Decisions and guidelines

This syllabus was established by the Board of the Faculty of Science and Technology on 8 November 2021 to be applied as of 1 July 2022.

The Bachelor's Programme in Leadership - Quality Management - Improvement is in effect at the University starting in autumn 2014 according to decision on 28 May 2013 (UFV 2013/886).

Swedish translation

Programme name in Swedish: Kandidatprogram i ledarskap - kvalitet - förbättring.

The programme leads to a Degree of Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and management.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements for first-cycle (Bachelor's level) studies in Sweden. Also required is advanced level mathematics (equivalent of Swedish courses Mathematics 3b or 3c).

Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries. Detailed instructions on how to provide evidence of your English proficiency are available at universityadmissions.se.

Aims

The Bachelor's Programme in Leadership - Quality Management - Improvement is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills required to develop and improve operations by systematically identifying problems, analysing and improving processes and working methods, and maintaining these improvements in processes or working methods.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes for the Degree of Bachelor

The Swedish Higher Education Act

The Swedish Higher Education Act contains provisions about the higher education institutions that are accountable to the Government.

The Higher Education Ordinance

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

For a Degree of Bachelor the student shall:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the main field of study, including knowledge of the disciplinary foundation of the field, knowledge of applicable methodologies in the field, specialised study in some aspect of the field as well as awareness of current research issues.

Competence and skills

For a Degree of Bachelor the student shall:

• demonstrate the ability to search for, gather, evaluate and critically interpret the relevant information for a formulated problem and also discuss phenomena, issues and situations critically
• demonstrate the ability to identify, formulate and solve problems autonomously and to complete tasks within predetermined time frames
• demonstrate the ability to present and discuss information, problems and solutions in speech and writing and in dialogue with different audiences, and
• demonstrate the skills required to work autonomously in the main field of study.

Judgement and approach

For a Degree of Bachelor the student shall:

• demonstrate the ability to make assessments in the main field of study informed by relevant disciplinary, social and ethical issues
• demonstrate insight into the role of knowledge in society and the responsibility of the individual for how it is used, and
• demonstrate the ability to identify the need for further knowledge and ongoing learning.

Local learning outcomes for the Bachelor's Programme in Leadership - Quality Management - Improvement at Uppsala University

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

For a Degree of Bachelor the student shall:

• demonstrate knowledge of methodologies and tools used in the field of quality development as well as knowledge about trends in this area
• demonstrate knowledge of how companies and organisations operate individually and in wider contexts
• demonstrate an understanding of how change processes arise and are managed
• demonstrate an understanding of the importance of diversity, differences and group dynamics
• demonstrate an understanding of social, environmental and economic sustainable quality development. 

Competence and skills

• demonstrate the skills required to describe, analyse, manage and change operations that produce both goods and services
• demonstrate the ability to lead and participate in improvement and development projects with a sustainability perspective.

Judgement and approach

• demonstrate a customer and stakeholderfocus
• look at development on the basis of social, environmental and economic sustainability.
• apply an approach whereby development and improvement are seen in a long-term perspective where profits do not arise as a result of losses sustained by other stakeholders.

Layout of the programme

Description of the study programme

Description of the programme

The programme is divided into six semesters, four with recommended courses in the main field of study and two with elective courses. The programme's courses in the main field of study focus on quality management where the student learns practices, methodologies and tools for quality development.

Students learn to systematically identify problems, analyse and improve processes and practices, and maintain the levels of these improvements in processes and practices. Since much of quality development is carried out in project form, great importance is attached to project control and project management. Since working with improvement and development projects involve working with, or leading a group of people, students will also study group dynamics and leadership, including conflict management, communication, diversity and change management. This gives the students a better understanding of how they themselves, individuals and groups function, and how leadership problems in connection with improvement and development projects can be resolved.

Throughout the study programme, the student is trained in applying theoretical knowledge as well as practical skills to solving real-world problems through written assignments and projects carried out in cooperation with host companies. The programme integrates an approach whereby development and improvement are viewed from a sustainability perspective based on the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability. This means that development and improvement are viewed in a long-term perspective where profits do not arise as a result of losses sustained by other stakeholders.

The two electives semesters (semesters 4 and 5) are intended to broaden the student's knowledge and here the student can apply for courses in subject areas that interest them. However, half of these courses, 30 credits out of 60, must be in one and the same main field of study - a minor field of study. The student can choose from among the following suggestions for courses given within the programme:

Specialisation on campus, academic year 2022/2023: Courses in business administration and law. From the academic year 2023/2024, these courses will be replaced by courses in sustainable development, industrial management, mathematics and sustainable energy transition.

Specialisation distance education: Courses in social geography.

Each academic year is divided into four study periods, two during the autumn semester and two during the spring semester.

Specialised study in the study programme

Specialised study in the main field of study within the programme means a gradual improvement in skills in relation to the leader role, in parallel with improvements in developing a scientific approach and acquiring traditional subject area knowledge. The courses within the programme's study plans mean that specialised study in the main field is achieved in the study programme at a level that it is balanced between depth and necessary breadth.

