Industrial Engineering

Overview

Industrial engineers design, produce and deliver quality products (parts or services) to customers at affordable prices in a timely manner. This process involves designing and producing value-added products, as well as planning and managing people, processes, systems, equipment and other resources efficiently and cost-effectively. Our students learn the knowledge and skills necessary in engineering and management and are uniquely positioned to work in a variety of industries including:

Automobile and aircraft manufacturing
Healthcare
Shipping and logistics
Business

What can I do with a degree in industrial engineering?

Graduates of the industrial engineering program are employed at various major corporations as:

Industrial engineers
Manufacturing/production engineers
Quality engineers/managers
Operations/system engineers/managers
Process design engineers
Supply chain systems managers
Data analysts/engineers

Corporations include:

Boeing
Caterpillar, Inc.
Pepsi
Pinnacle Foods
Schnucks
Kraft Foods
Eaton Corporations
Nestle Purina
Lockheed Martin
Lowe's
GM
Mallinckrodt
Bayer
Chrysler
Emerson Electric
Motorola
American Airlines
USPS
Intelligrated Systems
Anheuser-Busch InBev
BJC Healthcare
AT&T
MasterCard

In a recent survey, typical salaries ranged from $63,000 to $70,000 per year. The industrial engineering field is the third most in-demand engineering discipline and is one of the two fastest-growing engineering fields, according to Forbes Magazine.

Accreditation

The industrial engineering program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Hands-on Learning

Students in the industrial engineering program have access to state-of-the-art equipment in their classes and labs to prepare for the variety of careers available upon graduation. Our students also participate in a senior design course, which allows them to practice teamwork and critical analysis and to apply their knowledge to real-world applications.

Students gain valuable experience through internships, and research opportunities are available by working under the guidance of industrial engineering faculty members on various research projects arranged through the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities program.

Global Experience

SIUE has partnered with the industrial engineering program at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Turkey to form a dual diploma program, and with the industrial engineering program at Henan University of Science and Technology (HAUST) in China to form a transfer program. Additionally, the industrial engineering program hosts students from Germany through an international exchange program.