MS in Industrial Engineering

The MS in Industrial Engineering program prepares students to give practical and economically efficient solutions to real-life, complex problems — solutions that require a system level approach. Examples of these problems include health delivery, food and energy systems, as well as those that arise in the strategic planning of manufacturing, logistics operations and service industries.

Some of the tool used to address these problems include statistics, optimization, computer simulation and advanced analytics.

Attendance type

Full-time

Credit hours

Study method

Online or campus immersion

STEM-OPT option

Available

Campus

Tempe campus

Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University is the largest and most comprehensive engineering program in the United States, with 31,752 students enrolled in Fall 2023 and 209 National Merit Scholars for 2022-23. Recognized for its excellence, the school ranks #2 for its online Master's in Electrical Engineering and #34 overall for undergraduate engineering programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2024).

Students at the Fulton Schools benefit from a globally diverse student body, bringing a wide range of perspectives and ideas to tackle the world's most significant challenges through engineering and technology.

ASU degree pathways

Students enrolled at an ASU Cintana Alliance Network institution have the chance to start their courses at their home institution and transfer those credits* to finish their remaining years at ASU.

Models available: Graduate dual degree and accelerated masters.

Courses at home university

FSE 501: Technology Entrepreneurship

FSE 502: Strategic Enterprise Innovation

IEE 571: Quality Management

IEE 572: Design Engineering Experiments

Courses at ASU

Required Core (12 credits):

IEE 505: Information Systems Engineering (3) or IEE 506: Web-enabled Decision Support Systems (3)

IEE 545: Advanced Simulating Stochastic Systems (3) or – IEE 561: Production Systems (3)

IEE 572: Design Engineering Experiments (3) or IEE 573 Reliability Engineering (3) or IEE 578: Regression Analysis (3)

IEE 574: Applied Deterministic Operations Research (3) or – IEE 575: Applied Stochastic Operations Research Models (3)

Electives (12 or 18 credit hours)

Culminating Experience (0 or 6 credit hours)

IEE 599: Thesis (6) or portfolio (0)

*Transfer eligibility is subject to student performance in courses at home institution and Arizona State University transfer requirements.

Featured courses

Information Systems Engineering

This course covers information systems application engineering. Topics include information technology, application and database engineering, data modeling, data organization, process mapping and user interface development.

Web-Enabled Decision Support Systems

This course covers the development and analysis of web-enabled applications for decision support. Topics in the course include web application development using ASP.NET as well design for computing scalability, interface usability and cybersecurity. Students also learn how to apply development skills and design concepts to develop a decision support system.

Advanced Simulating Stochastic Systems

This course covers stochastic systems using basic queuing networks and discrete event simulation. Basic network modeling, shared resources, routing and assembly logic are explored.

Career Opportunities and Applicable Roles

Industrial engineers integrate people, processes, equipment, information and systems to do things better. The industrial engineering graduates will be developing, implementing and improving processes, operations and systems in industries for manufacturing, services, communications, agriculture or any other field.

Graduates of the Master of Science program in industrial engineering are suited for careers in logistics, finance, defense, travel and health care.

Aerospace Product Manufacturing

Machinery Manufacturing

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

Motor-vehicle Parts Manufacturing

Engineering Services

2025-26 Important dates and deadlines

Program Start	Application Deadline	Classes Begin	Tuition Payment Deadline
Spring start (January)	December 16, 2024	January 13, 2025	January 25, 2025
Fall start (August)	July 25, 2025	August 21, 2025	August 27, 2025
Spring start (January)	December 16, 2025	January 12, 2026	January 25, 2026