Industrial Engineering

graduate program

Our industrial engineering program is ranked in the top 20 nationally by U.S. News & World Report and is among the top programs in the western U.S. Our faculty are internationally recognized for their research, conducting many funded, state-of-the-art research projects for both government and industry. They are not only involved in leading-edge research from both methodological and applications perspectives, but they also actively advise students, teach innovation and continuously improve the curriculum.

Our programs are strongly focused in industrial statistics and quality engineering, applied operations research, production and supply-chain logistics and enterprise information systems in challenging manufacturing and service environments.

Graduate students discover tremendous opportunities for professional growth in developing competitive manufacturing and service systems that will integrate people, equipment and information to meet the needs of the 21st century. Currently, more than 65 of our doctoral graduates hold faculty positions at institutions of higher learning around the world.

Industrial engineering, M.S.: the M.S. degree is designed for students interested in pursuing original research.  The 30 credit hour program requires four core courses, three area courses, one elective and a 6-hour thesis with an oral defense.  A minimum GPA of 3.2 is required in the first 18 hours of coursework to pursue the M.S. option. 

Industrial engineering, M.S.E.: the 30-credit-hour program requires four core courses, four area courses, two electives and a written comprehensive examination. At the time of the application, all applicants must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of calculus mathematics with a GPA of 2.00 or higher.

Industrial engineering, Ph.D.: both a written and an oral comprehensive examination are required on or before completion of the 57 credit hours of course work in the program of study. The candidate must also successfully pass the dissertation prospectus and the dissertation oral defense.

Please see the ASU Graduate Policies and Procedures for additional information.

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