Design a Better Career With a Master of Engineering Degree in Systems Engineering + Design

Systems engineering is the modern design process in industry and government that integrates the work of diverse specialists into complex products and services. Systems engineers touch everything from telescopes that orbit tens of thousands of miles above earth to the planes that fly every day. The program couples creative synthesis (design domain) and systems analysis (systems engineering domain) in a multidisciplinary approach that prepares students to lead and discover innovative solutions in complex engineered systems, blending design and engineering with human factors, organizational strategy, and lean thinking.

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Michigan Engineering is home to top-ranked departments that collaborate within the nation’s number one public research institution—the University of Michigan. We strive to anticipate the global, technological and educational changes ahead, and position our institution to lead the evolution of 21st-century engineering research and education for the benefit of the common good.

Michigan Engineering is ranked:

  • #1 U.S. Public University (by QS World Rankings, 2020)​
  • #1 Public Research University In The U.S. (by the National Science Foundation, 2017)
  • #2 Industrial / Manufacturing / Systems Engineering Programs​​​ (by U.S. News and World Report, 2020)
  • #6 Best Online Master’s in Engineering Programs (U.S. News and World Report, 2023)​​​

At ISD, I took a variety of classes to better understand how everything in a system connects to everything else and to users. I am applying those lessons in the real world, creating and connecting products people will see and use.

ISD Graduate Kathryn-DAlessandro

Kathryn D’Alessandro ’21
MEng, Systems Engineering + Design