Pre-assignment of Master's Degree Programme in Industrial Management

Pre-assignment for studies starting in the spring term/autumn term 2024

This pre-assignment applies to the following application procedures for studies starting in 2024:

  • Joint Application (application period 3 - 17 January 2024, studies starting in autumn term 2024)
  • Application on the Basis of Finnish Higher Education Studies (application period 1 November - 30 April 2024, studies starting in spring term 2024)

Pre-assignment instructions

The pre-assignment consists of two parts (A and B) and each part is worth 50 points max. Note that both A and B parts of the assignment are mandatory and missing any of them will result 0 points for the pre-assignment. Note also that the pre-assignment needs to be written in English.

Part A:

The students selected to the degree programme need to have both academic knowledge and work experience in the field of ICT, automation, electronics or electrical engineering or other field of engineering. Please add your CV to the assignment, including both your educational and professional background. The information given to the electrical online application is used only to verify that the applicant meets the general eligibility requirements. If you have done any studies after your Bachelor studies, please include that information into your CV.

Studying in the Master’s programme requires that the student is capable of participating in the classes physically and doing independent homework. It is not mandatory to participate in all classes, but high participation is expected. Therefore, high motivation and support from the employer are essential for the applicant. Write an essay on yourself including:

  • why you want to study in the Master’s degree programme
  • your motivation and capability (e.g. English language skills) to take part in the programme

The length of the essay should be roughly one A4. Please place it at the beginning of your CV with a headline “Preliminary Assignment A”.

Part B:

In the B part you will need to develop a R&D plan for your future (real or imaginary) project. The project must be planned in such a way that: a) it is done for a real/partner organization; b) it is realistic and doable for 1 person to do over 1 year along his/her full-time work; c) it is an R&D project with the focus on organizational development in the areas related to the IM Programme that you, yourself, could be able to do. You can use e.g. your current or previous employer as the basis for your exercise.

Applicant is strongly reminded that the application process aims to evaluate the applicant’s qualifications, not the qualifications of ChatGPT or other large language model or alternative methods that provide information about the applicant’s abilities to use such tools but provide only weak indication of the applicants relevant skills for the election process. Please note, that if any part of the work is found to be created by previously mentioned methods the application will be rejected.

Upload your pre-assignment to your online application at Studyinfo as instructed in the application instructions for that application period.

Note that if you are selected to the program, you may change your Master’s thesis topic, the topic introduced here is by no means binding.