Master's in Systems Engineering - The Robert H. Buckman College of Engineering Online Education Program - Purdue University

Gain Valuable Skills in Systems Engineering

Purdue University’s innovative online graduate program in Systems Engineering empowers professionals to tailor their educational experience to their unique goals and exposes them to a wide variety of issues and topics relevant to current engineering trends and the future of the field.

The major in Systems Engineering within the Interdisciplinary Engineering (IDE) master's program offers learners the opportunity to study and gain skills in the tools, methods, and processes of designing, analyzing, controlling, and improving complex engineered systems. In partnership with Purdue’s Systems Collaboratory, the program has been designed to produce students with a firm grounding in interdisciplinary engineering who are well prepared to lead and execute transdisciplinary processes that result in systems that are responsive to stakeholder needs. Specifically, the program will educate students to develop new products, services, and organizations to address grand challenges facing society.

A Degree in Systems Engineering from Purdue University:

• Increases leadership skills and ability to effectively lead diverse teams across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Promotes effective technical communication of complex concepts, analyses and solutions.
• Increases learner technical abilities and skills in a wide variety of cutting-edge engineering disciplines

Set yourself apart from the competition by joining a unique and flexible engineering program that is consistently ranked in the top three best online programs by U.S. News and World Report.

This degree requires 30 credit hours total. A maximum of 6 credit hours can be taken in specific non-engineering courses such as math and/or statistics. The full curriculum can be found here.

The degree awarded is either the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) or the Master of Science (MS) depending upon your undergraduate degree; the major is Systems Engineering.

MSE/MS Degree Requirements

• Systems Core Courses: 12 credit hours
• Systems Analysis and Design: 3 credit hours
• Specialty Engineering: 3 credit hours
• Engineering Economics and Decisions: 3 credit hours
• Program and Project Management: 3 credit hours
• Elective Courses (i.e. Other Engineering, Math, Statistics, etc.): 6 credit hours
• TOTAL: 30 credit hours

After you begin your studies at Purdue, an academic advisor will provide you with tools to map out a plan of study tailored to align with your specific goals. Your academic advisor will also help you identify a faculty advisor.

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