Industrial Engineering, MSIE

Admission Requirements

• The Cullen College of Engineering requires a minimum of 3.0/4.0 G.P.A. over the last 60 semester hours or 90-quarter hours for the admission to the graduate programs.
• Students who transfer from another graduate program must have at least a 3.0/4.0 G.P.A. on all graduate work completed.

*Applicants must submit a complete graduate application including non-refundable application fee.

• Applicants for all graduate programs must submit official GRE scores taken in the last five year.
• International students must submit additional documentation and demonstrate English language proficiency. Full details, including minimum TOEFL scores, are found on the English Language Proficiency Requirements page.
• A degree in an engineering discipline is recommended. However, applicants with degrees in closely related fields may be accepted to the graduate program subject to completion of leveling courses approved by the IE Graduate Program Director. The students must obtain a grade of B or better in all leveling courses. Note that leveling courses are not counted toward the graduate program course requirement.

Degree Requirements

Credit hours required for this degree: 30.0

• 30 semester hours of graduate courses are required for the MSIE degree. This includes 21 hours of course work, 3 hours of research, and 6 hours of thesis.
• These requisite degree program hours are in addition to any leveling courses.
• All MSIE students must take INDE 6011 - Graduate Seminar  at least once during their studies.

Students must choose one of the six concentration areas listed below and complete the required courses for that concentration to fulfill the requirements of the MSIE, Thesis program.

• All MSIE students are required to take the following two mandatory core courses (6 credit hours):
  • INDE 6333 - Probability Stat For Engineers  
  • INDE 6372 - Advanced Linear Optimization  
• Students must take three concentration elective courses (9 credit hours) designated for their chosen area of concentration. Each concentration includes a required course (bolded in the course list) that students must select as one of the three electives.
• Two elective courses (IE courses or non-IE elective courses from the “List of Approved non-IE Elective courses”. Prior approval by the Director of Graduate Program is required for courses not in the list.)
• 3 hours of research, and 6 hours of thesis. 

Academic Policies

Thesis Advisory Committee for M.S. Candidates

The candidate must select a thesis advisory committee as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the first academic year. The advisory committee must be approved by the IE Director of Graduate Programs and the IE Department Chair.

The advisory committee must be composed of at least three faculty members, of which at least two must be from the IE department at UH.

The Director of Graduate Programs and the IE Department Chair must approve any subsequent changes in this advisory committee.

A formal thesis proposal must be submitted to the Advisory Committee and the Director of Graduate Programs within one term after the Advisory Committee is selected and approved.

The thesis draft should be prepared, submitted, and defended to the thesis advisory committee. The final thesis must be submitted and approved by the thesis advisory committee, the Director of Graduate Programs and the IE Department Chair.

The guidelines for thesis preparation and submission deadlines can be found here.

Graduate Academic Policies: Cullen College of Engineering  

University of Houston Academic Policies