匹茲堡大學(xué)工業(yè)工程

The Department of Industrial Engineering graduate program prepares engineers to be the research and technical leaders of the future. The departmental philosophy is to provide those earning a master's degree the technical and managerial skills necessary to practice at a sophisticated technical level, to provide those earning a doctoral degree the scholarly experience necessary for a lifetime of innovation and research, and to develop a strong commitment to the profession.
The doctoral program prepares the student for the rigorous demands of developing and implementing effective operational and management systems, and for careers in research and development, or academia. Depending on the student's individual interest, the student is educated at the frontiers of knowledge in operations research, manufacturing systems, information systems, or engineering management. This leads to a potential for mastery in ideas related to technical management, systems design, and decision-making concepts. Dissertation research often requires a strong background in applied mathematics, probability theory, optimization techniques, simulation, and computer programming. PhD students are typically full-time students.