Overview

This Industrial Engineering and Management programme offered by Uppsala University focuses on understanding how technological innovations are shaped by economic, political, and social factors, and how they are developed, implemented, and diffused in society. It supports research into innovation processes, organisational structures, and the interaction between technology, business, and society across different sectors.

Key Facts

The academic environment is interdisciplinary, combining social science and engineering perspectives. Training enables the ability to analyse complex technological systems, study long-term development processes, and conduct independent research on innovation, production systems, and organisational challenges in technology-intensive environments.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Innovation Management
Temporary Organisation
Decision Theory
Social and Business Network Analysis
Industrial Management and Organisation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Production Technology
Machine Construction

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.

Language

English

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90

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62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Visby, Sweden

Disciplines

Industrial & Systems Engineering View 11 other PhDs in Industrial & Systems Engineering in Sweden

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A person meets the general entry requirements for PhD Programmes if he or she:

has been awarded a second-cycle qualification;
has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

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