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BREAKDOWN OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND POSSIBLE CURRICULA The course of study is organized into three curricula. The first called "Smart Industry" is based entirely on courses provided at the University of Florence. The second and the third one called "International HSLU Lucern" and “International Tecnico Lisboa” respectively are based on structured international mobility agreements signed with HSLU Lucerne and Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa, and include at least a semester of study abroad (the first semester of the second year) and the award of a double engineering master’s degree, the Italian and the Swiss or Portuguese one. Access to the international curriculum requires participation in a special call for applications. The three curricula overlap the first year. For all the curricula, the mandatory courses are mostly in the areas of operations management, industrial plant engineering, design and management of production processes and production systems, automation, as well as business economics and organization, innovation, and project management. In the first year, basic knowledge is also enhanced by delving into operations research and statistics for experiments and forecasting. The second year differentiates the three curricula. In the Smart Industry curriculum, this includes, in addition to some courses in the above-mentioned areas, a stage/traineeship activity, and the writing of a thesis. The thesis should be based on an industrial project and/or research activity and have characteristics of originality. In the International curricula, on the other hand, the second year features courses to be selected from the foreign partner universities offerings and a co-tutored thesis activity supervised by two faculty members from each of the two universities. Teaching activities are planned in a blended mode up to a maximum of 1/3 of the ECTS (laboratory activities excluded) and may involve innovative teaching methods such as the “flipped classroom”. The "Honours Program in Operations and Supply Chain Management" pathway is planned based on agreements stipulated with leading companies. Particularly deserving students will be admitted to this pathway, selected through competitive calls (“bandi”) issued based on the stipulated agreements and publicized on the website of the CdS. Upon successful participation in these educational activities, the student will be awarded a formative activity of the area F [Additional educational activities (art. 10, paragraph 5, letter d) - Other knowledge useful for the insertion in the world of work] with the CFUs provided for in the call (“bando”) from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 9. Upon resolution of the CU, a bonus of up to a maximum of 1 point will be awarded to be applied to the final test. The structure of the study program, including the learning activities planned for the academic year, is provided in Annex 3
The International Master's Degree Programme in Management Engineering trains high-level professionals mastering statistical, analytical, and numerical methods and with strong technical-scientific, economic, and organizational skills. The depth with which the topics are addressed throughout the programme gives the graduate a high level of technical and cultural preparation across the various managerial fields of engineering. Graduates are aware of, and able to take on, responsibility for a wide range of roles and professional profiles that are currently in very high demand among companies of every size. The programme's learning activities are designed to train professionals able to operate at the forefront of change and digital transformation in manufacturing and services, and to apply their expertise to the introduction of innovative solutions and production systems that underpin new business models and digital innovation All teaching is delivered in English. The consistent use of English by lecturers and students alike also builds the international technical vocabulary that graduates need in order to work in a global economy, as is required by most of the professional roles for which the programme prepares them. The programme also equips graduates for lifelong learning in a fast-moving technical and managerial field, for further specialisation in advanced areas, and for continuing to a Specialising Master's or a Doctorate. The programme provides that, at the beginning of the first year, students consolidate and extend their knowledge of operations research and statistics (the learning area covering the mathematical subjects specific to management engineering), with particular reference to experimental statistics and to the application of organisational and managerial models, and with significant scope given to data analytics and predictive methods. The programme then moves on to courses that examine in depth: the models and techniques for managing production and support operations, following the most recent paradigms and extending to supply chain networks and enterprise networks (Economics and business management area); the optimisation and sustainability of products and production processes from an integrated perspective (Industrial plant management and production technologies area); the management of industrial plants, including reliability, maintenance and safety (reliability, dependability, safety and industrial risk prevention area); the design of production systems, using either traditional methods and models or dynamic and discrete-event simulation; and project and innovation management. The managerial perspective is also broadened, extending from the tactical and operational level to the strategic. Corporate innovation, in particular, is examined both in terms of the business model and in terms of the digitalisation of processes in manufacturing and service companies (the digital transition). The themes addressed include the Industry 4.0 paradigm and the automation and digitalisation of production processes; sustainability challenges, and the energy transition in particular; value co-creation at ecosystem level; open innovation; servitisation; and change in the organisation of work (smart working). The second part of the second year is instead mainly devoted to the internship, where envisaged, and to the final examination (thesis). The programme allows for the development of international pathways leading to the award of double degrees. Without prejudice to students' autonomy in selecting their free-choice courses (provided these are consistent with their own study plan), the Programme will draw up, for guidance purposes, a reasoned