Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Opportunity

Overview of the Program

Are you a working professional who wishes to remain employed full time but desires the knowledge and opportunities that an advanced degree offers?

Have you looked at on-line MBA programs but they just didn't quite seem right for you?

If so, this Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering (MEng in IE) might be exactly what you want.  It is:

• designed for working professionals and only working professionals are admitted.
• a regular master's degree from Clemson - no "distance university" or "masters in supply chain" here.
• an on-line master's programs with no residency requirements.
• delivered asynchronously via the web (streaming video or downloaded to a laptop or iPod) so you can view lectures 24/7 from anywhere in the world.

The curriculum is multidisciplinary and integrates fundamental tools from Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering/Project Management, and Management into the 10 courses required for graduation. This structure will provide both a knowledge base for improving processes today and a depth and breadth for addressing the problems of tomorrow.  Our students take one class at a time in our fall, spring, and summer semesters (three classes per year) so that you can build the program into your regular life. A new cohort begins each May and this is the only time you can start the program.

The advanced classes have a concentration on the capital projects supply chain and students working in that industry will find the program particularly beneficial.  There are, however, many students in the cohorts from other industries as well.  They indicate that the knowledge they have gained is highly applicable to their businesses so if you don't work on capital projects - or even know what capital projects are - this program might be of benefit anyway.

The latest brochure on the program can be downloaded here.

The software that is used to deliver lectures has been used to capture two presentations about the program so you can learn a bit more and get a first hand feel for what it would be like to be a student!

Overview - Discusses the program in broad terms as well as costs and benefits
Curriculum and application - details on the curriculum and application process

Course Delivery

Courses are delivered completely via online instruction.   Lectures and assignments are available via Clemson's online student information platform,

Blackboard and are available 24/7. Video lectures may be downloaded to a desktop, iPod, or mobile device for later viewing. Assignments are completed in electronic format and are uploaded to Blackboard for instructor review.

This is a "real" graduate degree so students are expected to devote about 10 hours each week to the classes - time that will include listening to lectures, reading and studying course materials, participating on discussion boards and in chat rooms, and completing homework assignments that will be submitted for grading.  To help students in budgeting time, assignments will have an estimate of the time required to complete.  Further, students will have several weeks to complete assignment so that travel schedule or "crunch time" on projects at work can be accommodated.