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Executive Master Programs

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Table of ContentsOrganization and StructureOur Master Programs...Management of Product DevelopmentProduction and Operations ManagementGreen Mobility EngineeringEnergy Engineering and Management Service Management & EngineeringElectronic Systems Engineering & ManagementFinancial EngineeringManagement Modules in all ProgramsFaculty ProfileCooperation with IndustryLiving and Studying in KarlsruheStudent Voices Admission & Application

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Keyfacts of our M.Sc. Programs

Academic Degree

Upon successful completion of the Master Program students will be awarded a M.Sc. degree of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Language

The programs are in English. Foreign students are encouraged to take advantage of supplementary courses (for example German language classes).

Program Structure

The programs are run on a part-time basis with a program duration of 18 months. They are divided into 10 teaching u nits of 2 weeks, so called modules. The master thesis (4-6 months) is designed as an industrial pro ject supervised by the KIT.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor, Master, Diplom (University, Applied University, Corporate University)• 1-2 years of relevant work experience depending on Bachelor degree (recommen- ded > 3 years)• Corresponding job references• TOEFL score of at least 230 or 95 iBT

Costs

Tuition fees for one entire Master Program are 30.000 EUR including course materials.

Next Program Start

Intake 2013: March 2013Intake 2014: September 2014

International Department of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)HECTOR School of Engineering and ManagementSchlossplatz 1976131 Karlsruhe (Germany)Phone +49 (0)721-608-47880 Fax +49 (0)721-608-47882E-Mail [email protected] www.hectorschool.com

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The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and cutting-edge research. It is ideally prepared to offer practical, goal-orientated advanced training at a high scientific level. The overall integrated cooperation of the Departments of Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and the widely acclaimed Department of Economics and Business Engineering has led to the creation of 7 advanced executive degree programs now being offered at the HECTOR School, the Technology Business School of the KIT. These dual-track courses, which combine intensive training in management and engineering, ideally prepare high-potential professionals for strategic top management positions in industry. Graduates experience a quantum leap in their personal career with regard to responsibilities as well as monetary remuneration.

At the end of the 18-month executive Master Programs at the HECTOR School, participants obtain the internationally recognized »Master of Science« degree - a life changing education.

We welcome you to the challenge!

Continued innovation is an important fac-tor in maintaining the competitive advan-tage of companies and financial institu-tions in global markets. Hence, in addition of having cutting-edge business and tech-nological knowledge, innovation manage-ment is required for tapping research re-sults and translating them into innovative solutions for products. This increasingly becomes a deciding factor for the survival of a company.

The implementation of innovation management within a regular business environment creates one of the greatest challenges for executives today. Maintaining a corporate climate of learning and steady adaptability will be a key factor for success and will become more and more mandatory as an integral part of personnel development.

Providing supplementary comprehensive technical and business education for executives yields, therefore a competitive advantage and specific solution, can be found while also allowing for corporate personnel development. Successful managers need a profound understanding of both technological intricacies and their implementation within the added value network. Executives trained both as businessmen and as engineers are particularly destined to assume leadership positions in the global economy, due to their excellent education and resulting know-how.

More than ever before, it is important to combine the advantages of cost efficient production sites with local production net-works in order to perform better than com-petitors. Additionally, the ability to manu-facture tailor-made products for customers must be continuously optimized. Not only conglomerates, but also small and medium scale firms need to have global multi-site production, development and research ac-tivities. As a consequence, it is necessary to create instruments which allow project management in an international context. Cross-functional courses in Innovation Management, International Multiproject and Risk Management are unique in that sense that they provide state-of-the-art tools to plan, direct and control projects independent from their respective geo-graphical location and the uncertainties of foreign business environments.

Prof. Dr.-Ing Kai Furmans

Academic Director

Master the Challenge!

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Furmans

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Program Structure

Our seven different executive Master Programs are designed for working professionals. Intermittent periods of lectures are scheduled to allow participants to continue with demanding careers while acquiring new skills.

The programs start every 1 1/2 years, ei-ther in March or September, and last over a period of 18 months. The programs are di-vided into 10 intensive modules of 14 days, each alternating with monthly breaks. Each participant takes the same sequence of courses throughout the program and com-pletes it with a master thesis.

Teaching Structure

Our programs are more than typical MBA Programs, because they combine management and engineering topics. The primary goal is to enable young professionals to take a holistic approach when managing highly interdependent processes. Leadership for engineers in today’s fast changing and complex environment includes technological and organizational responsibilities and requires economical accountability and Human Resource Management know-how. Therefore, all programs share five Management Modules where the participants are provided with general knowledge in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Multiproject Management and International Law so they can consider commercial implications of business decisions.

HECTOR School provides seven different Master Programs. The Engineering Modules in the master specific field provide insight into the newest research

topics. They convey current and state-of-the-art methodology necessary to master the scope of innovative technologies. These engineering lectures also teach the theoretical background necessary to model and analyse key decision problems in manufacturing sites.

Workshops and case studies allow ample opportunity to explore the direct applications of the modules simulating the real business environment. The programs conclude with an independ ent master thesis which allows the participants to work on a research project reflecting their own company’s needs and its specific business environment. The final titel bestowed after having successfully completed the programs is the M.Sc. of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technolgy (KIT).

