Master of Engineering in Manufacturing (MEng)
Overview
The Master of Engineering in Manufacturing (MEng) is a one-year professional degree program that is intended to prepare the student to assume a role of technical leadership in the manufacturing industries. The degree educates practitioners to become leaders in existing and emerging manufacturing companies.
The requirements for this degree are outlined below. They are usually completed in one year. Exceptions and substitutions can be made only with prior approval of the MEng in Advanced Manufacturing and Design Program Office. Only deviations that meet the minimum of 87 units of coursework, 3 thesis units during the fall semester and 24 units of thesis units during the summer will be considered.
Admission to the MEng program does not imply admission to the MechE SM/PhD program. The latter requires a complete application during the regular admissions process.
Full program details can be found here.
Funding
The Master of Engineering in Manufacturing (MEng) degree is self-funded.
Requirements
Students must successfully fulfill the MechE Department’s writing ability requirement.
The core subject areas (84 units) are:
- Manufacturing Physics (24 units): 2.810 Manufacturing Processes and Systems and 2.830 Process Optimization and Control.
- Manufacturing Systems (24 units): 2.854 Introduction to Manufacturing Systems; 15.762J (ESD.267J) Supply Chain Planning and 15.763J (ESD.268J) Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design.
- Business Fundamentals (12 units): 2.961 Management in Engineering.
- Product Design (12 units): 2.739J Product Design and Development or 2.744 Product Design.
- Restricted Elective (12 units): 2.120 Introduction to Robotics or 2.171 Analysis and Design of Digital Control Systems or 2.675 Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory or 2.740 Bio-inspired Robotics or 2.76 Global Engineering or 2.821J Selection and Processing of Structural Materials or 15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics or 15.872 System Dynamics II.
Professional Seminar in Global Manufacturing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3 units)
The thesis project is intended to give each student experience in a manufacturing industry, working on problems with both strategic breadth and technical depth. It is an integrating experience to pulling together the diverse topics treated in the classes. The projects will explore innovations in technology, systems and business strategy.
Most MIT theses, including MEng theses, are written by a single author. However, some industry projects lend themselves better to joint collaborative research. Permission to undertake a joint thesis must be obtained well in advance of the September degree application deadline from the MEng Program office and then from the Vice-Chancellor or his/her designee. The request for approval for a joint thesis should be submitted to the Office of Graduate Education via the general petition process. To be accepted upon completion, the title page of the joint thesis should bear the signatures of all authors and thesis supervisors.
A minimum grade point average of 3.5 must be maintained in graduate school. No credit will be awarded for subjects taken on a P/D/F basis. Credit for classes taken under the special grading policy announced for the Spring or Fall of 2020 will be awarded in accordance with Institute regulations.
All incoming graduate students are encouraged to take the seminar subject 2.991 Introduction to Graduate Study in Mechanical Engineering that introduces students to various aspects of graduate student life in the MechE Department, MIT, and the Boston area. It meets for 1 hour each week during the Fall term. Students who do not have a confirmed research advisor by Registration Day, and students whose research advisors are based outside the MIT campus (e.g. a hospital or Draper Labs), are required to take this seminar class.
