Master's Programme in
Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI)
The world today is increasingly demanding products and services that consider sustainability. At BTH, we believe that combining an overarching approach to socio-ecological sustainability with a disciplined approach to meeting market and human needs through product-service systems is the way of the future, and we are doing our part to show the way!
This programme is unique for several reasons, for example:
* Extraordinary learning environment
* At the leading edge of research and industry
* Deeply meaningful and purposeful
* Addressing in a concrete way the greatest challenge for human civilization
* Excellent job opportunities: Through the unique competence in developing products and services for a sustainable society
The challenge and opportunity of sustainable development
The results of unsustainable human development are evident worldwide - climate change, species extinction, pollution, poverty, and inequality are deteriorating our capacity to sustain our ways of life. Our society needs more effective ways of using our skills and resources to create positive change. This is the challenge that our graduates are prepared to meet.
The challenge and opportunity of product innovation
Products' socio-ecological impacts - positive and negative throughout their life cycles - are largely determined by decisions during early phases of the innovation process. Companies building competence in innovation for sustainability will therefore gain competitive advantages in the evolving sustainability-driven market. However, there is currently a shortage of such competence. Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) therefore offers this new unique master's program in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation.
Programme Description
The programme is focused around BTHs new profile areas; sustainability, innovation and systems engineering. Supporting areas such as science, strategic leadership, management and economics are also included to some degree.
Learning occurs through:
- Group work on current real-world problems among partner companies.
- Study visits and workshops exposing leading edge Swedish examples.
- Dialogues and cross-fertilization between participants.
- Lectures by leading edge BTH staff and guests.
- Possible internships with partner companies and universities.
- Course examination and tasks based on real-world problems.
- Thesis projects with partner companies.