Masters for Engineers

> Part-time> Taught in English> Technology Expertise> Management Know How

HECTOR School of Engineering and Management offers a compre-hensive range of Executive Master Programs. The school – named after Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Hector, the co-founder of the software company SAP – is the Technology Business School of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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Green Mobility Engineering

Energy Engineering & Management

Service Management & Engineering

Electronic Systems Enginee-ring & Management

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Each program consists of 5 Manage-ment modules and 5 Engineering modules.

During the modules at the HECTOR School, lectures last from Mo - Fr from 8 a.m. to 17:15 p.m., with lecture blocks of 1 1/2 hours. Exams are written on the saturdays during the mo-dules, so that participants can return to their jobs with a clear head.

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Program Content of the Engineering modules

EM 1 Design & Validation Process and Information Systems for

Product Development

EM 2 Integrated Product Development

EM 3 Success Factors in Product Development

EM 4 Systems and Cases

EM 5 Multi-technological Systems and Workshops

Furthermore the following five Management Modules (MM) are part of the program:

MM1 Accounting & Contolling MM2 International Project Management

MM3 Finance & Marketing MM4 Human Resource Management MM5 Law and Contracts

An integrated approach towards efficient product development uses virtual engineering processes in order to design highly utilized machine elements and systems.

Product development is the process of entirely planning and prototyping novel technical systems. It ranges from finding the product profile to creating a concept, designing, making prototypes, and testing and validating these. The actual manufac-turing phase follows subsequently and is the second and final stage of the product creation process.

Thus, product development is certainly one of the core means of adding value in companies and is crucial for their success through innovation. Creativity and performance potential define the success of product development.

Working in the field of product development is a true challenge due to the enormous variety of requirements. However, it is also a great chance to achieve self-actualization and accomplish creative design.

Trends like mechatronics and customer individualization are making product development more and more complex. A new approach of going beyond the borders of various engineering domains such as computer science, electrical and mechanical

engineering will therefore be necessary. The three aspects of product development – systems, methods and processes – will be influenced and changed. Globalization and the market’s transparency lead to increased efficiency and innovation in product development.

A number of new challenges will appear in tomorrow’s product development, the center of attention of which will be engineers. These challenges make it interesting and exciting to be involved in product development and to investigate it as a technical and economic discipline.

Fig. 3: Many different power trains can be tested and simulated on the »Universal Power Train Test Bench«. Hard-ware in the loop is state of the art at the IPEK. Any driving condition can be simulated by the test bench.

Fig. 2: Prof. Albers is always in touch with science, industry and teaching.

MPD

Management of Product Development

Head of the IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, KIT

Program Director MPD

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Albert Albers

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Production and Operations Management is dealing with value creating production and services and its links to the other important value creating process which is product development and engineering. The master-specific modules are therefore focused on providing knowledge in the following areas:In the field of virtual engi-neering we highlight the basics of process model-ling, of benchmarking, the usage of IT as well as ba-sic approaches to prouct lifecycle management.

Production technology and systems introduces then to topics which shape the future of production in this world. Included are production systems, quality management and simulation which

are taught as tools and systems. Interna-tional Production is a core subject in which

Production & OperationsManagement

Fundamental concepts are conveyed for the analysis, for-mation, design and realization of innovative services and also for basic methods of screening the performance of a produc-tion industry.

Head of the Institute of Material Handling & Logistic Systems, for-mer endowed chair of Logistics H. Hübner Foundation, KIT

Academic Director HECTOR School

Program Director POM

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kai Furmans

Fig. 5: Automated Distribution Centers take centre stage in modern distribution structures.

we expect our students to perform excep-tionally and the lectures are therefore sup-plemented with lecturers from industry. Production sites are linked with suppliers

and markets by »supply chains« and the optimization of production networks and logistics systems has to be constantly pursued. The module deals with the influence of stochastic markets as well as technical systems in a networked combination of resources. We put an emphasis on a thorough understanding of the fundamental issues which govern production systems and supply chains.

Students will work in groups on case studies and thus apply their newly acquired knowledge to challenging problems. We want them to improve their leadership skills while in the same time reaching new levels in their professional skills.

POM

EM 1 Introduction Production and Operations Management

EM 2 IT Support of Production Systems

EM 3 Methods of Operations Management

EM 4 Networks of Supply and Production Systems

EM 5 Production and Distribution Systems


MM1 Accounting & Contolling MM2 Intern. Project Mgmt. MM3 Finance & Marketing

MM4 Human Resource Management MM5 Law and Contracts

Fig. 4: Car production

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Mobility matters for the human environ-ment. It consumes about one-third of all energy in a country such as the United States. And transport emissions strongly influence global warming and air quality. Thus, people naturally wonder whether we have a chance for ‘green mobility’ systems embedded in the environment so as to im-pose minimal disturbance of the climate and the environment.

Automotive companies worldwide are striving to develop vehicles that will allow us to save energy and protect our environment while staying mobile and independent. Therefore they have started to develop new technologies, new production methods and new ways to manage traffic information properly. To tackle those challenges requires globally thinking visionaries, engineers and managers that are able to combine competences in mechanical and electrical engineering with excellent know-how in economics, business management and law.

