The discipline of Industrial Engineering emerged a century ago on the production floors of manufacturing plants, and has expanded ever since with the advance of modern technology. Today’s industrial engineers employ cutting-edge technologies to enhance the efficiency of complex systems in all types of organizations: corporations, government agencies, public institutions, security forces, service providers, nonprofits, and more.
In Israel, most academic Industrial Engineering programs also include Management in their curriculum – to provide future engineers with managerial skills, and vice versa. The combined degree opens a wide range of career possibilities, and many alumni reach senior positions in leading private, public and government organizations.
HIT’s B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management is known for its creative and enterprising approach. Implementing up-to-the-minute pedagogical methods, including AI, it places a special focus on hands-on experience, research, entrepreneurship, and innovation, always in line with industry’s rapidly changing needs. Students enjoy a choice of specializations – Project Management, IT Management, Big Data Analysis, or Information & Cyber Security – with AI incorporated into every course.
The unique program strives to expand students’ professional horizons from day one. Undergraduates are exposed to the discipline’s global ecosystem through enriching student exchange initiatives and international events (e.g. the National Hackathons), where they meet peers and experts from other lands and encounter different perspectives. Moreover, B.Sc. students are encouraged to take part in research, contributing significantly to studies conducted by the faculty’s researchers.
Always looking forward, the program recently established a new course for outstanding students, offering them an invaluable opportunity to work at technological companies, gain real-world experience and form important connections for their future careers. Another new seminar promotes social awareness, innovation and entrepreneurship, with undergraduates mentoring high school students through a complete entrepreneurial process – from initial idea and fundraising to manufacturing and marketing a commercial product or service.
At the national level, the HIT program leads several initiatives attended by faculty and students from academic institutions across the country: the National Industrial Engineering & Management Conference, the National Hackathon (with a focus on female engineering and technology students), and the National Research Conference in Industrial Engineering & Management.
We place great emphasis on fostering populations that may have had less access to technological education and the opportunities it affords. Many of our students are first generation in academia in their families, and over 50% are women. A special track enables students to work and develop their careers while studying for an academic degree.
The program’s graduates can be found in all leading technological organizations – such as IBM, eBay, Intel, Microsoft, Israel Aerospace Industries, and many innovative startups across Israel, as well as overseas.
All faculty members bring extensive practical and industrial experience, enabling them to equip their students for professional success as future managers and engineers.
Research at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Technology Management is essentially industry-oriented, addressing real-world technological problems faced by corporations.Researchers are encouraged to involve students – starting with undergraduates – in their scientific work. Several research initiatives are national and international in nature.