list of courses that students may refer to to build up their competences with reference to the professional profiles trained. Such recommendations will also be prepared for pathways involving structured international mobility, which may be activated based on specific agreements with foreign institutions. In the case of international pathways, the company internship may be replaced by project work carried out abroad, and the final examination may be jointly supervised (cotutelle). Should further pathways be activated, the topics relating to some of the professional profiles trained may be explored in greater depth and breadth, making structural and compulsory, or subject to constrained selection, those courses that are normally offered as free-choice options. Whichever study pathway is chosen, students will find in the courses offered adequate coverage of the knowledge and competences required for at least one of the professional profiles trained. Upon submission of a study plan, students may carry out learning activities (examinations and thesis) abroad within the framework of internationalisation programmes. The teaching methods and tools through which the expected learning outcomes are achieved are: classroom lectures and tutorials; laboratory activities combining lecture-based teaching with supervised practical group work (simulations, role-playing, case analysis, design work, computer-based, instrumental and experimental activities); synchronous and asynchronous distance learning; technical visits; and internships at companies, public bodies, consultancy firms, professional practices and engineering firms, third-sector organisations, and laboratories, including those of other universities and research centres, in Italy or abroad. The adoption of blended teaching is the instrument for an innovation in teaching more firmly based on the "flipped classroom" approach, and is supported by the significant participation of the Programme's lecturers in the University's pilot scheme on blended teaching, which has yielded positive results. Blended teaching is not to be understood as mere "distance learning", since each course includes significant interactive classroom activities; it is justified by the advanced adoption of these educational paradigms by European university institutions with which collaboration agreements for the award of double degrees are to be developed. For activities other than practical and laboratory work, the programme provides for the delivery online of a share of between 10% and 33% of the ECTS credits (CFU). This range is such as to allow a blended approach for all courses for which this mode proves useful. The methods by which the expected learning outcomes are assessed consist of: • formative assessments (in-course tests), designed to gauge the progress of the class and the effectiveness of the learning process, planned and agreed in advance and based on individual or group assignments — with group work also assessed, in some cases, through innovative peer-to-peer (P2P) student evaluation; • examinations, which assess and grade the extent to which the overall objectives of each course have been achieved. These certify each student's level of preparation and may take into account any formative or summative assessments carried out during the course.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLING IN THE COURSE OF STUDY The degree programme requires local admission planning. The enrolment clearance requested by the student is evaluated by a dedicated Committee appointed by the Chair of the Unified Degree Board in Industrial Engineering, both for the verification of curricular requirements and for the assessment of personal preparation. CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS Curricular requirements for admission to the course consist of possession of a bachelor's degree in class L8 or L9 (or other degree acquired abroad and recognized as eligible) and the presence in the career of at least 155 ECTSs with a grade. The minimum number of ECTSs earned in the learning areas most specific to the training of the management engineer is listed below. a) Mathematics for management engineering (STAT-01/A (ex SECS-S/01), STAT-02/A (ex SECS-S/03), MATH-03/B (ex MAT/06), MATH-06/A (ex MAT/09), IINF-04/A (ex ING-INF/04): minimum 15 ECTSs b) Economics and business management (IEGE-01/A (ex ING-IND/35), ECON-07/A (ex SECS-P/08), ECON-09/A (ex SECS-P/09)): minimum 6 ECTS c) Industrial plant management and production technologies (IIND-04/A (ex ING-IND/16), IIND-05/A (ex ING-IND/17)): minimum 6 ECTS (b) + (c): minimum 18 ECTSs d) Energy engineering and energy management (IIND-07/A (ex( ING-IND/10), IIND-07/B (ex ING-IND/11), IIND-06/B (ex ING-IND/09), IIND-06/A (ex ING-IND/08), IIND-08/A (ex ING-IND/32), IIET-01/A (ex ING-IND/31)): minimum 6 ECTS. To access the course, a B2 level proficiency in English is required. Only B2 certificates or equivalent certifications issued by the following institutions will be considered valid. • CLA, Language Center of the University of Florence; • Other EU or EU-assimilated Universities’ Language Centers; • Cambridge ESOL; • City and Guilds (Pitman); • Edexcel/Pearson Ltd; • Educational Testing Service (ETS); • English Speaking Board (ESB); • International English Language Testing System (IELTS); • Pearson – LCCI; • Pearson – EDI; • Trinity College London; • Department of English, Faculty of Arts – University of Malta; • National Qualifications Authority of Ireland – Accreditation and Coordination of English Language Services (NQAI – ACELS); • Ascentis; • AIM Awards. • Gatehouse Awards Ltd • LanguageCert • University of Cambridge Examinations (starting from First Certificate, FCE); • International English Language Testing System (IELTS, starting from level 5.5); • Trinity College of London (starting from level ISE II); • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL, starting from 80). PERSONAL PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS. The number of students admitted to the study program will be determined annually based on available educational resources, following the proposal of the study program council and the resolution of the academic bodies. Available places will be allocated through separate calls for EU and assimilated students and non-EU students. Access to the call will be allowed to students who have obtained the required qualifications for admission, with a grade point average (GPA) higher than the country-specific threshold indicated in Annex 2. Students who meet the curricular requirements will be ranked based on their GPA, which will be adjusted using the country-specific conversion coefficients published in Annex 2.