Program Overview

Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) program is a six-semester, full-time program that combines business and economics, mathematics, natural sciences, and technology. The program aims to provide students with a broad qualification in the five thematic core fields of Business Administration, Economics, Informatics, Operations Research, and Engineering.

Program Details

• Degree: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
• Regular program length: 6 semesters (full-time program)
• Credit points (ECTS): 180 credit points
• Language of instruction: German
• Limited capacity: Yes, with 505 study places available for the first semester
• Application possible for: First semester (winter term) and higher semesters (winter and summer terms)
• Application deadline:
  • German and EU nationals: July 15 for the first semester, July 15 for winter term, and January 15 for summer term
  • Non-EU nationals: July 15 for the first semester, July 15 for winter term, and January 15 for summer term

Program Structure

The curriculum of the Bachelor of Industrial Engineering and Management at KIT is divided into a basic program (semesters 1-3) with a focus on economics and methodology and a specialization program (semesters 4-6) that allows students to develop an individual profile. The basic program includes mandatory modules in Business Administration, Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics. In the specialization program, students must take one additional module each in the subjects of business administration, economics, computer science, operations research, and engineering, as well as a seminar module.

Internship

The compulsory program of the Bachelor's degree also includes an internship of at least 12 weeks, which must be commercially and/or technically oriented and can be completed before or during studies.

Stays Abroad

Students have the opportunity to gain valuable international experience through study abroad programs, where they can study at a partner university for one or two semesters without tuition fees and earn credits that can be recognized when they return to KIT.

Bachelor's Thesis

At the end of their studies, students will complete a Bachelor's thesis in which they demonstrate that they can work independently on a problem in the field of industrial engineering using scientific methods. The Bachelor's thesis is worth 12 CP and is typically written in German, although it can also be written in another language upon request.

Qualification Profile of the Graduate

The Bachelor of Industrial Engineering and Management is divided into a basic program with mandatory modules (semesters 1-3) and a specialization program with elective modules (semesters 4-6). The course of studies strongly focuses on quantitative methods, and graduates will gain a broad qualification in the five thematic core fields of Business Administration, Economics, Informatics, Operations Research, and Engineering.

Career Prospects

Graduates will gain practical experience during their Bachelor's degree, not only through their compulsory internship but also through participating in lectures and workshops with speakers from the business world and having the opportunity to write their thesis in a company. This will open up career prospects for them as specialists and managers anywhere in industry, services, and public administration where economic and technical issues come together.

Characteristic Features of the Degree Program

• The program is anchored at the KIT Department of Business and Economics
• Individual curriculum design
• Free choice of specialization in the engineering subjects from semester 4 onwards
• 12-week internship during the course of study
• High proportion of computer science
• Practical relevance through modules such as the "Business & Technology" team project
• Department-internal International Relations Office to support stays abroad
• Possibility of a German-French double degree as part of the master's program

Admission and Language Requirements

• Higher education entrance qualification (HZB)
• Language requirements: sufficient knowledge of the German language, corresponding to at least level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Proof of sufficient German language skills: higher education entrance qualification, language certificate, or other recognized certificates

Selection Procedure

• Selection procedure for German and German-equivalent applicants: 505 study places available, with 10% allocated to applicants with the longest waiting time and 90% allocated via a selection procedure based on academic performance and other achievements
• Selection procedure for applicants from non-EU/EEA countries: based on the higher education entrance qualification, with consideration of academic achievements in school, previous academic achievements at universities, and/or the "Feststellungsprüfung"

Application Portal

• Application for the 1st semester: not possible for summer term
• Application for a higher semester: application portal opens on December 1, 2025

Prepare for Your Studies

• Information events of the Student Advisory Service (ZSB)
• Try out KIT - university live at KIT
• Campus Day: experience the campus live
• Studieninformationtag: visit KIT on the state-wide study information day
• topMINT: orientation semester before starting studies
• Use the central online portal studienstart.kit.edu for all important information and services
• Orientation phase before the start of lectures
• Welcome event for first-semester students

Contacts

• Student advisor: Carmen Reck
• Student advisory services (ZSB)
• International Students Office
• KIT-Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
• Fachstudienberatung
• Prüfungsausschuss
• Informationen zum Auslandsstudium
• Fachschaft Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Printed Matter

• Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor of Science (flyer)
• Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor of Science (booklet)
• Numerus Clausus - Admission threshold and selection procedures in bachelor's programs (booklet)
• Application process for bachelor's programs with limited capacity (flyer)
• Have a go at being a student - university live at KIT (flyer)

Module Handbook

• Module handbook Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor according to 2007/2015 studies and examination regulations
• Public view Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor in the Campus Management System

Statutes and Regulations

• Current admission regulations Industrial Engineering and Management B.Sc.
• KIT admission and enrollment regulations
• Current studies and examination regulations Industrial Engineering and Management B.Sc.
• Previous studies and examination regulations Industrial Engineering and Management B.Sc.

Teaching Calendar and Course Catalog

• Teaching calendar
• Course catalog current term
• Course catalog current term (English)
• Archive of previous catalogs