Learn to manage engineering operations, from research and design to implementation. You will study economics, business, technology leadership and design thinking in technology, and benefit from understanding both the human-centered and technical approaches to managing technology. Our well-rounded graduates have become industrial engineers, managers, consultants, analysts and quality engineers in industries that include manufacturing, retail, health care and government.
You will gain skills to prepare you for a wide variety of options: manufacturing plants, government agencies, hospitals, healthcare organizations, retail companies, and more.
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University. The Polytechnic specializes in team-based labs where you'll test ideas, take things apart and put them back together - only better. You'll learn side-by-side with professors who have worked in the industry and thrive on combining theory, imagination and real-world application. In this innovative environment, you'll learn by doing - gaining deep technical knowledge and applied skills in your chosen discipline coupled with problem-solving, critical-thinking, communication and leadership skills employers desire.