Graduate Programs
Create the Foundation for a Meaningful Career
Address society's most complex, large-scale challenges using systems thinking, data-driven modeling and advanced optimization.
The Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering offers an MS in systems engineering, industrial engineering, or engineering management, and a PhD in systems and industrial engineering. All graduate programs are also available in a flexible online option.
Questions about applying or enrolling? Contact our advisors at graduateadvisor@sie.arizona.edu.
SIE Graduate Student Handbook (PDF)
Why UA Systems & Industrial Engineering?
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MS in Systems Engineering
MS in Industrial Engineering
MS in Engineering Management
Graduate Certificates
PhD in Systems & Industrial Engineering
Research for a Smart World
SIE graduate students design life-changing technologies, from autonomous sensing and surveillance systems to next-generation connected vehicle platforms, resilient infrastructure tools, and advanced cyberinfrastructure for space traffic management. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and impactful research, SIE graduates help shape the future of engineered systems that enhance efficiency, resilience, security and quality of life.
- Intelligent manufacturing
- Smart transportation
- Cybersecurity
- Space, defense and security
- Healthcare systems
- Energy, water and sustainability
- Optimization
- Data analytics, informatics and machine learning
Student in the Spotlight
To Bennu and Back
Daniel Wibben, who spent his undergraduate and graduate years as a member of the team planning the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission, is working for an Arizona-based company to help steer the spacecraft to the asteroid Bennu and back.
"Once we get to Bennu, we're going to be ready, agile and on our toes for whatever Bennu throws at us."
Rankings
#12
best industrial engineering graduate program, public schools ranking
(U.S. News @ World Report)
$5 million
annual research expenditures (2024)
#12
best online masters graduate program, public schools ranking
(U.S. News & World Report)