Graduate - Master of Science

Industrial Engineering, MS

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Program description

Industrial Engineering, MS

This program trains students to develop practical, cost-effective solutions to complex problems that call for a system-level perspective, addressing challenges across areas such as healthcare delivery, food and energy systems, and strategic planning for manufacturing, logistics, and service industries. The Master of Science in Industrial Engineering equips students with tools such as statistics, optimization, computer simulation, and advanced analytics to solve these problems. Housed within a research environment recognized for government- and industry-funded innovation, the program is consistently ranked among the top 20 in the nation and is known for producing high-impact, interdisciplinary, results-driven research.
Curriculum

Featured courses

Information Systems Engineering

This course covers information systems application engineering. Topics include information technology, application and database engineering, data modeling, data organization, process mapping and user interface development.

Web-Enabled Decision Support Systems

This course covers the development and analysis of web-enabled applications for decision support. Topics in the course include web application development using ASP.NET as well design for computing scalability, interface usability and cybersecurity. Students also learn how to apply development skills and design concepts to develop a decision support system.

Advanced Simulating Stochastic Systems

This course covers stochastic systems using basic queuing networks and discrete event simulation. Basic network modeling, shared resources, routing and assembly logic are explored.

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Admission requirements

Program requirements

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Outcomes

Career opportunities & applicable roles

Industrial engineers integrate people, processes, equipment, information and systems to do things better. Industrial engineering graduates develop, implement and improve processes, operations and systems in industries for manufacturing, services, communications, agriculture and many other fields. Graduates of this program are well suited for careers in logistics, finance, defense, travel and health care.

Career examples include
Industrial engineers integrate people, processes, equipment, information and systems to do things better. The industrial engineering graduates will be developing, implementing and improving processes, operations and systems in industries for manufacturing, services, communications, agriculture or any other field. Graduates of the Master of Science program in industrial engineering are suited for careers in logistics, finance, defense, travel and health care.
The school

Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is the largest and most comprehensive engineering program in the United States, with students from 150 countries and all 50 states. It offers 28 undergraduate and more than 55 graduate programs across eight schools. Faculty lead high-impact research, including EPIXC, a $70 million clean energy institute funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, and the $39.8 million SWAP Hub supported by the CHIPS and Science Act. The college is also home to five Science and Technology Centers. U.S. News & World Report ranks its graduate engineering programs No. 23 among public universities (2025–2026), and its faculty have received more than 130 U.S. patents and launched 13 startups.

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