Graduate: ● has comprehensive knowledge in the field of management of socio-technical systems that integrate human resources, information, technology and processes within the life cycle of products and services, ● can characterize pre-production, production and post-production processes and related management activities, ● has knowledge about the quality of technological processes, in the field of process and project management and personal marketing, ● has knowledge of the basics of entrepreneurship and planning of business activities.
Graduate: ● can apply selected methods, techniques and tools of management, ● can actively acquire information and use it to solve tasks in the field of industrial engineering, ● has practical skills in the field of process and project management, ● can use the tools of personal marketing in human resources management, ● can apply tools and methods of quality improvement and choose specific corrective and preventive measures for increasing sustainable performance of production operations, ● can prepare a business plan.
Graduates: ● have the ability to communicate effectively, present their own opinions and solutions, make decisions and take responsibility for them, ● can solve problems and work effectively in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams, ● have the ability to think analytically and practically and creatively to solve new and non-standard situations, ● are able to work independently, organize and plan their work and their own self-development, ● have managerial, economic, legal, environmental and ethical awareness and are able to apply it in the performance of their profession.
Based on the portal https://uplatnenie.sk/, according to available information from 2019, up to 96% of graduates of the Industrial Management study program, including individual modules (which is the predecessor of the proposed study programme), continue their studies at the 2nd level/degree of study. Only 4% of graduates decided not to continue their studies and are employed.
Graduate of the Industrial Management study programme: ● is ready to flexibly apply in the labour market, ● can apply as a member of a creative team or its leader in organizations of various types, especially at the first and middle management levels of industrial enterprises. Depending on the chosen specialisation, he/she will find employment in specialised departments of production management, logistics, quality, human resources or marketing. According to the portals (https://www.sustavapovolani.sk and the qualification system; https://www.kvalifikacie.sk/kartoteka-kariet-kvalifikacii#/; https://www.kariernabrana.sk/pozicie-na-trhu-prace-podla-sektorov/), he/she can be employed in specific positions such as production planning specialist, human resources specialist (generalist), engineering production manager, production quality management specialist, payroll specialist, statistics specialist, marketing manager, production cooperation manager, etc. At the same time, he/she is able to establish and manage small companies or companies or be a member of the management of individual components of larger organizations. ● is prepared for study in a related engineering degree programme, e.g. Industrial Engineering and Management.
The study program Industrial Management, as a continuation of the study programs Economics and Management of Engineering Production, Management of Industrial Enterprises, Industrial Engineering and Management, Personnel Work in an Industrial Enterprise, Production Quality Engineering, has produced a number of successful graduates in its 72 years of existence, who have applied themselves in commercial and academic fields. sphere. For the commercial sphere, it is possible to mention, for example, the following graduates: Ing. Ľuboš Lopatka, PhD. (1984) – Social Insurance Office (General Director), Bory Hospital (General Director); Ing. Andrej Juris (1988) – Office for Regulation of Network Industries (President); Ing. Juraj Janáč (1991) – Volkswagen Slovakia (Head of Segment Porsche); Ing. Dušan Vavro (1995) – Volkswagen Slovakia (Head of Produktion VW and Skoda); Ing. Miroslav Daniš (1995) – ZF Group (Plant Manager); Ing. Martin Dzama (1998) – Stellantis Trnava (General Director), VCK Volvo Car Košice (Final Assembly Manager); Ing. Branislav Horváth (2002) – IAC Group Slovakia s.r.o. (Senior process Engineer); Ing. Kristína Šmída (2003) – Autocont (HR Director); Ing. Yulia Šurinová, PhD. (2004) – Sky Medical (General Director); Ing. Viktória Talnagiová, PhD. (2007) – Schindler Dunajská Streda a.s. (Plant Controlling Manager); Ing. Rastislav Beňo, PhD. (2008) – Stellantis Trnava (Chief Ergonomist); Ing. Zuzana Janíková (rod. Kelemenová), PhD. (2009) – VAILLANT GROUP Heat Pump Production s.r.o. (Group Production Engineer); Ing. Marián Hodulík (2011) – MAN Trucks Krakov / Volkswagen Group (Head of Logistics); Ing. Matej Daňo, PhD. (2011) – LEONI Wiring Systems Slovakia, s.r.o. (Head of Production Segment); Ing. Jaroslav Patka (2012) – Schaeffler Slovakia (General Director); Ing. Lenka Púčiková (2012) – Faurecia (Product Manager); Ing. Samuel Janík, PhD. (2018) – Vaillant Industrial Slovakia s.r.o. (VPS Group Coach) and others. Graduates are very successful in the academic and research sphere, we can mention e.g.: prof. Ing. Miloš Čambál, CSc. (1988) – Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, STU (Dean); doc. Ing. František Horňák (1992) – STU (Vice-rector); doc. Ing. Andrea Chlpeková (1992) – Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, STU (Director of the Institute); prof. Ing. Ján Závadský, PhD. (1999) – UMB Banská Bystrica (Vice-rector); Ing. Peter Szabó, PhD. (2006) – Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, STU (Director of the Institute).
The Industrial Management study program is compiled in accordance with current trends and requirements of practice in various industrial enterprises. Employers positively evaluate the ability of graduates of the study program to creatively apply theoretical and technical knowledge in solving specific problems of industrial practice. An explicit expression of employers' evaluation of the quality of graduates is the fact that this study programme is one of the studies programmes whose graduates in June 2025 were identified by employers as the highest quality in Slovakia. (https://magazin.almacareer.com/sk/velka-zmena-v-atraktivite-absolventov-informatikov-nahradili-strojari).The Industrial Management study programme is compiled in accordance with current trends and requirements of practice in various industrial enterprises. Employers positively evaluate the ability of graduates of the study program to creatively apply theoretical and technical knowledge in solving specific problems of industrial practice. An explicit expression of employers' evaluation of the quality of graduates is the fact that this study programme is one of the studies programmes whose graduates in June 2025 were identified by employers as the highest quality in Slovakia. (https://magazin.almacareer.com/sk/velka-zmena-v-atraktivite-absolventov-informatikov-nahradili-strojari).