Therefore the GME master program has been designed as an interdisciplinary pro-gram centred around energy management and mechatronics for automotive applica-tions. It draws on the long engineering tradition in Karlsruhe where Carl Benz, the inventor of the automobile, has received his academic education. Today the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a worldwide landmark of engineering research and edu-cation.

Developing future “Green Mobility” products requires advanced technologies and production systems as well as an understanding of demand and supply in transportation markets.

With the completion of the program – having earned a M.Sc. of the KIT – participants are well positioned to fill this urgent demand for specialists and leadership positions in this rapidly growing field of “green” technologies and applications.

Green MobilityEngineering

Future mobility necessitates transport systems producing zero emissions. People will look after our environment, while moving hundreds of kilometers daily. This vision of ‚green mobility‘ requires engineers who are committed to follow that principle and develop new ‚green‘ techno-logies.

GME

EM 1 ICE, Power Train & Energy Storage

EM 2 Electrical Power Train

EM 3 Vehicle Driver Interaction

EM 4 Vehicle Traffic Interaction

EM 5 Success factors of Green Mobility


MM1 Accounting & Controlling MM2 Intern. Project Mgmt. MM3 Finance & Marketing


„To find the best solutions for future mobility, we need a holistic approach. We do not stop by developing a new vehicle concept and its components, but aim at integrated solutions by the multidisciplinar-ity of sciences.”

Head of the Institute of Vehicle Sci-ence & Mobile Machinery, KIT

Head of the Center of Automotive Research and Technology, KIT

Program Director GME

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Gauterin Fig. 7: Future in Green Mobility is already there.

Professorship Electrotechnical Institute , KIT

Program Director GME

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Doppelbauer

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EEM

EM 1 Renewables

EM 2 Thermal Energy Conversion

EM 3 Electricity Generation & Energy Conversion

EM 4 Smart Networks and Energy Distribution

EM 5 Energy Economics Additional Module: Nuclear Power Plants


MM1 Accounting & Controlling MM2 International Project Management

MM3 Finance & Marketing MM4 Corporate Innovation & Intrapreneurship

(ESADE Business School in Barcelona) MM5 Law and Contracts

In the near future, more than seven billion people worldwide will need to be supplied with energy. Industry and universities are challenged to develop innovative concepts for a safe, economically efficient, sustainable and environmental friendly energy supply.

Consumption of energy requires resources and has typically an effect on the environment. Many electric power plants burn coal, oil or natural gas in order to generate electricity for energy needs. While burning these fossil fuels produces a readily available and instantaneous supply of electricity, it also generates air pollutants and increases global warming by emission of CO2.

The large-scale use of renewable energy technologies could mitigate or eliminate a wide range of environmental and human health impacts of energy use and support

a long term sustainable energy availability. Renewable energy technologies include biofuels, solar heating and cooling, hydro-electric power, solar power, water- and wind power.

Since the sustainable availability of energy has become a significant factor in the per-formance of economy of societies, manage-ment of energy resources has become very crucial. Energy management involves uti-lizing the available energy resources more effectively that is with minimum incremen-tal costs. Most often energy management is the practice of using energy more effi-ciently by eliminating energy wastage or to balance justifiable energy demand with appropriate energy supply.

The executive Master Program Energy Engineering and Management targets to pave the way for an independent and sustainable energy system enabling a climate-neutral and sustainable energy supply.

Therefore it aims to enable the participants to successfully achieve commercialisation of innovations, i.e. new products, services and business ideas in the field of energy technology and energy management.

The program aspires to develop ideas and people - and thus an innovative and entre-preneurial culture - to warrant a new indus-trial wave based on energy technologies and services.

Energy Engineering & Management

„The transition of the global energy supply towards sustainability represents one of the grand challenges for mankind. Only well educated professionals with technical and entrepreneurial skills will be able to successfully meet this challenge and turn it into opportunities for new businesses.”

Head of Institute of Thermal Tur-bomachinery, KIT

Scientific Speaker KIT Energy Center

Director Rolls-Royce University Tech-nology Center in Karlsruhe

Program Director EEM

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Bauer

Fig. 9: Offshore windpark

Director of the Institute for Technical Physics, KIT

Program Director EEM

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mathias Noe

Managing the use of energy is key to industrial societies. The increasing use of energy has also brought with it a number of serious problems, some of which, such as global warming, present potentially grave risks to the world.

Fig. 8: Solar power

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ServiceManagement & Engineering

the experience of renowned KIT faculty. It will enable students to understand how

significantly modern ICT will shape the future service economy. At the same time, it will empower students to exploit these technologies to develop competitive and innovative service offerings and to drive the service-oriented transformation of businesses and business networks.

The ever increasing share of the service sec-tor, the strategic importance of ICT-based services for all types of businesses, and the tightened competition in the field, leads to a growing worldwide demand for highly qualified specialists in service management and engineering. With the completion of the program – having earned a M.Sc. of the globally well-known Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) –, participants are well positioned to fill this urgent demand for leadership positions in emerging and tradi-tional industries applying ICT-based service concepts.

