Industrial Engineering (MEng)
Advance your skills for optimizing performance, efficiency, and productivity.
Why choose this program?
This program is flexible, giving you the chance to choose a pathway to earning your Master of Engineering via course-based study, an applied project, or an optional co-op project that integrates academic learning with professional experience.
The Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering is a professionally oriented program designed to strengthen your ability to design, analyze, and improve complex systems across manufacturing and service sectors.
You'll benefit from personalized workspaces, ample computing resources, and opportunities for teaching and research assistantships within the Department of Industrial Engineering.
Careers
Industrial engineers apply systems thinking to improve how organizations operate. Our graduates work in both manufacturing and service industries, solving real‑world problems related to efficiency, quality, safety, logistics, and decision‑making in complex systems.
Program options
Project: The program culminates in an applied project that demonstrates your ability to design and complete work at a professional engineering level, drawing on advanced undergraduate and graduate coursework.
Co-op: Work on your project while completing a paid work term, and gain valuable professional experience at the same time.
Professional: This course-based master’s program will enable you to acquire specialized knowledge, enhance critical skills, and advance your career. Learn more about professional master's degrees at Dal.
All graduate programs at Dalhousie are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Admission requirements
You'll need to meet the Faculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirements as well as any program-specific admission requirements before you can apply.
The next deadline to apply for this program is February 1 for a September start. And June 1 for January start.
Program-specific requirements
This program requires you to meet the following criteria:
A recognized four-year undergraduate degree in engineering or a related discipline with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours of study. Admission is competitive.
TOEFL iBT 92 or IELTS (Academic) 7, if required.
For more information about other English language proficiency tests, please visit the Faculty of Graduate Studies English language proficiency requirements.
Financial information
Questions about tuition and fees? Contact Student Accounts.
Email student.accounts@dal.ca or phone 902-494-3998.
