Master of Engineering
Ranked No. 3 in the Nation
The application for Fall 2025 admissions to the IEOR MEng program is now closed.
Fall 2025 Deadline To Apply: Monday, January 6, 2025, 8:59 p.m. PST
Program Overview
The Master of Engineering program in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research is a one year, full-time program that combines business-oriented coursework with applications-focused industrial engineering and operations research courses, emphasizing Optimization Analytics, Risk Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analysis. Machine Learning and Data Science are exciting new topics that combine results from stochastics and optimization to provide a growing range of products and services. This program is intended to prepare students for professional practice, explicitly developing skills in managing complex projects and directing financial and operational matters.
Master of Engineering Info Session
Become an Engineering Leader
Expand your effectiveness as an engineer by gaining valuable leadership skills. All students in the program take core leadership courses in areas such as marketing, finance, law, analysis, and project management to develop a broader skill set that equips them for the next step in their careers.
Develop your technical expertise
Along with leadership development, students are required to take IEOR 240 (Optimization Analytics) and IEOR 241 (Risk Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analysis), and two additional IEOR electives in areas such as data science, financial engineering, supply chain management, operations research, and decision analytics.
Hands-on capstone experience
Set in the heart of the Bay Area, the worldwide epicenter for engineering innovation, Master of Engineering students at UC Berkeley form interdisciplinary teams, partner with industry, and benefit from the expertise of industry leaders and faculty to apply their learning by creating real projects.
Timeline
Full-Time
Our accelerated program provides an intensive, industry-oriented experience that can be completed in just one year.
Employment Data
2024
Student Profile
Capstone Project Profiles
Day in the Life
What's it like to be a master of engineering student?
Get an inside perspective of the life of a master of engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley with this "Day in the Life" video with former MEng student Kaan Ardic.
Contact Us
Contact us if you have any questions or concerns:
IEOR Graduate Admissions
gradadmissions-ieor@berkeley.edu