In most developed countries, about two thirds of the economy already thrive on services. However, the journey into a truly service-led economy is just beginning: with the rapid strides in the development of information and communication technology, plenty of options are unfolding to co-create value with customers. Information-based services, individualized solutions and interactive cooperations will characterize tomorrow’s world – linking together agile, dynamic and global service

networks of providers and customers. Capturing the emerging opportunities requires globally thinking visionaries, engineers, and managers that are able to combine profound competence in information technology with excellent know-how in economics, management and law.

Therefore, the SME master program has been designed as an interdisciplinary program centred around ICT-based services. It draws on the long business engineering tradition in Karlsruhe and benefits from

SME provides methods and tools to drive innovation using ICT-based services.

»Information Technology for business success: Efficiency, reliability, flexibility and safety are key issues for information systems in the internet age. The program provides approved engineering methods for successful information systems model-ling, design and implementation.«

SME

EM 1 Information and Service Management

EM 2 Service Technologies

EM 3 Digital Services

EM 4 Business Processes and Software Engineering

EM 5 Regulations and Economics of Networks



MM4 Stochastic and Games MM5 Law and Contracts

Head of the Institute of Business Information Systems, KIT

Program Director SME

Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis

Fig. 11: Service is mandatory in IT.

Fig. 10: Connecting to the cloud

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The Master Program ‘Electronic Systems Engineering & Management’ is geared to industrial processes and methods of elec-tronic systems.

The program prepares participants for the adoption of on-going tasks, such as development and management of innovation and production processes. To that effect, the curriculum is comprised of technical, organizational and economic subjects and furthermore it provides a deep insight into new methods of product development, new materials and technologies and applications of electronic systems for wireless and optical communication, signal processing and integrated systems.

The Master Program is internationally ori-entated and provides participants with an advanced program. Participants should be qualified graduates in the field of electrical or information engineering and have pro-fessional experience.

After an introduction into the fundamental themes of industrial management

with focus on system development and basic technologies and methods, the following modules will deepen

knowledge of participants in the field of management of product development processes and technology management. The final modules are comprised with exemplary system development processes, based upon specific case studies and accompanying workshops. These mostly technical subjects are supplemented with specifically economic subjects ranging from an introduction to business administration and political economics, themes of cost accounting and investment, to commercial law and foreign trade.

The combined engineering and economics program is accompanied by a master thesis, which is closely linked to current industrial and scientific problems and is also carried out in cooperation with the company of the students or industry partners of the HECTOR School of Engineering and Management at selected industrial sites.

ElectronicSystems Engineering & Management

An interdisciplinary integration of electronic systems engi-neering and its consequences in product development and production.

ESEM

EM 1 Emerging Technologies

EM 2 Aims, Methods and Tools of Electronic Systems Development

EM 3 Implementation of Methods in Product Development for Electronic Systems

EM 4 Communication Technologies and Systems

EM 5 Total Quality Management of Electronic Systems




Fig. 13: Electrical engineer at work

»Cost-efficient, battery saving and robust System-on-Chip solutions are the key to future microelectronic systems«

Head of the Institute of Micro- and Nanoscale Systems, KIT

Program Director ESEM

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Michael Siegel

Fig. 12: Assembling a circuit board

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In recent years, few disciplines have developed the way Financial Engineering has. The noteworthy progress in the theory of finance, together with the development of innovative financial tools, provided the means to find solutions for well-known problems in finance. The advancements can be found in the areas of design, analysis, and pricing of financial instruments which are essential to investment policies and the risk management process of both financial and non-financial companies.

The aim of the Master Program in Financial Engineering is to prepare graduates to perform executive functions in the area of finance. The courses should enable graduates to develop and implement innovative solutions for problems in Financial Engineering based on both solid knowledge of finance theory and mathematical methods.

This program is appropriately located in Karlsruhe. The Karlsruhe Institute of Technoly (KIT) has a long tradition of finance and capital markets research in the Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering. For over 20 years, its faculty members, have successfully hosted the Finance, Banking and Insurance Symposium which attracts a large international audience.

Recently, the field has been strengthened through a new endowment professorship

for ‘Financial Engineering and Derivatives’. The Karlsruhe Capital Market Database, managed by the faculty, offers an excellent basis for empirical capital market research. The orientation of methods is a further strength of the faculty which is fundamental in many areas of Financial Engineering: The

faculty analyzes stochastic and econometric models of financial markets, and applies stochastic methods of operations research and game theory to financial problems. Further, the faculty is knowledgeable of electronic markets research and platform design, which are important in understanding the many developments in Financial Engineering.

The focus of this program lies not only on problem solving of present problems, but in the analysis and solution techniques necessary to solve those that have yet emerged due to rapid changes in the markets. With this in mind, this interdisciplinary program composed of management, finance, operations research, and applied computer science has been established.

Financial Engineering

FE provides innovative solutions for pricing, hedging, trading and portfolio management problems by employing advanced mathematical methods and computer technology.

