation with UBI – United Business Institutes,
Brussels. Upon graduation, student obtains Joint Degree at the University of Novi Sad and United Business Institutes, with the actual 120 ECTS. Studies at the Department are supported by the platform of distance learning, which allows combined learning in class-rooms and laboratories, as well as through the Internet, which provides a high level of availability of teaching materials.

First students firm was formed at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, in order to establish a realistic environment in which students acquire knowledge and work experience (learning by doing) in real work processes.