Specialization "Product Life Cycle Management"

In the "Product Life Cycle Management" specialization, students follow the life cycle of a product - from development and design through user-friendly engineering to marketing and overarching embedding in the technology strategy and innovation management in the company.
To this end, we impart technical knowledge in development and design in a practical manner and using our modern laboratories. From a business perspective, the training is supplemented by techniques and patterns for building new business models as part of a practical project. The interdisciplinary modules Technology and Innovation Management and Usability Engineering round off the Product Life Cycle Management specialization.

The specialization "Product Life Cycle Management" consists of compulsory specialization subjects, recommended compulsory elective modules and optional compulsory elective modules. The compulsory specialization subjects are four modules that must be taken. Of the recommended and/or optional elective modules, a total of two must be freely chosen. A practical project can replace one of the two elective modules upon request.

The following is a detailed list of subjects:

Specialization Compulsory Subjects:

    Development & Design
    Business Model Innovation
    Technology and Innovation Management
    Usability Engineering

Recommended elective modules:

    Controlling
    Sales Management
    Project Management and Agile Methods
    Quality Management
    Strategic and operational purchasing
    Digitalization in purchasing, marketing and sales
    Corporate planning and management

Optional elective modules:

    Automation Technology
    Logistics II - Material flow technology
    Environmental and process engineering
    Energy Technology
    Logistics I
    Factory Planning
    Industrial Engineering II
    Computer Science I
    SAP application development for Logistics 4.0
    Practical project
    Foreign language 3 (Level I)
    Foreign Language 3 (Level II)
    Intercultural Management
    International location and investment planning