Professional Master of Industrial Engineering in Houston United States | Rice University

The Master of Industrial Engineering (M.I.E.) is a professional graduate program without a thesis requirement, comprising 31 credit hours of approved 500-level or higher courses, including a 1-credit final project. Applicants with a bachelor's degree in engineering or related disciplines are eligible. Graduates will gain the ability to: Develop physical and mathematical representations of complex real-world systems. Analyze material flow across supply chains using modeling techniques. Generate actionable, data-based solutions to enhance system performance. Effectively present technical findings to non-specialist stakeholders. Industrial engineering enhances productivity and safety across diverse sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and energy services by applying analytical modeling for data-informed decision making. Rice University's Professional Master's Program in Industrial Engineering equips students with advanced skills to optimize organizational systems using decision science methodologies applicable to both commercial and nonprofit environments.