Masters in Industrial Engineering

Master’s in Industrial Engineering provides a graduate-level introduction to industrial engineering. The programme consists of graduate-level coursework in operations research, statistics, and applied industrial engineering. The main emphasis is on modeling, analysis, and proposing solutions to problems. This engineering profession is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy and materials. There has been a general consensus among historians that the genesis of industrial engineering traces its roots to the Industrial Revolution.
According to a report published by the National Foundation for American Policy, around 75% of full-time graduate students in Industrial Engineering programs at U.S. universities (2015) are international students. The number of full-time graduate international students studying Industrial Engineering in 2015 is 7,676.

Course Structure

Usually, various universities provide Master of Science and Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering. The general curriculum involves study of subjects such as Manufacturing Engineering; Analytics and machine learning; Computer-aided manufacturing; Engineering economics; Financial engineering; Human factors engineering and ergonomics (safety engineering); Lean Six Sigma; Management sciences; Materials management; Operations management; Operations research and optimization techniques; Predetermined motion time system and computer use for IE; Product development; Production planning and control; Productivity improvement; Project management; Reliability engineering and life testing; Robotics; Statistical process control or quality control; Supply chain management and logistics; System dynamics and policy planning; Systems simulation and stochastic processes; Time and motion study; Facilities design and work-space design; Quality engineering; System analysis and techniques.
Masters in Industrial engineering is a formal degree that has been around for years. However, the method of teaching differs across countries. For example, Turkey lays a strong emphasis on the technical aspects of the programme, while Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom focus on the management aspects, which makes it less technical. The United States, meanwhile, focuses on case-studies and group problem solving and maintains a balance between the technical and non technical fields of the programme.

Eligibility

Applicants to this programme typically hold an undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, science, or computing from a recognized institution, though anyone with a strong quantitative aptitude are encouraged to study Industrial Engineering.
To seek admission, applicants are required to have an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree or an equivalent and complete the GRE General Test. Applicants may submit GMAT scores as an alternative, but the GRE is preferred. Applicants must describe any relevant work experience in the personal statement and submit TOEFL or IELTS scores if English is not their primary native language. A university normally decides the admission of a student based on the following factors:  Performance in all prior degree programs (earned GPA, field (s), institution (s)); GRE scores, especially of the quantitative and analytical writing portions; letters of reference.