工业与制造工程学系的使命是为学生提供扎实的工业工程课程，以及受社会经济和技术发展需求驱动的强大研究计划.PhD计划为学生做好准备，使其能够进入并在快速变化的环境中脱颖而出，技术含量高和全球市场。随着全球化和技术不断革新工程学的面貌和方向，对具有创新能力应对这些挑战的具有技能和专业知识的新领导者的需求只会增加。工业工程学博士学位是为希望追求学术成就的学生和专业人员而设计事业还是要在该领域取得先进的地位。一般要求是，超过学士学位的最低工作时间为四十五个学期，不包括获得硕士学位论文的学分，或者至少获得硕士学位后
The PhD in industrial engineering is designed for students and professionals who wish to pursue academic careers or to achieve advanced standing in the field. The general requirement is a minimum of forty-five semester hours of work beyond the baccalaureate degree, excluding any credits earned for a master's degree thesis, or a minimum of thirty-three semester hours beyond the master's degree.<br>Typically, twelve of the forty-five semester hours will have been satisfied by a student who has earned a master's degree in industrial engineering, or a closely related field. Of the remaining required hours, nine must be letter-graded course work combined with a minimum of twenty-four additional hours of dissertation research. The course work beyond the master's consists of: 1) eighteen semester hours of breadth-requirement core courses, and 2) up to six or more semester hours of depth-requirement courses, as determined by the student's doctoral supervisory committee. Residency and time-for-completion requirements are determined by the student's university of enrollment. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.4 at all times while enrolled in the program. Doctoral candidates must meet the department publication requirements before the viva voce of their dissertation.