BENG(IETM) is designed to meet the new challenges of Hong Kong's industrial transformation. Students will acquire technical expertise in industrial engineering and a thorough understanding of technology management including information technology. This programme balances theory and practice, and emphasizes technology management and entrepreneurship.

The curriculum provides students with an understanding of value-adding business activities in developing new products and services within complex industrial systems. The main areas of expertise developed and integrated in this curriculum are as follows:

(1)	Industrial engineering - Engineering economics, project management, product design and manufacturing, production planning and inventory control, man-machine interaction, and system integration and analysis;
(2)	Technology management - Market analysis, financial information and control, technology appraisal, business and management information systems, enterprise development and integration, change management, planning and organisational skills; and
(3)	Interpersonal skills - Written and oral communication, analytical skills, group dynamics, problem solving, and international and cultural awareness.

Subject to approval, students may opt to minor in Business, Economics or Finance.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

BENG(IETM) is accredited by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Graduates can, with proper training and working experience, obtain the status of Registered Professional Engineer. This professional status is recognised through the Washington Accord by the signatories of engineering organisations in the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

CAREER PROSPECTS

This BENG(IETM) programme is designed to transform aspiring young men and women into professionals who can design and manage information and industrial systems. Such systems are needed to meet the needs of industrial marketing and product development, including services, business, government, and manufacturing organisations. Graduates of this programme can expect interesting, challenging, and rewarding careers. Since Hong Kong is evolving into a logistics centre and an innovation and technology centre, local companies are becoming more agile, flexible, and highly adaptive to global market demands. Graduates are equipped to become industrial engineers and technology managers of the future, and to assume crucial roles by being able to deploy human and technical resources in designing new infrastructure. Graduates can also apply their system integration skills to promote information technology and innovation so as to produce and deliver various products and services.

Many graduates from the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering already occupy key positions as technology managers in local industry. Graduates are also sought by many local manufacturing corporations, service and commercial enterprises, management consulting firms, and government agencies.

A recent survey showed that 89% fresh graduates from the Department had full-time jobs by the end of September in the year of graduation. On average, each student received 2.3 job offers, and about 26% received 3 to 8 offers.