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.
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MS in Systems Engineering
MS in Industrial Engineering
MS in Engineering Management
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PhD in Systems & Industrial Engineering
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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
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Teaching that Inspires
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Rankings
#12
best industrial engineering graduate program, public schools ranking
(U.S. News @ World Report)
$5.8M
annual research expenditures (2025)
#20
best online masters graduate program, public schools ranking
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