Chair of Financial Engineering and Derivates, KIT

Program Director FE

Prof. Dr. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg

FE

EM 1 Information and Service Management

EM 2 Quantitative Methods in Finance

EM 3 Fixed Income and Derivative Securities

EM 4 Financial Management

EM 5 Risk Management

Furthermore the following five Management Modules (MM) are part of the program (page 12):


MM4 Stochastic and Games MM5 Law and Contracts

Fig. 15: Analysing Business Performance

Fig. 14: Black-Scholes Formula

Course Content - Management Modules

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M a n a g e M e n t M o d u l e s

The aim of the 5 Management Modules (MM) is to provide profound knowledge and understanding of the funda-mental concepts which are essential for every successful manager.

MM 1 Accounting & Controlling

Accounting focuses on measuring, pro-cessing and communicating information. In this course the concepts of both financial and managing accounting are covered, providing a powerful framework which supports participants in making success-ful business decisions. Particular emphasis is placed upon the implementation of new technologies in the current busi-ness environment and the analysis of real world business cases and relevant business practices.

MM 2 Intern. Project Management

International Project Management is a key to the world of business. In order to become fully acquainted with this important discipline the module aims to help the participants to understand the objectives of project management and scheduling, to learn how to analyse planned projects and to control project execution. Particular attention is paid to the construction of project networks and Gantt charts, heuristic solution procedures and rescheduling as well as the completion of temporal and resource-constrained project scheduling computations. Model-ling, planning and scheduling, which arise in a great variety of practical situations, are also emphasized.

MM 3 Finance and Marketing

This module is comprised of two of the most important issues in management: Fundamentals of Finance and Marketing. The former addresses two fundamental financial questions, which are central to corporate and private investment: how to raise capital and how to invest it. Marketing focuses on creating optimal interaction between interest groups (e.g. company and customers, authorities and citizens, political parties and voters).

MM 4 Human Resource Management

This Module addresses challenges head on, exploring the key elements of innova-tion, creativity and leadership as well as the

steps necessary to implement and manage it successfully. This multidisciplinary module provides valuable experience in implement-ing the techniques needed to ensure the company’s continuing success.

MM 4 Stochastic and Games

This module will enable participants to gain a better understanding of stochastic phenomena and, in particular, to use this knowledge in helping them to make deci-sions when in a state of uncertainty. Un-certainty can arise from either »nature« or from playing against conscious opponents (»strategic uncertainty«).

MM 4 Innovation & Intrapreneurship (ESADE Barcelona)

In this module which takes place at the ESADE Business School in Barcelona knowledge on strategies to manage innovation within the company as well as on how to apply tools, models and processes that are necessary to bring innovative ideas is provided to the participants. It focuses on issues like corporate innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, measuring innovation and innovation in practice. The participants shall aquire competences as understanding the organizational context, managing change, decision making and innovation.

MM 5 Law and Contracts

This module comprises both economics and legal sections. In the economics section, a groundwork is laid through introducing decision theory, expected utility, risk and ambiguity, bargaining and basic incentive theory. In addition, fundamental problems regarding world economics are discussed, e.g. stagnation and economic growth, unemployment and international division of labor, and harmonization of the international monetary system. The legal section is divided into lectures about the law of business organizations about international patent, trademark and copyright law.

MM 1 Accounting & Controlling

MM 2 International Project Management

MM 3 Finance and Marketing

MM 4 Human Resource Management (only MPD, POM, GME, ESE, EEM)

MM 4 Stochastic and Games (only SME, FE)

MM 4 Corporate Innovation & Intrapreneurship at ESADE, Barcelona (only EEM)

MM 5 Law and Contracts

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Faculty Profile

Our Distinguished Faculty

The KIT’s research activities are world renowned thanks to the proficiency of our faculty and graduate students. More than 50% of our professors bear the distinction of having spent 5-10 successful years in top-level positions in industry before returning to the field of higher education. Our faculty therefore operates at the interface between research and industry. Exposure to the current business reality is provided by distinguished guest lecturers from industry and financial institutions some of whom regularly teach in Karlsruhe. Recent guest lecturers include the former chancellor Gerhard Schröder, former

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Klaus Kinkel, the former CEO of the Deutsche Bahn AG, Hartmut Mehdorn, as well as many CEOs of US corporations such as Michael Dell and Bill Gates.

Profound knowledge and a 360° perspec-tive provided by our faculty will prepare students to succeed in a technology-oriented business environment. As a result, many heads of human resource offices in Germany regard the degree programs offered by the Karlsruhe Institute of Techno-logy (KIT) to be the best in the country.

Academic Director HECTOR School of Enginee-ring & Management

Program Director Production and Operations Management

Head of Institute of Material Handling and Logi-stic Systems, former endowed chair of Logistics H. Hübner Foundation, KIT

Areas of Expertise• Modelling of Supply Chains

Research Interest• Finite Element Analysis of

Material Handling Systems• Enhancement of Selforganization in

Traffic using I+K supported services• Cause and Effect in decentralized

supply chains• Simulation and Modelling of Logistic

Systems• Distribution Networks• IT-Systems for Logistics

Professional Career• 1992 Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.)

