Bachelor's Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering
In an interconnected and data-driven world, modern society relies on increasingly complex systems. Industrial and Systems Engineering is about improving the efficiency and effectiveness of these systems to solve relevant, real-world problems.
Industrial and systems engineers design, manage, and implement solutions that improve quality, performance, increase customer satisfaction and efficiency, and decrease costs by reducing waste that doesn’t generate value. These engineers need strong roots in engineering, science and the capacity for data analysis.
Our program introduces you to cross-disciplinary, big-picture systems perspectives and knowledge to engineer, develop and maintain complex systems. This rich educational experience offers a broad engineering education and with a specialization in data analysis aspects of the industrial and systems engineering fields.
Students in the Industrial Systems and Engineering program have the opportunity to delve into complex systems study at the Center for Complex Systems & Enterprises (CCSE) Immersion Lab. Students also have an opportunity to interact with world-class researchers from the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) on relevant research topics.
The Stevens Advantage: Hands-On Learning, Real World Experience
At Stevens, you’ll learn to think like an engineer. Our design-focused curriculum features a hands-on course every semester that will instill you with broad, foundational knowledge, the complete fundamentals of engineering, and entrepreneurial thinking. Learn more about what makes an engineering education from Stevens a unique experience:
The Design Spine: a unique, design-focused, hands-on course every semester that incorporates entrepreneurial thinking and experiential learning, culminating with Senior Design, a team capstone project working on prototypes for real business problems, potentially in collaboration with a real company
Innovation Expo: an exciting design and entrepreneurship competition where students showcase their senior design prototypes and pitch business ideas
Engineering Cooperative Education Program: nearly 30% of all engineering students participate in Stevens’ Cooperative Education Program where you get on-the-job experience working for real companies
State-of-the-Art Research Labs and Facilities: build, tinker and test your designs in Stevens' MakerCenter, Prototype and Object Fabrication Lab, or numerous other research facilities
Undergraduate Research Opportunities: our research-oriented curriculum gives you in-the-lab experience while you're still an undergraduate student
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An ABET Accredited Program
The Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial and Systems Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Industrial and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
Putting You on Track for Professional Success
The Industrial and Systems Engineering bachelor's program develops in-demand knowledge and skills to put you on track for a highly flexible and successful career path. Career opportunities include:
Industrial Engineer
Systems Engineer
System Integration Engineer
Logistics Analyst
Plat Optimization Engineer
Field Engineer
Production Engineer
Quality Engineer
Systems Analyst
Potential hiring organizations include companies like: Accenture, Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Exxon Mobil, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Verizon, UPS, US Coast Guard
A Tech Forward Education
A senior design team is helping the U.S. Coast Guard streamline its process of identifying potentially hazardous cargo containers before they are loaded and launched onto the open sea, preventing catastrophic environmental and economic damages.
I have a problem-solving brain. I’m more of a big-picture thinker. The systems curriculum here is excellent for teaching you how things work.
Sam Weckesser
Industrial and Systems Engineering Student
I like going top level, figuring out problems from the systems perspective. I didn't have a word for it or even know what a systems engineer was. But I knew I liked figuring out how to solve the overarching problem and going into the details. I really like working with data and I really like solving problems. Stevens has really helped me get to know my own abilities. I've learned what I can do.
Laura Mathews
Industrial and Systems Engineering Student
A team of students placed first and second in award categories in a national data challenge for its comprehensive analysis of relationships and patterns in Chicago's climate, energy usage, building stock and demographics.
A senior design team is helping the U.S. Coast Guard streamline its process of identifying potentially hazardous cargo containers before they are loaded and launched onto the open sea, preventing catastrophic environmental and economic damages.
I have a problem-solving brain. I’m more of a big-picture thinker. The systems curriculum here is excellent for teaching you how things work.
Sam Weckesser
Industrial and Systems Engineering Student
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