Industrial Engineering

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Industrial Engineering at WPI: Built on Business and Technology

WPI’s Industrial Engineering Program prepares undergraduate students to pursue careers focused on optimizing systems, driving impact, and creating value in a lucrative growing field.

Since our founding in 1865, WPI has been the university where students learn to develop innovative solutions and deliver them to the world through business savvy. Built on business and technology, WPI is the ideal place to study industrial engineering and prepare for a thriving career upon graduation.

What Is Industrial Engineering (IE)?

Essentially, industrial engineers design and optimize the systems that shape our world—everything from complex supply chains to customer flow at a shopping center. In WPI’s Industrial Engineering program, you’ll combine business and technology to prepare to work in an in-demand field where you can drive impact and create value for your future organization.

CONTACT
Location: Washburn Shops
Phone: 508-831-6117
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THE WPI DIFFERENCE

Preparing Future-Ready Engineering Leaders

  • Dive in on day one: From your first class, start using industry tools to develop solutions collaboratively as you prepare to be a future-ready leader.
  • Take future-focused courses: Study topics including data analysis, mathematical modeling, and process design improvement in classes that are continually updated to reflect the latest trends in IE.
  • Build experience and connections: Through internships and WPI’s Major Qualifying Project, gain experience with real projects and make connections that will benefit your career.
EXPLORE

Areas of Study

To learn more about a degree program, click on a corresponding black button in the table below.

Degree is also offered online.
Area of Study Bachelor Minor
Industrial Engineering bachelor minor
OUTLOOK

Industrial Engineering: A Field of Opportunity

Sample Job Titles

IE Graduates

Sample Job titles

Operations - Risk Specialist  (Amazon)

Business Analytics Analyst (American Family Insurance)

Supply Chain Leader (PepsiCo)

Logistics Process Engineer (Procter & Gamble)

Sourcing Engineer (Texas Music Educators Association)

 

Top Employers

IE Graduates

Top Employers

Chewy

CVS Health

GE Aerospace

Lockheed Martin

Universal Destinations & Experiences

 

Meet Our Students

Haley Gilbert '24
Haley Gilbert '24
BS in Industrial Engineering

First generation college student Haley enjoys the support from and activities within the Fraternity and Sorority Life Community at WPI. [...]

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Samantha Arroyas '25
Samantha Arroyas '25
BS in Industrial Engineering

Samantha appreciates the challenges, opportunities, and growth that comes from being a student athlete on campus.[...]

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News

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From the University Magazine

WPI-APICS Student Chapter

The WPI-APICS Student Chapter was founded and launched in 2013 and has been affiliated with the Worcester Professional Chapter ever since. Although the Chapter is young, it has grown rapidly, attracted students from various disciplines on campus, and has current membership size exceeding 140. It is ranked one of the most fast-growing APICS student chapters in the nation. In addition to plant tours, career panel and various other on-campus activities, the Chapter coordinates and manages case teams for APICS Case Competition, selects student members to attend the New England Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition, and partners with the Worcester Chapter to host Professional Development Meetings once a year at WPI campus. The Chapter has benefitted hundreds of students with respect to their professional and social learning experiences at WPI. For questions or more information, please contact apics-officers@wpi.edu.

 

WPI-IISE Student Chapter

The WPI-IISE Student Chapter was founded and chartered by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in September 2008. The Chapter has involved several hundreds of students since its inception and currently has over 50 members. The Chapter regularly organizes a variety of events and activities to enrich students’ learning experience on campus, including career panels, guest speakers, plant tours, and annual case competitions sponsored by UPS, to name a few. Most important achievements of the Chapter include hosting the 2014 Northeast IISE Regional Conference, and winning the WPI Campus Organization Recognition of Excellence (CORE) Award in 2011 and the IIE Gold Chapter Award in 2013. Moreover, the Chapter partners with the national chapter to organize Greenbelt Certificates in Lean and Six Sigma on campus, which enhance interested student’s professional credential and readiness for their career development. For questions or more information, please contact iie-officers@wpi.edu.