Industrial and Operations Engineering Master’s
Build your degree to meet your needs
With a master’s degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE), you’ll learn how to challenge traditional engineering boundaries. Our multidisciplinary approach goes beyond manufacturing, focusing on designing efficient, human-centered systems in any field.
Whether you’re collaborating with medical teams, optimizing business operations, or creating exoskeletons, our program equips you to think systematically, solve complex problems, and contribute impactful solutions.
$108k
Average salary of U-M IOE master’s graduates (2022-2023)
#2
Ranked Industrial Engineering Graduate Program by the U.S. News & World Report (2025)
Make it your own
Our residential IOE master’s program lets you customize your degree by taking courses from U-M’s other top-ranked departments, schools, and colleges—empowering you to shape your education around your career ambitions.
Engineering a better future—no matter what your title is
Our graduates are shaping the future across a range of roles at leading companies and institutions worldwide, like Amazon, Apple, Accenture, Google, General Motors, Mayo Clinic, and NASA. Coming from diverse backgrounds in engineering, science, economics, mathematics, and statistics, they leverage their expertise to drive impact wherever they go.
With the help of our academic and master’s peer advisors, you can build an IOE degree program to meet your needs.
“I spent eight years at McKinsey and Co. serving clients on the topics of AI, data science and growth marketing. I’ve recently decided to make a career shift to work at Google Cloud Consulting where I hope to continue helping clients solve problems, overcome challenges and tackle problems in AI implementation. I’m grateful to McKinsey for my experiences gained there and excited to see what I can do at Google.”
– Eva Dong, IOE master’s alumna