Joint MS/MBA Industrial Engineering at Columbia University

Programme overview

The Department and Columbia Business School offer a joint M.S. program in Industrial Engineering. Prospective students for this special program must submit separate applications to Columbia Engineering and Columbia Business School and be admitted to both schools for entrance into the joint program.

Faculty: Columbia Engineering (The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science) | Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | Study mode: full-time | Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Admissions requirements are the same as those for the regular M.S. program in Industrial Engineering and for the M.B.A. This joint program is coordinated so that both degrees can be obtained after five terms of full-time study (30 points in two terms while registered in Columbia Engineering and 45 points in three terms while registered in Columbia Business School).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Prospective students for this special program must submit separate applications to Columbia Engineering and Columbia Business School and be admitted to both schools for entrance into the joint program.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Law J.D. entry: fall 2027 class.

J.D. applications for the fall 2027 class open September 15, 2026. The Regular Decision deadline is February 15, 2027 (applications are evaluated on a rolling basis). The Early Decision deadline is November 15, 2026. The application fee is $85, paid through LSAC. GRE or LSAT is accepted.

LL.M. 2027-2028 applications are due December 2, 2026. The application fee is $85, nonrefundable. Executive LL.M. 2027: Early Decision deadline October 1, 2026; Regular deadline December 2, 2026; application fee $85.

Columbia Engineering MS express application (Columbia students and alumni) requires no application fee.

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