Overview

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences / Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences is located in Evanston, IL, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Industrial engineering and management science
Master of Science (MS)	Industrial engineering and management science
Master of Engineering Management (MEM)	Engineering management
Master of Science (MS)	Analytics

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	12
Doctoral Degrees	10

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

202

Applied

34

Accepted

15

Enrolled

Applying

95

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 31st	December 31st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 577 TOEFL IBT score: 90
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 7

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Career or field-related internships

Student Body

53

Total Graduate Students

83%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	1.89%
Black or African American	0%
White or Caucasian	9%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	3.77%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.89%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (75%)

Female (24%)

Faculty

19

Total faculty

Full-time - 19

Part-time - 0

Male (16)

Female (3)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Financial engineering, healthcare engineering, humanitarian systems, optimization, organization behavior and technology management, production and logistics, social and organizational networks, statistics for enterprise engineering, stochastic modeling and simulation
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	4,917,490

Location & Contact

Address 2145 Sheridan Road
C-210
Evanston, IL  60208
United States

Contact Dr. Jorge Nocedal
Chair
Email: jno062@e.northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-5038
Fax: 847-491-8005

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