MSM-RWTH’s Masters of Science in Management and Engineering growing in popularity

MSM Dean Professor Wim Naudé and RWTH Aachen Vice-Rector Professor Matte Brettel and colleagues recently welcomed a group of 85 new students from 25 countries into the Master of Science (MSc) programs in Management and Engineering (MME) that MSM and RWTH Aachen University jointly offer. The students, who started on 5 October on their 2-year joint programs, are following the MME programs in Electrical Power Systems, Production Systems, and Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering. The first year of the program is done in Aachen, and the second in Maastricht.

More than a 1,000 students applied for these three Master in Science programs, reflecting the growing popularity, and reflecting also the high quality of the participants.

(Photo: Prof Wim Naudé with some of the new MME students at the RWTH University, Aachen)

“This is a unique trans-national educational partnership” said Prof. Naudé, mentioning that “it combines Dutch entrepreneurial flair with German precision engineering”. The program also combines the global approach to business embedded in MSM’s 64-year history of working in and with emerging markets, with RWTH Aachen’s highly innovative education and research approach. Prof .Naudé referred in this regard to the recent Thomson Reuters ranking that put RWTH Aachen University in the top 100 most innovative European universities.

Prof. Naudé reminded the audience that the first joint MSc MME program was started in 2013, and has since then received more than 200 students. Students that graduate from RWTH’s MSc programs tend to

work at companies such as Anvis, BASF, Continental, Fiat, Ford, Kautex, Liebherr, Rolls Royce, Toyota, Volkswagen
find a job within 3 months after graduation (about 68%)
increase their salary by up to 100% (about 53 %).

For more information about the MSc MME programs, click here.

About RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen University of one of the Germany’s elite universities and one of the most highly recognized technical universities in Europe. With 260 institutes within nine faculties, it is one of the Europe’s leading institutions for science and engineering research.

About MSM
Maastricht School of Management is one of the oldest business schools in the Netherlands and also one of the most international. It offers postgraduate management education in Maastricht and in fifteen partner locations throughout the world. Its programs are accredited by AMBA, ACBPS, IACBE and NVAO. It is also one of the most innovative of business schools and is committed to promotion of sustainable development, as reflected in its curricula, subscription to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and membership of the Global Business School Network (GBSN).

(Picture top left: RWTH Aachen Vice-Rector Professor Matte Brettel welcoming the new MSc students)