The Master’s degree program provides theory, tools and techniques for the management of operations. You will apply the knowledge that you gain during the program in the various projects, in which you will learn what it means to carry out your own research. You will learn how to analyze the current operational performance of an organization, how to explain it in terms of quality, cost and time, and how to improve this performance by redesigning business processes.

Internship opportunities
The concluding Master’s thesis project is a research internship that plays a central role in the overall Master’s program. During the second and third semesters you will work on the preparations for your project, and in the final semester you will focus totally on the internship. You can follow this internship at one or more of the companies that are involved in the research project. In the third semester you will have the opportunity to follow a research internship at a university in another country, subject to the requirement that this internship is linked to your thesis and your study background. Outside the academic year the program also offers extracurricular summer internships, which you can follow between the second and third semesters.

Master students from outside the Netherlands please note: You are admitted with an individual program. This means that you have to pass some extra undergraduate (minor/pre-Master) courses up to a maximum of 20 credit points. You are allowed to include these courses in the free electives' space of your Master program.

Graduated... and then?
As a graduate of this Master’s degree program you will be well prepared for a broad range of positions and careers. For example, you could work as a supply chain manager, supply chain planner, operations manager, supplier relations manager  as a reliability analyst in a production or service company, as a consultant in logistics management, healthcare management or information systems, as a business analyst or human performance manager. Starting your own company or launching a career in research are also among the options.

Graduation options
At the start of your Master studies you can choose to start with OML or a variant dedicated for healthcare organisations: OML for healthcare (OML-HC).

For both  variants, students will choose at the end of the first semester a specialisation, which could be:

• Human Performance Management;
• Information Systems, including business process management and e-business;
• Operations and Supply Chain Planning, including reliability, operational finance, and sustainable operations.

You study this specialization under supervision of a mentor.

• Study possibilities: Full-time
• Degree: Master of Science
• Language: English
• Admission moments: September or February
• Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS)
• Structure of the program: first year (60 ECTS)
• Compulsory courses: 30 ECTS
  - theory lessons and self-study
  - group design project
  - preparation for thesis
• Electives: 25 ECTS
  - theory lessons and self-study
  - group design project
• Master thesis preparation: literature study: 5 ECTS
• Structure of the program: second year (60 ECTS)
  - Electives: 25 ECTS
  - Master thesis preparation: research proposal: 5 ECTS
  - Master’s thesis project: 30 ECTS
• Cooperation with other universities: cooperation with universities in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, UK, USA, South Africa and Sweden.