The programme courses

Study plan

The following in-depth levels are used for the courses in the study plan:

G1N first cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

G1F first cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

G1E first cycle, contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma

G2F first cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

G2E first cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

Main field of study Industrial Engineering and Management

The main field of study Industrial Engineering and Management is interdisciplinary and combines expertise in engineering with issues related to organisations and management, innovation processes and entrepreneurial activities.

A course can and should be classified as belonging to the main field of Industrial Engineering and Management if it mostly deals with at least one of the following areas:

• Methods for the development, design, commissioning, validation, use or maintenance of technical systems within the selected subject area or equivalent for components in such systems.
• Engineering-based business development. This includes entrepreneurship and market analysis but also courses in product development.
• Methods for the efficient organisation of processes involved in the implementation of the elements in the point above. Examples of courses within this category are industrial economics, production management, industrialisation, quality management and environmental technology and project management. 

Degree project

Common guidelines and instructions for degree projects apply to all programmes in engineering at Uppsala University. Forms and instructions for students are available on the Faculty website https://www.teknat.uu.se/education/student-en/.

Instruction

In the distance education version, the courses in the programme are taught mainly in Swedish but there may be courses or course components taught in English and course literature in English. For students starting in first year in the autumn of 2022 and later, the campus version will be taught in English. Otherwise, the courses in the programme are taught mainly in Swedish but there may be courses or course components taught in English and course literature in English.

Degree

Regulations according to Higher Education Ordinance

Scope

A Degree of Bachelor is awarded after the student has completed the courses required to gain 180 credits in a defined specialisation determined by each higher education institution itself, of which 90 credits are for progressively specialised study in the principal field (main field of study) of the programme.

Independent project (degree project)

A requirement for the award of a Degree of Bachelor is completion by the student of an independent project (degree project) for at least 15 credits in the main field of study.

Miscellaneous

Specific requirements determined by each higher education institution itself within the parameters of the requirements laid down in this qualification descriptor shall also apply for a Degree of Bachelor with a defined specialisation.

Specific requirements at Uppsala University

In order to be entitled to a Bachelor's degree the following requirements have to be fulfilled: After finishing courses totalling 180 credits (three years of full-time studies) the student may be awarded a Bachelor's degree, provided that a main field of study of 90 credits minimum is included, and that within the main field of study at least 15 credits constitutes an individually performed project work.

At Uppsala University a Bachelor's degree, in addition to these general conditions, also requires at least one minor field of study of at least 30 credits. The main fields of study at Uppsala University may also be considered minor fields of study.

Other directives

Admission to a later part of the programme

Students who have acquired equivalent knowledge outside the study programme can apply for admission to a later part of the programme. These students should contact the student counsellor. Their application will be processed by the programme coordinator. Students can be admitted to a later part of the programme in both the spring and autumn semesters.

• To be admitted to a later part of a programme, the student must fulfil the basic and specific entry requirements for the programme.
• The student must have sufficient prior knowledge to be able to follow the programme at the level at which the student is admitted, which means that the student is able to study at least 15 credits from the programme outline (for the programme to which the student is admitted) during the first semester. The other 15 credits are specified in the individual study plan.
• For admission to the spring semester of the first year, the student must be able to credit 20 credits' worth of completed courses within the programme's syllabus.
• For admission to the autumn semester of the second year, the student must be able to credit 40 credits' worth of completed courses within the programme's syllabus.
• For admission to the spring semester of the second year, the student must be able to credit 60 credits' worth of completed courses within the programme's syllabus.
• For admission to the autumn semester in the third year, the student must be able to credit 80 credits' worth of completed courses within the programme's syllabus.
• For students admitted to a later part of the programme, an individual study plan for the first semester is drawn up by the programme's study counsellor.

All points must be satisfied, and the courses completed, at the latest by the deadline for applications for programmes with more applicants than available places in the semester applied for; in other cases at the latest by the start of the semester.

Students can only be admitted to a later part of a programme or a specialisation within a programme if there is a place in the programme in the semester in question.

Forms are available from https://teknat.uu.se/education/student-en/

Grading system and assessment

The form of assessment and the grading system are shown in the course syllabus. Information about exam registrations are available at the virtual learning environment (this does not apply to exams at other higher education institutions than Uppsala University).

For more regulations see "Guidelines on working conditions for first- and second-cycle students at Uppsala University" as of 2017-07-01.

Approved leave from studies and non-completion

Approved leave from studies means that a student has applied for and been granted leave from their studies by the higher education institution with a guaranteed place. Approved leave from studies is granted if the student has one of the special grounds specified in the Higher Education Ordinance. If the student has other grounds, those responsible for the study programme decide whether approved leave from studies can be granted. For more information and the application form, see https://teknat.uu.se/education/student-en/

Students who have taken leave from their studies without being granted approved leave may take up their studies again subject to place availability. Students who wish to terminate the programme can request non-completion on the form available at https://teknat.uu.se/education/student-en/. Students who wish to resume their studies can re-apply for the programme via https://www.universityadmissions.se/ or apply for admission to a later part of the programme.