Industrial Engineering

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 14 k / Year(s) Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
251–300 place StudyQA ranking:3616 Duration:2 years

Industrial Engineering is at the heart of the systems that are essential to our society. From airlines to online retailers, hospitals to manufacturers, telecommunication companies to world-wide shipping companies, industrial engineers design solutions to improve the performance of complex systems of people, technology, and information.

Students entering this program come from a variety of backgrounds, including Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and others. Each student is provided with a personal work area in one of the graduate student offices. Ample computer resources are available, and many students are also provided with teaching and research assistantships.

  • Industrial Engineering Methodologies
  • Industrial Work Systems Design
  • Occupational Ergonomics
  • Advanced Production I
  • Advanced Production II
  • Introduction to Operations Research
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Simulation of Industrial Systems
  • Decision Analysis
  • Advanced Topics in Linear and Integer Programming
  • Nonlinear Optimization
  • Distribution Management
  • Capital Investment and Capacity Expansion Planning
  • Queueing Theory and Its Applications
  • Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control
  • Directed Studies in Industrial Engineering I
  • Directed Studies in Industrial Engineering II
  • MEng Project
  • Master’s Thesis/Project

Requirements

  • Four-year Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours of study
  • Degree granted by university of recognized standing
  • Students for whom English is not their first language and who did not complete their previous degree at an English-speaking university will need to submit proof of English language proficiency.Internet-based TOEFL 92, Written TOEFL 580. IELTS 7.
  • Pay $100 application fee
  • An official academic transcript for each post-secondary institution attended, sent directly from the host university in a sealed envelope (a notarized translation is also required for each non-English transcriptin addition to an original transcript sent directly from the host university in a sealed envelope). Notarized copies will not be accepted.
  • Two academic reference letters, either through the electronic reference system in the online application or by paper
  • If you plan to self-fund your studies, please include an original teller stamped or equivalent bank statement showing that you have sufficient funds for your full program fees plus $1200 per month for the full term of your studies.

Scholarships

  • Bursaries
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarships
  • Phi Kappa Pi Joe Ghiz Memorial Award
  • A.S. Mowat Prize
  • Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarships
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