Grounded in engineering and the social sciences, our graduate program in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering (IMSE) equips students with traditional and contemporary skills to design, manage, and analyze complex human-centered systems. Graduate students pursue advanced technical topics to design, analyze and manage systems that can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of businesses, non-profit organizations, and governments. Since all these systems involve humans and impact the social and physical environment, these systems are most successful when they combine technical solutions with social responsibility, defined as transparent and ethical behavior that contributes to sustainable development, ensures health and welfare of society, incorporates stakeholder expectations, complies with international laws and norms, and is integrated across all systems that impact society and the environment.

Curriculum

Minimum 60 credits (23 credits 5xx-level / 6xx-level) + (19 credits from MS elective course list) + (18 credits dissertation).

Up to 24 graded credits from a prior M.S. degree may be applied toward the following PHD credit requirements under the following conditions:

be graded course credits (e.g., not M.S. thesis or independent study credits);
have a grade of B or higher (or equivalent); and
Be approved by the student’s graduate committee.

The application of MS graded course credits cannot replace the requirements for EGEN 694 and ENGR 610, nor the requirement to complete a minimum of 13 additional graded course credits at Montana State University as part of the current PHD degree.