Area
Interdisciplinary
Sub-Discipline
Interdisciplinary
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
The overall objective of the Master's Program in Industrial Engineering is to train professionals capable of innovating in business management practices and the creation of new businesses, from the perspective and approaches of industrial engineering and quantitative methodologies, thereby enabling the effective transfer of knowledge and technology to the business sector. Additionally, specific objectives are defined that contribute to achieving the program's purpose: to strengthen the connection between the professors of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering and the Chilean business world, thereby formalizing closer collaborative ties with the business sector; and to share with students the research topics applied to the Chilean business world conducted by many of the program's professors, thereby strengthening collaborative ties with the business sector.
Applicant Profile
The MII UC is aimed at both engineering graduates seeking advanced training in management and other professionals involved in management who require a complementary perspective aligned with current needs. Professionals applying to the MII UC must meet the following minimum requirements established by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile: Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualification; at least three years of professional experience; and a good level of English (reading comprehension).
Graduate profile
The MII UC graduate is characterized by their analytical, comprehensive, and quantitative vision, and will be equipped to become a leader in applying the most modern methodologies in business management, from an industrial engineering perspective. Graduates of the program will be able to: work in multidisciplinary teams and communicate effectively both orally and in writing; adapt to new work environments and approach complex engineering problems with a set of specialized and modern technological and management tools; manage a diverse range of companies with a solid foundation for a quantitative approach, within the framework of Industrial Engineering; integrate approaches to decision-making problems from Operations Research, Applied Economics, and Finance with areas specific to Organizational Management such as Organizational Behavior, Strategy, and Marketing; and lead change processes within companies and efficiently manage diverse teams (managerial skills).
Lines of investigation
The MII UC is a professional master's program; therefore, its areas of development are related to the three historical disciplinary lines of research of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, to which the core faculty of the Program belong: Operations Research and Management: This line encompasses the disciplines of operations research and operations management, which are strongly interrelated. Operations research can be defined as the discipline concerned with the application of advanced analytical methods to improve decision-making. Operations management, on the other hand, is concerned with the management of an organization's productive resources and services. Economics and Finance: This line encompasses two areas that are also interrelated. Economics is the discipline that studies resources, wealth creation, and the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services to satisfy human needs. Finance, for its part, studies the acquisition and management of money and capital, that is, financial resources, including how economic agents (companies, households, or the government) should make investment, savings, and spending decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Organizational Management and Behavior, Strategy, Marketing, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship: This line of research brings together various disciplines related to human behavior. Organizational management focuses on how to manage human resources within an organization to align them with its strategy, where the development of leadership, teamwork, communication, and negotiation skills, among others, is fundamental. Strategy refers to how organizations should design and execute their plans to achieve their objectives, and even how these objectives should be defined. Marketing, on the other hand, studies the processes of creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for consumers, clients, partners, and society in general. Finally, innovation and entrepreneurship correspond to the development and introduction of new or improved products, processes, equipment, or services into the market, organization, or society.
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