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About IOE

Welcome to the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan.

An IOE degree is a specialized engineering degree in the analysis and operations of systems, but opportunity exists to concentrate in other areas as well. These other areas include business, economics, social sciences, and medical sciences. IOEs are unique among engineers in their application of these non-physical sciences to practical situations.

Program Requirements

Transferring to University of Michigan? Please see the College of Engineering admission webpages for transfer students for your transfer-specific program requirements. 

The University of Michigan has one of the most outstanding IOE departments in the country, with consistent national rankings among the top three departments in the United States. In fact, for years, U.S. News has ranked the University of Michigan as the #2 school for Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering. The number of students that graduate with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and/or Ph.D. places Michigan among the leaders and best.

How do I declare my major as IOE?
First, make sure you fulfill the requirements. Then schedule an appointment with Wanda Dobberstein.

What are the requirements to declare?
Students can declare or change into any undergraduate engineering major if they have completed at least one full term of courses on the UM Ann Arbor campus, have an overall UM GPA of 2.0 or better in courses taken at the UM Ann Arbor campus and be in good standing, and have completed or earned credit by exam or transfer for at least one course in each of these categories:

1) Calculus (e.g. Math 115, 116, 156)

2) Calculus based physics lectures (e.g. Physics 140, 160) or chemistry lectures (e.g. Chemistry 130, 210)

3) Required engineering courses (Engineering 100, 101, 151).

A grade of C or better is required in the core math/science courses.

Our Goals

• To recruit, educate, and support excellent, diverse students and prepare them to be leaders in the practice and further development of industrial and operations engineering.
• To have one of the leading undergraduate programs in the world in industrial and operations engineering.
• To engender the skills and desire to continually learn and grow through a lifelong professional career.

Objectives

The Educational Objectives of the Industrial and Operations Engineering Program are as follows: A graduate of the UM undergraduate program will be prepared to generate value for society through a lifetime of technical and professional creativity. Our graduates will display reasoning skills and proficiency in problem definition, problem solving and quantitative expertise, a respect for measurement and data, teamwork skills, and awareness of social and ethical issues. Our graduates will use these skills to achieve the following objectives within a few years of graduation:

• Launch a successful career by effectively practicing industrial and operations engineering or in another field that utilizes what has been learned or be successful in advanced graduate study in engineering, scientific, business or related disciplines;
• Assume leadership roles in their first job or graduate program;
• Contribute to the social and economic environment of their communities and societies;
• Have the breadth of knowledge and motivation to continue to develop their career skills through ongoing learning.

Outcomes

All Industrial and Operations Engineering graduates should have:

• An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;
• An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data;
• An ability to design and improve integrated systems of people, materials, information, facilities, and technology;
• An ability to function as a member of a multi-disciplinary team;
• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve industrial and operations engineering problems;
• An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
• An ability to communicate effectively;
• The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context;
• A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
• A knowledge of contemporary issues;
• An ability to use updated techniques, skills and tools of industrial and operations engineering throughout their professional careers.

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