Universität Karlsruhe (TH)• 1996 – 2003 Robert Bosch GmbH;

Director of Logistics• 2000 Doctorate of Science

(Habilitation) Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

• 2003 Appointed Full Professor Uni-versität Karlsruhe (TH)

Program Director Management of Product Development

Head of the Institute of Product Engineering, KIT

Areas of Expertise• Power trains of automotive systems• Innovation Management • Properties of engineered

ceramic materials• Frictional systems• Simulation – Optimisation• Micro Technology

Research Interest• Modelling of comfort ratings of

automotive power trains from objective data

• Influence of advanced ceramic materi-als in lubricated belt drives and dry running clutches


Universität Hannover• 1986 – 1988 Chief Engineer

Universität Hannover• 1989 – 1995 LUK, member of the

board• 1996 Appointed Full Professor

Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

Program Director Energy Engineering Management

Head of Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery, KIT

Scientific Speaker KIT Energy Center

Director Rolls-Royce University Technology Center in Karlsruhe

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Bauer

Areas of Expertise• Turbomachinery

Research Interest• Heat transfer and cooling of gas turbine

components• Fuel preparation and combustion• Gas turbine air & oil systems• Turbo chargers and micro gas turbines• Computational fluid dynamics and

advanced instrumentation• Innovation for energy systems

Professional Career• 1989 PhD (Dr.-Ing.) Universität

Karlsruhe• 1989 – 1994 Family Business, General

Manager (1991-1994)• 1994 – 1996 Group Leader Combusti-

on Research, ITS, Universität Karlsruhe• 1996 – 2004 Rolls-Royce Deutschland

GmbH, Combustion Specialist, Group Leader Aerodynamics and Fuel Prepa-ration, Head of Combustor Depart-ment, Manager Engineering Quality

• Since 2004 Full Professor, Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery, KIT

Study with an academic fa-culty from one of the leading universities and research institutions in Germany. At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), research and teaching are vibrant and dynamic.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kai Furmans

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. hc. Albert Albers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin DoppelbauerProgram Director Green Mobility Engineering

Professorship Electrotechnical Institute, KIT

Areas of Expertise / ResearchInterests

• Mechanical and electromagnetical design of electric motors for traction and industrial applications

• Power trains of full and hybrid elec-tric vehicles


Universität Dortmund• 1995-2001 Danfoss Bauer An-

triebstechnik; Manager Product development

• 2002-2010 SEW Eurodrive GmbH& Co KG; Chief Department Manager Development Electrical Motors

• 2011 Appointed Full Professor Hy-brid Electrical Vehicles (HEV), KIT

FACULTY PROFILE

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FACULTY PROFILE

Areas of Expertise• Finance• Financial Engineering

Research Interest• Derivative Securities• Credit Risk• Fixed income markets

and term structure theory• Empirical finance• Corporate finance

Professional Career• 1995 Ph.D. (Dr. rer.pol.) Finance,

Universität Mannheim• 2001 Habilitation (venia legendi in

Business Administration), Universität Mannheim

• offers of Professorships to the Uni-versities Greifswald, Ulm, Cologne, and the European Business School


• 2011 Editor zfbf/sbr

Program Director Financial Engineering

Chair of Financial Engineering and Derivatives, KIT

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mathias NoeProgram Director Energy Engineering Management

Head of Institute for Technical Physics, KIT

Areas of Expertise• Fusion technology• Power systems • Cryogenic high voltage engineering• High field superconducting magnets

Research Interest• Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experi-

ment• High Temperature Superconductiv-

ity• Fault current limiters

Professional Career• 06/1998 Ph.D, Technische Universi-

tät Hannover• 1997-1998 Postdoc, Ecole Polytech-

nique Federale de Lausanne

• 1998-2001 Researcher at Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP), Re-search Center of Karlsruhe

• 2001-2005 Technical Coordinator of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment at the ITEP

• 2003-2006 Group Leader for Applications of Superconductivity in Power Systems at the ITEP

• Since 2006 Director of Institute for Technical Physics;

• Since 2006 Professorship in Technical Applications of High Temperature Superconductivity at the Faculty of Electrical Enginee-ring and Information Technology, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

Prof. Dr. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg

Program Director Green Mobility Engineering

Head of Institute of Vehicle System Technology, KIT

Head of the Center of Automotive Research and

Technology, KIT

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Gauterin

Areas of Expertise• Vehicle NVH• Vehicle System Technology• Vehicle Control• Tire Technology

Research Interests• Vehicle System Technology• Vehicle Energy Efficiency• Vehicle Safety• Vehicle NVH

Professional Career• 1989 Diploma in Physics, Universität

Münster• 1994 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.),

Universität Oldenburg• 1989-2006 different jobs at Conti-

nental AG, Hannover, at last Director NVH Engineering,

• Since 2006 Full Professor; Head of the Center of the Automotive Research and Technology (KIT)

• Head of the Institute of Vehicle Science & Mobile Machinery, KIT

Prof. Dr. Andreas OberweisProgram Director Service Management & Engineering

Head of Institute of Business Information

Systems, KIT

Areas of Expertise• Business Process and Software

Engineering

Research Interest• Distributed Systems• Information Systems Modeling• E-Collaboration• E-Learning• Document Management

Professional Career• 1990 Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat.)

