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PhD Engineering (Industrial Engineering) at University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas, United States

Programme overview

The PhD in Engineering with Industrial Engineering is a research doctorate in the Department of Industrial Engineering, whose research areas include automation and robotics, health care, operations research, quality and reliability, and scheduling.

Faculty: Graduate School  |  Department: Department of Industrial Engineering  |  Duration: Minimum 72 semester hours beyond the bachelor's (42 beyond the master's)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

Students complete at least 42 hours beyond the master's, including at least 21 approved graduate-level course hours and at least 21 dissertation hours, plus a qualifier exam set by the Doctoral Advisory Committee (one retake allowed). Students admitted with a B.S. take their first 30 hours at the 5000-level or above. Doctoral-level courses include Linear Optimization, Network Optimization, Advanced Stochastic Processes and Scheduling Theory and Algorithms.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Industrial Engineering PhD: follow Graduate School admission procedures; no programme-specific GPA, GRE, letter or English requirement is published.

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.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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