Welcome to UC Berkeley’s Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department. At Berkeley IEOR, we expand the frontiers of optimization, stochastics and data science enabling transformative decision analytics and technologies to solve grand challenges in transportation, supply chains, healthcare, energy, robotics, finance and risk management.

Optimization and Algorithms

Machine Learning and Data Science

Stochastic Modeling and Simulation

Robotics and Automation

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Berkeley IEOR Graduate Named to Forbes 30-Under-30 List

December 2, 2022

Berkeley IEOR graduate Courtney Z. Chow (BS IEOR’ 16) joins a different kind of class for 2023: The Forbes 30-under-30. Established ten years ago, the Forbes Under 30 list recognizes…

Closing the Gender Gap in Engineering

Fall 2022

The IEOR department is excited to announce that more than 50% of our Fall 2022 undergraduate and master's cohorts are women

B.S. Cohort
57%
women

M.Analytics Cohort
55%
women

M.Eng. Cohort
50%
women

M.S. Cohort
50%
women

What is IEOR?

In this award-winning video, IEOR students explain what industrial engineering & operations research is, how their skills can improve the world, and discuss exciting careers in IEOR.

IEOR is the process of inventing and designing ways to analyze and improve complex systems.
IEOR improves processes to create a better world.
IEOR utilizes math and statistics to understand and quantify the world around us.
IEOR leverages computing to better manage the massive amounts of information available today.
IEOR informs business strategy and operations to help leaders of industry and government make better decisions that save time and resources.