The PhD program provides advanced study and training to prepare students to be research scholars, with expertise in human factors, operations research, or production systems.

ISE is committed to research and educational excellence across the broad range of industrial and systems engineering disciplines - including operations research, production systems, manufacturing, quality, simulation, and human factors.

The University at Buffalo has three campuses: the North Campus in suburban Amherst, the South Campus on Main Street in a North Buffalo neighborhood and the growing Downtown Campus, encompassing several buildings in downtown Buffalo.