The undergraduate program in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences department at Northwestern is an exciting degree option for students interested in probability, statistics, and mathematical modeling, as well as economics and decision analysis.  We offer a wide range of courses aimed at developing both the analytic skills of our students and their understanding of business.  While the IEMS curriculum stresses the key fundamentals of industrial engineering and management sciences, there is sufficient flexibility for students to pursue other options throughout Northwestern, such as the Dual Degree program with Economics, the Kellogg Certificate Program for Undergraduates, and the Cooperative Engineering Education Program.  

IEMS graduates can be found throughout the world in many different positions: from Adrian Gonzalez '06 who is an analyst at Auric to Kelly Mullen '03 who is pursuing her Ph.D. in industrial engineering at Georgia Tech to Nikki Pua '07 who is a corporate banker for HSBC Bank in London to Zhu-song Mei '06 who is an analyst for Accenture Technology Labs in Chicago, IL.  Of course, the most famous graduate is Joe Girardi, manager of the New York Yankees. Our undergraduate program is consistently ranked among the top 5 to 10 departments in the country.  We have award winning faculty and students.  Matthew Dabrowski, IEMS ‘09, was awarded the C.B. Gambrell Undergraduate Scholarship from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).  Laura Riegel, IEMS ‘08, was awarded the Sharon D. Banks scholarship from the Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS).  Most recently, Professor Barry Nelson was named McCormick Teacher of the Year and Professor Sanjay Mehrotra was named McCormick Advisor of the Year.
To learn more about the IEMS undergraduate program, please stop by the IEMS Department, Technical Institute Suite C-210.  You can also contact me at ksmilowitz @ northwestern.edu.

Karen Smilowitz, Undergraduate Program Chair

For more information about the Undergraduate Program, contact Adam Langlais, Coordinator of Undergraduate Student Life at ugcoord@iems.northwestern.edu or stop by the Office of Student Life in Tech C226.