The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Set sail on the next wave of innovation.
Launch a groundbreaking career in coastal Maine when you enroll at the Roux Institute. You’ll find customizable degree programs—on-campus and online—designed with working professionals in mind. From healthcare to manufacturing, learn how to utilize AI for any industry, giving you an in-demand skill set that employers are seeking. Plus, you'll apply real-world education through experiential learning, providing opportunities to bring relevant business projects into the classroom.
As early as your first course, you’ll translate and apply your learning into practical applications. Studying at the Roux Institute also offers unique opportunities to experience cutting-edge research, work alongside first-time founders and startups, and engage with the Roux's strong network of partner organizations.
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Back to school for biotech: A student success story
Lindsay Watts always gravitated toward healthcare, first earning a bachelor’s degree in medical biology at the University of New England in 2019. She then launched her career as a quality control technician at Abbott, a global diagnostics leader, in Scarborough, ME.
Soon after, Watts was inspired to pursue a graduate degree that aligned with her passion for biotech. She took the leap and enrolled in the Roux’s part-time MS in Biotechnology program in the fall of 2020.
Balancing work and her studies proved challenging, but the Roux made it all manageable: “All the classes worked with my schedule. The Roux offers a flexible hybrid model that is easy to integrate into a busy lifestyle,” she says.
To fulfill her program’s experiential learning requirement, Watts completed an industry project at Abbott. She gained invaluable experience in validating equipment and in project management. “At work, I got to immediately apply what I’d learned in school, which made it easier to understand what otherwise would be abstract concepts,” she explains.
After just one-and-a-half years at the Roux, Abbott promoted Watts to product transfer scientist, where she now manages experiment execution, facilitates process improvements for on-market products, and analyzes tracking and trending data for investigation. “I didn’t know I’d move into this role so quickly,” she says. She knows her Roux education will advance her career. “My knowledge will help me continue to grow within the company. This degree will open up more opportunities.”
Program areas:
Analytics and Data Science
You’ll be equipped at every stage of your career to unlock the powerful insights of today’s data ecosystem.
Life Sciences, Health, and Engineering
The Roux Institute partners with Maine life science and health entities to develop a regional identity and to build a talent pipeline for biosciences in Maine.
Project Management
Employers across nearly every industry are seeking project management professionals with the ability to manage complex initiatives on time and on budget.
Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
With concentrations from AI to software engineering, build on your existing computer science knowledge or make a career change into tech.
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.