Engineering Technology, MS (OL)

About the Program

Purdue’s online Master’s in Engineering Technology empowers learners to excel in the intersection of engineering, science and technology. Students will gain innovative technical knowledge, learn by doing, and customize their degree to reflect their field and unique career goals.

This degree program is interdisciplinary and designed for students with an undergraduate degree in engineering, engineering technology, science, information technology or business. Unlike a traditional graduate degree program in engineering science which prepares students for engineering careers, this program prepares students for interdisciplinary careers in a variety of industrial fields, including but not limited to: 

• Construction Management 
• Distribution 
• Facilities Management 
• Field Engineering and Technical Support 
• Information Technology 
• Manufacturing 
• Supply Chain 
• Quality Control

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Program Requirements

30 Credits Required

Concentrations

Departmental Concentrations:

• Advanced Manufacturing

Interdisciplinary concentrations:

• Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering Concentration (GR) 

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will:

• Apply an agile strategy to their industry.  
• Solve real-world problems using actual case studies from around the world. 
• Use “smart manufacturing” techniques to analyze data and better manage processes. 
• Understand cybersecurity and the internet of things as they relate to manufacturing and business. 
• Improve efficiency, process flows, and product quality across new and legacy equipment that is interconnected. 
• Apply best practices of advanced networked systems that combine sensors, data, models, and algorithms. 
• Mine data and report valid quantitative or qualitative results to create comprehensive proposals for potential solutions. 
• Understand operation and maintenance processes for modern high-performance buildings, including indoor air quality and cost-effective, renewable energy savings measures in commercial and industrial facilities.

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