Western Michigan University’s Industrial Engineering (M.S.E., Ph.D.) programs prepare graduates to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy.

The M.S.E. program is designed to increase our graduates’ skills and abilities to analyze and interpret data, in order to make optimal use of the available information.

The M.S.E. offers the opportunity to conduct research through project and thesis options, and allows the working engineer to complete the program in three years while maintaining full-time employment.

The M.S.E. in Industrial Engineering requires 30 credit hours of work that includes 18 hours of core courses and 12 hours of approved electives.The specific career path objectives of the individual may be met by focusing the electives and/or the optional thesis or project options.