Industrial Engineering

"Industrial engineers integrate people, information, material, equipment, processes and energy throughout the life cycle of the product, service or program."

- Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)

With an Industrial Engineering degree, you unlock your full earning potential ​by applying innovative, data-driven solutions for complex problems. Industrial engineers design and improve systems to optimize productivity and improve workers’ environments across various industries, such as manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and sustainability businesses. They focus on streamlining processes, reducing wasteful activities, improving quality/reliability, evaluating performance, redesigning workstations, and managing resources to enhance overall operations and profitability. 

Industrial engineers (IEs) use engineering and human factors knowledge, data science, mathematical models, computers, and systems thinking to solve complex problems that may impact workers, machines, materials, information, energy, or other resources. To develop and implement their designs, they apply industrial engineering and management methodologies based on the scientific method, such as Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) and Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC).

IEs need to have a background in diverse fields. With that in mind, the four-year curriculum at Texas State includes courses from the following areas: 

• Social sciences, humanities, and English to refine communication skills
• Math, chemistry, physics, and engineering
• Probability and statistics, including design of experiments
• Operations research, productivity analysis, and human factors engineering
• Engineering economics
• Computer programming, data analytics, and machine learning

The Industrial Engineering (B.S.) program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.