Engineering Management Concentrations | NC State University
Engineering Management Concentrations
Last Updated: 05/21/2024 | All information is accurate and still up-to-date
Choose from Eight Different Engineering Management Concentrations
NC State’s Engineering Management Program lets you choose from eight concentrations, including a “Build Your Own” option and a professional practice option. These concentrations benefit from our expertise in health and human systems, supply chain management, facilities engineering, advanced manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and analytics. Our well-crafted concentrations help you plan for your future career while offering flexibility.
This specialization connects you to industries that hire MEM graduates:
- Pharma and life sciences (17%)
- Computer hardware and software (14%)
- Defense and aerospace (26%)
- Civil, environmental and energy (7%)
- Other tech industries (26%)
Our concentration in Facilities Engineering meets the degree and certification requirements from US military branches for MEM degrees.
Advanced Manufacturing
The Advanced Manufacturing Concentration aims to teach you the skills needed to tackle pressing manufacturing challenges using big data, automation, robotics, nanomanufacturing, and 3-D printing.
With courses led by top faculty members from the Colleges of Engineering and Management, you’ll cover topics in manufacturing and automated systems engineering, entrepreneurship, materials sciences, and engineering design optimization. You’ll take advanced manufacturing courses while also learning key management skills that complement your technical engineering background. This will prepare you to lead the manufacturing industry as it grows and adapts to new technologies.
Analytics
The Analytics Concentration aims to meet the growing need for professionals like you who are skilled in big data and data analytics in industry, government, and research organizations.
With courses led by top faculty members from the Colleges of Engineering, Management, and Sciences, you’ll cover topics like data mining, Python programming, and operations analysis. You’ll focus on the foundations of analytics from a technical engineering perspective, preparing you to excel in this important field.
Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship Concentration prepares you for small business success by teaching you how to develop a strategic business plan, start a company and launch a product.
With courses led by top faculty members from the Colleges of Engineering and Management, you’ll cover topics like high-tech entrepreneurship, new product creation and venture opportunity analysis. You’ll focus on the foundations of entrepreneurship from a technical engineering perspective, giving you the skills needed to succeed in the business world.
Facilities Engineering
Facilities engineering combines various types of engineering and management. It requires you to know about every part of a physical facility, including the planning cycle, the buildings, the infrastructure, and the people.
In this field, you need to understand the “big picture” components of:
- Facilities planning
- Budget prioritization
- Overall engineering and operations
By grasping these elements, you will be prepared to manage and improve all aspects of a facility.
Health and Human Systems
The Health Systems side of this concentration aims to prepare professionals like you. People who will ensure that organizations have the medical, financial and operational resources to meet various healthcare needs.
The Master of Engineering Management with a Human Systems Concentration offers exciting career opportunities. These are in industries like aviation, consumer products, educational technology, healthcare, military applications, cybersecurity and public safety.
By combining these two concentration areas, you will gain the technical expertise needed to become a successful leader. You will excel in a wide range of industries where worker safety is crucial.
Professional Practice
The Professional Practice Concentration helps you gain practical knowledge by solving real-world problems while earning your advanced degree. It offers industry co-op experience and the chance to work on a practicum project for an employer or co-op provider.
During your internship or co-op, you will engage in independent learning by tackling real-world problems in an industrial environment. You will also write and defend a thesis-quality paper describing your experience. This hands-on experience, combined with your academic coursework, makes you highly valuable in your professional field.
Supply Chain Engineering and Management
The Supply Chain Engineering and Management Concentration meets the rising demand for professionals like you. People who are skilled in planning, designing and controlling complex systems.
With a MEM in Supply Chain Engineering and Management, you will learn to integrate the flow of materials, finances, and information. This flow goes from suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to retailers and final customers. You will coordinate and manage these flows both within your company and between different companies. This concentration prepares you to handle the complexities of supply chains effectively.
Build Your Own
The Build Your Own Concentration is perfect for professionals like you. People who want a unique set of engineering and management skills to reach their career goals and shape their future.
This concentration lets you fully customize your learning experience. You can choose the specific engineering and management courses that best fit your professional goals. By working closely with faculty advisors, you will design your own path to success.
