Master Programme in Resource Recovery – AI Enhanced Supply Chain Management 120 hp

Sustainable development and increased competitiveness 

This Master’s programme is for those who want to contribute to sustainable development by working within more stringent environmental and traceability requirements. The programme gives you knowledge about how companies increase their competitiveness through supply chain management. It will also prepare you to work with skills linked to the application of AI in order to understand and manage complex problems.

Our programme in short

You will study and practice how to manage supply chains across multiple industries in a sustainable way and you will learn how to analyse, describe, and design supply chains in relation to specific targets. 

The programme also gives you insights into how AI and numerical methods contribute tools that are crucial in both research and practice within industrial engineering. These tools give you the possibility to understand, describe, and optimise supply chains. 

Programme structure

In the first term, you will acquire broad competencies regarding the present state and future directions of the field of resource recovery. The first term entails an exploration of methodological knowledge, including life cycle analysis and research methodology, and provides an overview of current regulatory frameworks, economic circumstances, and business models. 

During the second term, the programme focuses on courses related to the sustainable management of supply chains in the textile and fashion industry, theory of logistics and supply chains, and the optimisation of complex systems. It also gives insights into AI and numerical methods within industrial engineering. 

Lastly, the programme includes a year-long degree project yielding 60 ECTS credits, wherein you will investigate an area of your particular interest in depth. It is also possible to do a degree project yielding 30 ECTS credits by taking additional elective coursework relevant to the programme.

Career Opportunities

This educational programme gives you broad competence that prepares you for professional roles linked to supply chains, product development, and sustainability issues at manufacturing or transport companies. 

The programme will also make you a global community builder with the knowledge necessary to take on challenges and to set up professional networks in the area of sustainable supply chain management.