Key Focus Areas
Learn the fundamentals of the profession and develop specific expertise in areas that interest you most.
About the Department
Cutting-edge industrial engineering program
Our department is small enough for you to have personal attention from faculty but large enough to choose from a wide variety of educational opportunities. Our programs and labs provide hands-on learning—the kind of learning that gives students a competitive advantage. Many of our graduates have built successful careers not only as engineers, but also as managers, entrepreneurs, sales representatives, and consultants.
Department History
Industrial engineering has existed on the Iowa State campus for more than a century. The original curriculum was a five-course sub-track within the mechanical engineering major and today the department offers one undergraduate degree, one undergraduate minor, and five graduate degrees.
Learn more about the department’s history in ‘Through the Seasons: 100 Years of Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University’.