Industrial and systems engineers obtain a broad technical background with special attention to productivity, costs, quality, and human factors in production and other systems.
Industrial and Systems Engineering Undergraduate Programs
Industrial and Systems Engineering Undergraduate Programs
From supply chain management to ergonomic design, you’ll have a wealth of career options with a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from the Russ College.
Foundation courses include mathematics and science fundamentals as well as statistics and economics. From there, you’ll apply tools like lean systems management and Six Sigma that help you see a direct effect on systems and organizational success.
Our undergraduate degree program in industrial and systems engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the primary accrediting body for engineering programs in the United States.
Our Undergraduate Programs
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Accelerated Graduate Pathway
The Accelerated Graduate Pathway provides outstanding graduate students the opportunity to make simultaneous progress toward both the Industrial and Systems Engineering B.S. and a Master of Engineering Management.
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Industrial Engineering Minor
The Industrial and Systems Engineering minor trains its participants in the design and management of systems and processes to achieve productivity and quality.
Careers in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Whether it’s distributing products worldwide, manufacturing superior automobiles, or streamlining operating room procedures, your career choices are the broadest of any engineering profession.
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Manufacturing
Introduction to just-in-time/lean manufacturing, materials requirements planning, capacity planning and scheduling are key parts of industrial and systems engineers' roles. Engineers are key cogs in manufacturing, including forecasting, production planning and master production scheduling. Application of simulation in manufacturing, production, and service areas in a growing tool for engineers.
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Logistics, Distribution & Supply Chain
Engineers solve problems encountered by manufacturer in establishing and maintaining effective distribution system, concentrating on channel design and strategies. Industrial and system engineers often work to keep the nation’s supply chair moving -- in distribution centers, information systems, hospitals, transportation networks, and more.
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Health Care & Life Sciences Systems
Engineers understand both the skills and ethical issues important to the management, organization, planning, financing, and evaluation of health care organizations and their services to patients. Emphasizing the administrator’s role in leading the health care organization, they apply management skills and knowledge necessary to address common problems and issues in organizations.
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Information Systems
Industrial and systems engineers understand how data, information, and knowledge differ in various enterprise information systems and can use their knowledge to solve problems and increase efficiency across operations in an organization. They also apply ethical perspectives, theories, and concepts to decision-making situations.
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Human Factors & Ergonomics
Industrial and systems engineers obtain a broad technical background with special attention to productivity, costs, quality, and human factors in production and other systems. They apply design principles for workplace environments, such as manual material handling, energy expenditure, information displays, equipment controls, information processing, vibration, and thermal stress.
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Sustainability
Engineers are the go-to problem solvers when organizations need to state, describe, and consider environmental health issues or problems. They can systematically and methodically analyze assumptions about the relationship between the environment and health and carefully evaluate the relevance of contexts when presenting a position.
Where Do Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduates Advance after OHIO?
If you wish to increase the breadth or depth of your knowledge, the department offers courses leading to the Industrial and Systems Engineering M.S. and the Master of Engineering Management and also participates in the college’s Mechanical and Systems Ph.D. degree program. The engineering management degree is only offered in an online format.
Graduates frequently pursue degrees beyond the bachelor’s degree (typically, M.S., M.E. or M.B.A.). Some students enter graduate school immediately after finishing their B.S. degree, and others begin classes after working for a few years.
Get Hands-On Experience with Your Engineering Degree
Conduct your own research in a professor's lab. Intern in several industries to sample possible career fields. And more.
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Design a Capstone Project
For your capstone senior design course, choose from land development, environmental or water resources, structures and foundations, or a special project incorporating technical, team problem-solving and communication skills.
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Get Involved in Engineering Student Organizations
Get to know engineering students from across the college, tackle challenges design challenges, and pursue your passions outside of the classroom with a student organization or competition team.
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Explore Internships in Your Career Planning
Don’t wait until after graduation to develop your career. With an engineering internship, you’ll get hands-on experience in real-world work environments.
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Elevate Your Future with the Robe Leadership Institute
The Robe Leadership Institute in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology offers an exclusive, transformative seminar each fall designed specifically for junior and senior engineering students.
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Become an Engineering Ambassador
Develop your leadership experience in one of the Russ College's most visible programs, the Karol A. and Jo Ondick Engineering Ambassadors Program.
About Industrial and Systems Engineering
Industrial and systems engineers obtain a broad technical background with special attention to productivity, costs, quality, and human factors in production and other systems. Originally, industrial engineers worked in manufacturing systems, but the methods have found applications in many other systems, including distribution centers, information systems, hospitals, transportation networks, and financial systems.
U.S. News & Word Report ranks industrial engineering as the #1 best engineering job in its 2026 Best Engineering Jobs list. Industrial engineering also ranked #10 in Best STEM Jobs and #19 in U.S. News’ list of 100 Best Jobs. U.S. News reports an average media salary of $101,140 in 2024.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of industrial engineering jobs “is projected to grow 11 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.”
To prepare our graduates for their job responsibilities, the primary objective of the Industrial and Systems Engineering program is to produce engineers who are able to apply ISE tools and knowledge to support, improve, manage, develop, design, or implement a project, process, or system that has a positive impact on relevant key-performance indicators, such as financial results, productivity, quality or safety. We want our graduates to actively seek to be leaders among their peers by demonstrating a professional attitude; a commitment to integrity and ethical behavior; effective communication across stakeholders; and engagement in life-long learning.