The Department of Industrial Engineering is committed to being a leader in education and research in contemporary areas of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and to be recognized as such locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Department of Industrial Engineering's mission is to provide contemporary and relevant industrial and systems engineering education and research; impart knowledge and skills necessary to design and to improve a variety of manufacturing and service processes; promote life-long learning; and contribute to emerging societal needs.

The main goal of the Industrial Engineering program at the University of Miami is to prepare students to contribute to the economy by virtue of employment in a variety of industries: manufacturing (heavy and light, traditional and high technology) and service (health care, retail, transportation, logistics, government, consulting, banking, and insurance). In striving to achieve this goal, the objective of the faculty is to provide all students with the mathematical, scientific, and design tools required to formulate problems accurately, generate alternative solutions, evaluate those alternatives, and present the best solutions to clients or decision makers in a fashion that facilitates decision-making processes.