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The industrial engineering program equips you with the capabilities to design, manage, operate, and enhance intricate systems that integrate people, materials, information, equipment, and finances. You develop the expertise to assess and refine these systems, boosting quality, efficiency, and safety in complex environments.
As an industrial engineering student, you explore how business objectives align with engineering fundamentals to deliver goods and services in the global marketplace. The curriculum provides a grounding in engineering analysis, statistics, mathematics, and computer applications. Since an industrial engineering degree is advantageous for management roles across various industries, the program offers the possibility of a management minor. You can customize your degree to match your professional aspirations by selecting a specialization in engineering management, logistics and supply chain engineering, or systems engineering.
Given that industrial engineers can pursue careers in diverse sectors, the range of projects they undertake is broad. For instance, an industrial engineer might develop a hospital admissions process, enhance a product assembly line to improve quality and minimize workplace injuries, or collaborate with fellow engineers on the design of a new office structure.
Admission is based on a review of each student’s total academic and extracurricular record; the high school record of scholastic achievement and extracurricular and community activity; Results from the SAT or ACT; English language proficiency; Judgments made as a result of personal interviews and campus visits.