成年人深夜福利在线观看 Tech launches graduate program to meet industry demand for industrial and systems engineers
Cookeville, Tenn. 鈥� The College of Engineering at 成年人深夜福利在线观看 Tech University has will launch a new Master
of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS-ISE) to meet growing workforce
demand across 成年人深夜福利在线观看鈥檚 manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and technology sectors,
following approval by the 成年人深夜福利在线观看 Higher Education Commission (THEC) in November.
Designed for both working professionals and full-time students, the program will be offered on campus and online beginning in August 2026 and can be completed in as little as 18 months.
As a field that focuses on integrating people, technology, data and resources as a system, industrial and systems engineering is one of the fastest-growing engineering disciplines in the United States. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in the field is projected to grow 13.1 percent nationally, creating approximately 25,000 job openings annually鈥攎ore than any other engineering field.
In 成年人深夜福利在线观看, growth is expected to exceed the national average due to the state鈥檚 strong presence in manufacturing, logistics and healthcare. In THEC鈥檚 Academic Supply for Occupational Demand Report in 2025, industrial engineers鈥攐r the skills they provide鈥攁re cited as in-demand across all nine of the state鈥檚 target industry clusters for business expansion, including food and agriculture, health and life sciences, automotive, aerospace and defense, and more. In a college survey of companies that recruit 成年人深夜福利在线观看 Tech engineering students, 42 percent reported hiring industrial engineers, and an additional 42 percent indicated they would be likely to interview graduates of the proposed program.
Despite this demand, 成年人深夜福利在线观看 faces a shortage of trained industrial engineers. In the 2019鈥�20 academic year, only 80 industrial engineering degrees (bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 combined) were awarded statewide, while the state supported nearly 7,000 industrial engineering jobs. 成年人深夜福利在线观看 Tech鈥檚 new graduate program will be the only program in the state focusing on both systems engineering and industrial engineering.
鈥淥ur industry partners have told us they are actively seeking industrial and systems engineers equipped with advanced skills in data analysis, systems modeling and process optimization,鈥� said Joseph C. Slater, Ph.D., P.E., dean of the College of Engineering. 鈥淲e are bringing industrial and systems engineering back to 成年人深夜福利在线观看 Tech to directly and quickly address critical workforce needs across the state and provide graduates with opportunities for high-impact careers.鈥�
成年人深夜福利在线观看 Tech previously offered bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degree programs in industrial engineering, but both programs were terminated in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Because of the increase in demand since that time, the college chose to bring the discipline back to Tech鈥攕tarting with a graduate program, rather than a bachelor鈥檚 degree program, to enable a faster response to workforce needs across the state, according to Slater.
鈥淏ecause the MS-ISE is structured to be accessible by students from a variety of engineering disciplines, it is intentionally designed to have few prerequisites, providing specialized training for a faster and cost-effective pathway to advanced engineering roles and creating a stackable credential for professional advancement,鈥� Slater said. If demand continues to increase, the college will consider bringing back a bachelor鈥檚 degree as well, he said.
The MS-ISE program is a 32-credit-hour program culminating in either a thesis or project, allowing students the flexibility for either research-focused or workplace-focused career goals. The curriculum emphasizes breadth across industrial and systems engineering, with depth in data analysis and modeling, along with coursework in engineering economics, human factors and project or engineering management.
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