Overview

Are you ready to become the professional who understands both how things are made and why they should be made?

Learn to Build Smarter, Greener, and More Profitable Operations

You’ll explore modern methods for producing efficiently, sustainably, and with topâ€‘quality results with this Industrial Engineering programme from Vaasa University of Applied Sciences . You’ll also learn how to ensure that operations remain profitable so that companies can grow and stay competitive long into the future.

Handsâ€‘On Skills Used by Real Companies

Our teaching is closely aligned with the practices and tools used in local and international industries.

Designed for Today’s Industry Needs

We continuously develop and update our curriculum to ensure it reflects the latest trends, technologies, and employer expectations. Our goal is simple: to help you build a versatile skill set that opens doors to exciting career opportunities.

The Field of Industrial Engineering and Career Opportunities

An industrial engineering graduate is a true multiskilled professional: flexible, adaptable, and often multilingual. Employers also value strong negotiation and presentation skills.

By combining technical and business expertise, you gain access to a wide variety of roles across industries. Long-term thinking is essential, especially in project work where you must acquire new knowledge, apply and integrate it, and evaluate solutions from an economic perspective.

You may work in large international export companies or in smaller local businesses in subcontracting workshops, assembly plants, factories, engineering offices, or even as an entrepreneur.

As an industrial engineer, you stay up to date with industry developments and know how to apply them to evolving production methods, always taking sustainability into account.

Your job title as an Industrial Engineer could be:

Production Supervisor
Project Manager
Production Manager
Production Engineer
Quality Engineer
Process Engineer
Production Director
Factory Manager

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Production methods and principles of production management

Quality, environmental and safety management

Business, economics, profitability, and creating customer value creation

Supply chain management and enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Leadership and management skills

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-30 00:00:00

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Rolling Admission: 1 April – 30 September

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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PTE Academic

55

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IELTS

6

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vaasa, Finland

Disciplines

Industrial & Systems Engineering Operations and Quality Management Production and Manufacturing Engineering View 5 other Bachelors in Industrial & Systems Engineering in Finland

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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

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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PTE Academic

55

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Studies required for graduating from the Finnish upper secondary school or a Matriculation Examination;

International Baccalaureate (IB) degree and/or certificate awarded with 6 subjects.

European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma;

Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree;

Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification covering 120 credits or 180 competence points or a corresponding earlier Finnish ocational degree covering at least 80 credits;

Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma;

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

10500 EUR / year

≈ 10500 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

For students from EU/EEA countries, the tuition fees are exempted.

Living costs

Vaasa

Finland

680 - 990 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

The Field of Industrial Engineering and Career Opportunities

Your job title as an Industrial Engineer could be:

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Programme Structure

Check out the full curriculum

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

Explore more key information

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Student Insurance via Studyportals Partner

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

EU/EEA Applies to you

Additional Details

Living costs

Vaasa

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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