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If you have a passion for using both your hands and intellect to create and enhance objects, Western Michigan University's manufacturing engineering technology program could be your ideal choice. Manufacturing engineering technologists turn product designs into reality by integrating people, raw materials, processes, and capital to address manufacturing challenges and establish efficient production systems.
As a student in WMU's manufacturing engineering technology program, you'll explore mathematics, fundamental sciences, materials and manufacturing processes, productivity methods, computer applications, robotics, and product design. You'll also develop skills in expressing your ideas clearly through speech and writing. Graduating with this degree opens doors to careers in manufacturing planning and operations, tooling and systems design, process and product development, quality assurance, technical training, and supervision.
In your professional role, you might investigate innovative robot grippers in a lab, assess a product's manufacturing feasibility, implement closed-loop control for plastic component assembly, enhance machine tools, oversee an automotive production line, automate foundry operations, instruct technicians in computer-aided design systems, or troubleshoot and fix issues with laser welding equipment.
A first-year applicant is a student who is applying for admission and who has not attempted or earned any college credit after graduating from high school/secondary school (or earned equivalent).
Minimum English proficiency test scores:
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 71 iBT
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic: 6.0
Pearson Test of English, Academic Module (PTE): 48
Michigan English Test (MET): 48
Application deadlines:
Fall: June 15; Spring: October 15