Universität Mannheim• 1995 Doctorate of Science

(Habilitation) Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

• 1995 Appointed Full Professor Goethe Universität Frankfurt

• 2003 Appointed Full Professor Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

• Board Member EUCIP

Areas of Expertise• Micro- and Nanotechnology for

low noise, high-speed sensors and mixed-signal circuits

Research Interest• Nanotechnology• Nanosensors• Nanoscale quantum devices• System-on-Chip Integration

Professional Career• 1981 Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) Moskau

University

• 1989 Doctorate of Science Univer-sität Jena

• 1993– 1995 Project leader at Re-search Center Jülich GmbH

• 1996 CEO AMS SQUID GmbH, Saarbrücken

• 1997– 1998 Head of Task force group between BMW-Rolls Royce GmbH and Research Center Jülich GmbH

• 1999–2002 Project leader at Re-search Center Jülich GmbH


Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Michael SiegelProgram Director Electronic Systems Engineering & Management

Head of Institute of Micro- and Nanoscale Systems, KIT

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INDUSTRY COOPERATION

Increasing globalisation calls for innova-tive educational concepts: International firms need top national managers who are both highly technically qualified and also involved with the people, the language and the culture of their headquarters. The management of globally operating compa-nies requires to consider a wealth of local, national and international issues. This cre-ates a tremendous need to find new and improved ways of operation.

The International Department (ID) as the legal roof of the HECTOR School was founded in 1999 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Weule, former CTO DaimlerChrysler AG from 1990 – 1996. Due to his professional experience he realized the need to offer international

Cooperation with Technological Leaders in Industry

programs at German Universities. The ID can best be described as a service organization managing international degree programs. It is strongly associated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), yet organized as an independent private entity supervised by an advisory council that comprises administrative leaders from the university alongside with top-level executives from associated companies. This close cooperation with industry is the key to the ID’s success, as its schools meet the demand of internationally operating companies. The KIT and the ID fully cooperate within a matrix-like structure that ensures the integration of academic, scientific and technical infrastructures.

Former CEO of the Porsche AG

»There’s no question about it: establishments such as the Karlsruhe HECTOR School of Engineering and Management enrich the German higher-education landscape. They provide engineers and managers who already have a few years of professional experience under their belts with an excellent opportunity to extend their knowhow and broaden their knowledge. This is why Porsche sends its own staff for further training to Karlsruhe.«

Excerpt from the keynote speech at the Graduation Ceremony of the HECTOR School in July 2007 in the Schloss Karlsruhe.

Dr. WendelinWiedeking

Former Chairman MAG Europe

»As a high-potential engineer in mid-career you often do not have time to participate in a second full time degree program. The dual approach of the HECTOR School efficiently interspersing periods of teaching with on-the-job-training coaches executives for the quantum leap into higher management. Moreover, the combination of management topics with state-of-the-art engineering know-how is unique.«

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Fleischer

Our industrial associates, sponsors and employers:

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only the city itself, but also the surrounding area within a 70 kilometer radius. Main airports like Frankfurt International Airport can be reached within one hour by train.

Lush greenery through out the campus beckons students to relax, linger or study during breaks and between lectures. All important university facilities, offices and counselling centers can be reached on foot, by bicycle or with public transporta-tion. There is also a 24-hour campus library with 860,000 books and periodicals.

There are various student housing options available in Karlsruhe. HECTOR School students enjoy the privilege of living right in the middle of the city by taking advantage of the accommodation provided. Solidarity is fostered when students spend time studying and living together in the 120-room dormitory, where they also make friends for life.

In general, Germany is not known for be-ing the world’s sunniest country; however the region surrounding Karlsruhe is the ex-ception to the rule. The winters are mild and summers offer the perfect weather to enjoy a day out swimming.

With the Black Forest located in the south and the famous Rhine River to the west, the region surrounding Karlsruhe offers plenty of opportunity for relaxing in the natural beauty of south Germany. The theaters and museums in and around Karlsruhe cater to the cultural needs and one of the largest annual German open-air festival „Das Fest“ is also held in Karlsruhe.

Karlsruhe is also one of the most dynamic high-tech areas in Europe – several major companies such as Bosch, Siemens, Daimler and Michelin have their production facilities here. There is also a large number of mid-sized businesses in the field of computer science, multimedia, controls systems, energy technology, environmental science and nanotechnology.

The nickname „Fächerstadt“ (Fan City) was given to Karlsruhe due to its unusual architectural design. From an aerial view, it is visible that the Palace, which was the center of cultural activity during the Baroque period, has 32 roads extending outwards from its central point in a star-like formation. In fact, this form of archi-tectural design was the inspiration in the urban planning of other metropolises such as Washington D.C.

Karlsruhe´s extensive, convenient and easy-to-use public transport system services not

Living & Studying in Karlsruhe

Founded in 1715 Karlsruhe is situated in southwest Ger-many, close to the borders of France and Switzerland, and has a population of almost 300,000 residents.

