The Ph.D. in Engineering offered online at the Bagley College of Engineering has a concentration in industrial engineering or electrical engineering. The industrial engineering Ph.D. is designed to ready individuals for systems engineering practice. Students must take a qualifying and preliminary exam, and the oral examination for defense of the dissertation takes place via Skype to allow for complete online access to the doctorate program. The school records engineering classes for the distance education program, rather than giving them in real time.
Mississippi State University
Bagley College of Engineering
Mail Stop 9544
250 McCain Building
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-2270
ise.msstate.edu/graduate/degree.php
With six doctorate degrees available, Southern Methodist University (SMU) has the widest range of engineering doctorates available online. Students can earn a doctorate of philosophy with a major in electrical engineering, operations research, systems engineering, civil engineering or mechanical engineering. SMU also offers a Doctorate of Engineering in Engineering Management. The school streams courses online with included chat capabilities.
Graduate Admissions
Lyle School of Engineering
P.O. Box 750338
Dallas, TX 75275
214-768-4661
smu.edu/Lyle/Graduate.aspx
Some universities, such as the University of South Carolina (USC) Swearingen Engineering Center, provide online courses for doctoral students in engineering, but students must come to the campus for a few events. At USC, students must attend the qualifying written and oral exam after completing their core courses, in addition to the verbal trial defense comprehensive exam and the final defense of the dissertation. They can, however, take all courses online. The school streams courses online within 24 hours of the actual class. Doctorate degree courses are available in chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering at the University of South Carolina through its graduate engineering program, which has been around for almost 40 years.
University of South Carolina
Swearingen Engineering Center
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-4177
engr.sc.edu