Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UTAR

Overview of Bachelor of Engineering Honours Industrial Engineering in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UTAR Malaysia

Industrial Engineering is a flexible engineering area that helps company to save money and enhance efficiency. It is a multidisciplinary field related to the manufacturing, design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy.  

The programme concentrates on the practical application of technical knowledge (i.e. in mathematics, physics, engineering and social sciences) together with principles and methods of engineering analysis and design. It aims to produce graduates who can demonstrate capabilities to acquire and apply knowledge of science and engineering fundamentals, possess in-depth technical competence in the industrial engineering discipline to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution and possess the ability to utilise a systems approach to design an optimise system's performance.

Industrial engineers can involve themselves in designing, developing, testing and evaluating integrated systems for managing industrial production processes including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flows, cost analysis, and production coordination.

CAREER PROSPECTS

• Industrial Engineer
• Production/Process Engineer
• System Engineer
• Schedule/Planning Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• New Product Introduction Engineer (NPI)
• Project Engineer
• Supply Chain Engineer
• Cost/Operation Analyst

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Year 1

• Dynamics
• Electric Circuits and Technology
• English for Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• Fundamentals of Programming
• Introduction to Operations Research
• Manufacturing Technology I
• Mathematics for Engineering I
• Mathematics for Engineering II
• National Language / Other Language
• Principles of Industrial Engineering
• Statics

Year 2

• Basic Economics, Accounting and Management
• Co-Curriculum
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Introduction to Material Science
• Mechanics of Solid
• MPU1*
• Network Modeling and Integer Programming
• Numerical Methods and Statistics
• Principles of Electrical Power and Machines
• Process Control and Instrumentation
• Queuing Models
• Sun Zi's Art of War and Business Strategies
• Thermodynamics

Year 3

• Capstone Project
• Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
• Design Fundamentals for Industrial Engineering
• Engineering and Service Economics
• Industrial Laboratory
• Industrial Training
• Inventory Control Analysis and Modeling
• Occupational Safety and Management
• Quality Control and Assurance
• Systems Operations Planning, Schedule and Control

Year 4

• Facility Planning
• Elective I
• Elective II
• Law for Engineers
• Manufacturing Technology II
• MPU1**
• Project
• Project Management
• Systems Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking

Elective I - Choose 1 course(s)

• AI for Engineers
• Nuclear Engineering
• Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
• Renewable Energy
• Sustainable Green Technology

Elective II - Choose 1 course(s)

• Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment
• Logistics Management
• Organisation and Human Resource
• Quality Management Systems

• MPU I* - Choose 1 course

  • Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2 - For International Students
  • Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia (TITAS) - For Local Students

  • MPU 1** - Choose 1 course

    • Hubungan Etnik - For Local Students
    • Malaysian Studies 3 - For International Students

National Language/Other Language - Choose 1 course

• Bahasa Kebangsaan (A) - For Malaysian only, without SPM-BM credit
• Communication Tamil For Health Sciences
• Introduction to French
• Introduction to German Language
• Introduction to Japanese
• Introduction to Korean
• Introduction to Tamil Language
• Introduction to Thai Language

Co-curriculum - Choose 1 course

• Arts and Cultural Performance
• Community Project
• Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
• Language, Culture and Social Study Abroad
• Leadership and Teambuilding
• Managing Personal Finance
• Management of Martial Arts Activity
• Music Performance
• Oral Communication
• Social Entrepreneurship Project
• Sports
• Study Soft Skills and/or Life Skills Abroad
• Team Work and Collaborative Project
• Work Ethics and EQ

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM)
• Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)
• A-Levels
• South Australian Matriculation (SAM)
• Canadian Pre-University (CPU)