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Master of Science in Engineering Management
The Master of Science in Engineering Management from Northeastern University offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that combines an engineering focus with core business and management knowledge. Often considered the MBA equivalent for engineers, this program has proven to be a gateway to upper-level management positions across a wide range of industries.
With a master's degree in Engineering Management, you’ll have the unique opportunity to:
- Enhance your statistical, quantitative, and technical expertise through our engineering management courses, while also developing valuable business skills such as management decision making, formulating strategies to improve production, or analyzing a company's supply chain.
- Forge connections with our global alumni network of industry leaders and employers such as IBM, Raytheon and GE Aviation.
- Participate in our signature co-op program, where you can gain professional experience employed in your field of study as part of the academic curriculum.
You may also be interested in the Master of Science in Product Development offered through Northeastern’s Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education.
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International students
- Fall: June 1
- Spring: September 15
Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership Certificate
Students can earn a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership in addition to a MS in Engineering Management. Students must apply and be admitted to the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program in order to pursue this option. The program requires fulfillment of the 16-semester-hour curriculum which includes an industry-based challenge project with multiple mentors and engineering management technical courses.
Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education
Northeastern offers a robust entrepreneurship ecosystem. In addition to providing an interdisciplinary environment, resources, and programs, the Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education offers a MS in Product Development degree.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.