Industrial & Systems Engineering Bachelor's Degree

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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.

What is Industrial and Systems Engineering? 

Today, engineers with strong roots in engineering and science, and with capability in data analysis, are needed to improve technology and processes in enterprises. The industrial and systems engineering (ISE) program at Stevens prepares you with cross-disciplinary, ‘big picture’ systems perspectives and knowledge to engineer, develop and maintain complex systems in multiple industries, including manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, transportation, energy, finance, entertainment, service and more. 

Graduates of the ISE programs often pursue the following career paths:

  • industrial engineers
  • systems engineers 
  • system integration engineers
  • quality engineers
  • project engineers
  • sales & marketing engineers
  • field engineers
  • systems planners
  • systems analysts 

About the ISE Program at Stevens

Students in the Immersion Lab from the Industrial and Systems Engineering degree program
Students also develop systems analytics and data science skills in immersive learning settings, such as the CCSE Immersion Lab. 

In the ISE program, you’ll learn how to design, manage and implement solutions to improve quality, performance and efficiency. Essentially, you’ll determine how to do things better: increase customer satisfaction, improve efficiencies, decrease costs, and reduce waste in enterprise operations. 

Students in the ISE program will have an opportunity to immerse themselves in the exploration of complex systems at the Center for Complex Systems & Enterprises (CCSE) Immersion Lab. Students will also have an opportunity to interact with world-class researchers from the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) on relevant research topics.

Students who complete the ISE program at Stevens are well positioned to drive entire organizations toward success, making them an invaluable technical resource as leaders in industry and government continue to seek solutions to modern enterprise system challenges.

Sample Core Courses

The industrial and systems engineering course curriculum includes:

  • Informatics and Software Development
  • Innovative System Design 
  • Data Mining & Applied Machine Learning
  • Analysis of Networks and Games 

The ISE program meets the requirements as an ABET accredited B.E. program, with a concentration in industrial and systems engineering.

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The Difference at Stevens 

Faculty at Stevens understand that tomorrow’s engineers require the skills to utilize data to build modern, efficient systems. The ISE program at Stevens is data driven; our faculty teach the extraction of useful data from information enterprises and its application in mathematical models and analytical tools to gain insight for problem solving and decision support.

“The ISE program at Stevens is a rich educational experience that provides students a broad-based engineering education with a specialization in data analysis aspects of the industrial and systems engineering fields.”

DR. KATHRYN ABEL, Industrial And Systems Engineering Program Lead

The curriculum is designed not just to teach students to think about the ways in which technology can help organizations accomplish goals, but also to apply systems analytics and data science to engineering design. This creates engineers who bring a larger perspective on systems, with a capability to use data to develop a big picture model of systems, analyze problems, and optimize system quality and performance.

By the Numbers

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96% of our students in the Class of 2017 secured jobs or graduate school enrollment within six months of graduation.

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For the best 20-year return on investment for graduates, 2018 PayScale College ROI Report.

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In alumni earnings, ranked by Forbes based on data from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and the new U.S. Dept. of Ed. College Scorecard.

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for the highest mid-career salaries. (2017-18 PayScale College Salary Report)

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Named in The Princeton Review’s 2017 "Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers By Going Beyond the Classroom."

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in the Northeast for salary potential, ahead of Princeton, Harvard and MIT (2013-14 PayScale College Salary Report)

Where systems thinking and data analytics meet

There is more data on everything and everyone; a result of the increased proliferation worldwide of mobile technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and even smart home devices. This is creating an environment where engineers with strong roots in engineering and science, and with capability in data analysis, are in high demand across many sectors in business and in society as a whole. 

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Immersive Learning Labs

World-class data analysis and visualization labs provide students with access to technologies that'll set them apart on the job.

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Opportunities within reach

Within minutes of New York City, Stevens provides students with easy access to the most exciting internship and job opportunities in systems engineering.

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Systems Research Core

Research at Stevens is an extensive, deep and a fundamental part of the fabric of the school. And we're home to the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC).

Understanding modern systems

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