Industrial Engineering Graduate Schools

Georgia Institute of Technology

• The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is the nation's top-rated industrial engineering program for 2009, according to U.S. News and World Report. Overall, Georgia Tech's College of Engineering was rated fourth across all engineering disciplines; it ranked first within the field of industrial engineering. The program offers two primary degree paths. The first is the Master of Science degree. The master's program consists of several areas of emphasis including computational and science engineering, industrial engineering, statistics, and quantitative and computational finance. The doctoral program offers concentrations in several areas, which include stochastics and applied probability, simulation, optimization, manufacturing, logistics, human integrated systems, health systems, economic decision analysis and applied statistics.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  College of Engineering
  225 North Ave.
  Atlanta, GA 30332
  404-894-1610
  gradadmiss.gatech.edu/programs/isye/ie.php

University of California--Berkeley

• The University of California at Berkeley was rated as the second-best industrial engineering program in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. The UCB Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research emphasizes quantitative modeling and analysis in its programs. The university also offers the M.S. and the Ph.D as part of its industrial engineering program. At the master's degree level, students have the opportunity to pursue one of two areas of emphasis. They can study applied engineering or theoretical concerns. In addition to the Ph.D program, students also have the option of pursuing the Doctor of Engineering degree.

  Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
  4141 Etcheverry Hall
  Mail Code 1777
  University of California
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-5485
  ieor.berkeley.edu

University of Michigan

• The third-highest rated industrial engineering graduate school, according to U.S. News and World Report, is the University of Michigan's Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering. Overall, Michigan's entire College of Engineering was rated ninth in the nation. Michigan also offers both the Master of Science and the Ph.D. There are several areas of research specialization that are emphasized by the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department. These include operations research, quality engineering and supplied statistics, management engineering, production, manufacturing and distribution systems, financial engineering and ergonomics, human performance, and occupational safety. The college sponsors a number of research centers such as the Center for Ergonomics, the Tauber Institute for Global Operations and the Dynamic Systems Optimization Laboratory.

  University of Michigan
  College of Engineering
  Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-647-7090
  ioe.engin.umich.edu