Engineering Management

Overview

The Engineering Management program from Northeastern University is an interdisciplinary program that bridges the gaps between the fields of engineering, technology, and business. Combining core courses in engineering and finance with electives throughout the College of Engineering, the program provides a solid balance of fundamental engineering principles, management and leadership techniques, and the art and science of business within the engineering industry. Students gain the theoretical, quantitative, and analytical skills and tools they will need to contribute to interdisciplinary teams or to take a leadership position in engineering management and address complex business challenges with innovative, practical, and effective solutions.

This degree program is designed primarily for engineers with a technical business focus who are interested in managing technology-based programs. Students from other backgrounds are accepted on a case-by-case basis. All students are prepared for various potential careers in the engineering management field, including project management, product development and management, supply chain management, and technical organizations.

Program Objectives

• The ability to use basic engineering concepts flexibly in a variety of contexts
• Explore human, mathematical, entrepreneurial, managerial, and engineering aspects of project management
• Evaluate economic modeling and analysis techniques for developing practical, cost-effective solutions to engineering problems
• Understand the fundamental concepts of probability
• Investigate the theory, computation, and application of deterministic models to represent industrial operations