Fig. 16/17/18/19: Living and studying in Karlsruhe

Studying in Karlsruhe at the KIT LOCATION KARLSRUHE

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STUDENT VOICES

Chenjia Yu, Commerzbank AG Shanghai HECTOR School Intake 2007, FE»The Program is well-organized. I really learnt a lot. I believe, the Master Program will be helpful to one’s professional life. Especially Financial Engineering is a hot topic these days in China.«

Alexander Schwarz, BMW Group Munich HECTOR School Intake 2007, MPD»At the HECTOR School you will get the opportunity to work together both with highly motivated and business experienced students and outstanding professors and lecturers. The mixture of theory and its application in case studies and small group works is a very efficient way to boost your career.«

Joerg Weinhold, Daimler AG Germany HECTOR School Intake 2010, GME»The efficient usage of energy and limited ressources is a key challenge for the growing human population and the future of our planet earth. To continue our prosperous lifestyle we need to lead the development of sustainable technologies and mobility solutions. With the ambitious studies of Green Mobility Engineering at HECTOR-SCHOOL I get a broad insight in the multitude of affected research fields. In a small, passionate team I learn to manage the widespread and very complex technical interelations as well as financial, social and judical necessities.«

David J. Judge, MAG USA HECTOR School Intake 2007, POM»A priceless experience, filled with challege and both personal and professional growth.«

Armend Zenuni, Endress + Hauser Germany HECTOR School Intake 2007, ESE»For me it was the short and effective way to get relationship overview between the development areas of embedded systems and disciplines surrounding them, e.g. financial activities, methods, constraints and oppor-tunities, Marketing regarding customer behavior and Price-Product-Promotion-Place aspects, and Management of different resources during development. Also the view in the future activities regarding new technologies and contacts to key persons (Professors) on one of the elite Universities in Germany are the factors they will help me in the future work in my decision making process.«

Sonja Correia Santos, Robert Bosch GmbH HECTOR School Intake 2005, POM„In my case, this program was part of my development career process agreed between me and my company. So, the

expectations were very strongly focused on management training and deeper knowledge in logistics and production

issues.“

Phillip Schultheiß, BBBank eG HECTOR School Intake 2005, FE„Nowadays Banking needs knowledge on high sophisticated and very actual level. In my opinion the HECTOR School Master program Financial Engineering is a very recommendable way if one wants to manage present and future challenges in the overall banking sector sucessfully. The new and state of the art methods in risk manage-ment taught in the specific modules are a great help in my everyday practical work.“

Andrea Löhnert, Telecom Namibia Ltd. HECTOR School Intake 2007, SME»With the convergence of telecommunications and IP technology and the ever-increasing share of IT in most business activities, co-ordinating and managing the strategic dimension of as well as the operational interface with the tech-nical side proved to be increasingly difficult. The program was exactly what I was looking for. I very much valued the Engineering modules, because they catapulted my knowledge to the forefront ‘of it all’ by covering a variety of rele-vant ICT/IT topics giving me a comprehensive overview and enough details to understand how everything works and fits together. I found the management modules most stimulating as they provided me with a much-needed refresher and update on the latest approaches in a field that will continue to be my core strength.«

Fernando Martin, Bombardier Transportation HECTOR School Intake 2005, POM»The Master Programs offered by the HECTOR school will give you the opportunity not only to acquire new business knowledge, but also to gain visibility over the operations functions and dependencies in a global context. You will have the opportunity to discuss real problems, to benchmark your companies performance and processes and how problems are managed in different companies and countries. Last but not least you will make a good network of colleagues and friends, that you could use for professional purposes.«

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ADMISSION AND APPLICATION

Become a Participant -Profit from a Strong Global Network

Admission Requirements

First degree: Bachelor, Master, Diplom etc. (Uni-versity, Applied University, Corporate University)1-2 years of relevant work experience, depending on Bachelor degree (recom-mended > 3 years) Corresponding job refe-rencesTOEFL score of at least 230 or 95 iBT

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The Objective

The M.Sc. Programs at the HECTOR School convey management skills and economic expertise for engineers, economists and computer scientists, who aspire to assume leadership positions.

The Target Group

We are looking forward to welcoming• future engineering executives in production or logistics, plant engineering, development, production or product management, software engineering, IT Managment, corporate finance or consolidated fields• young professionals (age 25 - 40) identified as a high potential within the company• participants who are thirsty for knowledge with a high motivation to work towards broader and higher responsiblity

Class size per program

Average age

Average years of work experience

Percentage of international students

Percentage of female students

5 - 20

28

3-4

35

25

Class Profile

The Admission Process

Step 1: Application Submission

Please fill out our official application form and enclose:• Copies of the highest academic degree• Curriculum Vitae• A letter of support from your company• All possible job references• TOEFL Certificate• A financial declaration (personal/ com-pany)

Step 2: Application Check Admission Office As soon as your application arrives, a con-firmation is sent out. Your documents will then be checked at the Admission Office and if approved you will receive sugges-tions for interview appointments.

Step 3: HECTOR School Interviews

A 30-minute interview will be held at the HECTOR School or via telefone with the program director of the Master Program you applied for. After a positive evalua-tion a second 30-minute interview will be held at the HECTOR School or via telefone regarding your motivation and possible further development.

Step 4: Admission/ Denial/ Waiting List

• You receive a status report confirming your successful/denied application imme-diately after the Admission Committee meeting.

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