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2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin

Manufacturing Engineering, M.S.

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Introduction

UW-Stout’s Master of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering offers a high-quality, affordable option to advance in your profession. Course projects apply to real-life industry problems. You’ll develop your expertise in: 

  • Continuous Process Improvement
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Project Management
  • Manufacturing Engineering Processes

The flexibility of our program makes it possible to continue in your current job while furthering your education. There is an increasing demand for engineering professionals in numerous industries with high salary expectations.

Entrance Requirements

Admission requirements include a bachelor’s degree in engineering, a minimum grade point average of 3.0, and, if English is a second language, a TOEFL Internet based score of 75 or higher, or a TOEFL Paper based score of 500 or higher, or IELTS of 6.0 or higher.  The GRE is not required. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in fields closely related to engineering and with appropriate engineering experience in manufacturing or with a grade point average below 3.0 may be admitted at the discretion of the program director.

Progress Toward Degree

Students will enroll in a sequence of courses that are offered via distance delivery and face-to-face instruction. Benchmarks include satisfactory completion of coursework with a grade of “B” or better and either a research project, a thesis, or an additional course-based opportunity, depending on students’ career development needs.

Requirements

One-half (50%) of the minimum credits required for graduation from this program must be in graduate-level only (700/800) courses.

The program requires 30 hours of graduate credit with an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better. Fifteen credits are included in the core curriculum, six credits are taken from a list of Selectives - Group One, and nine credits are to be taken from a list of Selectives - Group Two.

General Requirements
Master of Science Degree

Total for graduation       30 credits  
Core Curriculum       15 credits  
Selectives       15 credits  

Core Courses (15 credits)

Selectives (15 credits)

Selectives - Group One

Select 6 credits from the following:

Selectives - Group Two

Select 9 credits from the following:

Note(s):

Transfer Credit: With program director approval and subject to Graduate School policies, up to 1/3 of the total credits may be transfer credits from an institution accredited to offer graduate degrees.

* If a student has previously taken the undergraduate level version of this course at UW-Stout, the graduate version of the course may not be used to meet program requirements. For a core program requirement, another course, preferably from the selective list, may be substituted with approval from the program director.

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