Master of Science in Engineering Leadership
Prepare for Technical Leadership and Management
As an engineer, you’re skilled at finding creative solutions to complex problems. Take on your next challenge as you learn to inspire technical professionals and teams to accomplish more together. In The University of Texas at Tyler’s Master of Science in engineering leadership program, learn the fundamentals of business and project management, and build your leadership skills to provide expert direction in modern technology-focused industries.
Gain perspective and draw on deep industry experience from expert business and engineering faculty. Earn your degree on your schedule with flexible location and study options, including fully online. Graduate ready for increased earnings and responsibility as you empower others to do their best work.
Why Earn a Master’s in Engineering Leadership at UT Tyler?
Increasingly integral to the workplace, engineering professionals design, develop and deploy many of our modern technologies to improve device, system, building or infrastructure performance. Leveraging the abilities of its technical staff moves a business forward and keeps the enterprise competitive.
In this context, the ideal leader bridges deep technical experience with business and leadership acumen to structure projects, procure resources and draw engineers and other employees together around a common strategic goal. You already have the first skill set. Get the second here at UT Tyler:
- Expert Faculty Mentors: Learn from seasoned pros with extensive industry and research experience. Our faculty members include engineers pioneering new technology like wearable biosensors for preterm infants, industry consultants and successful business leaders.
- Learn Anywhere: Earn a prestigious UT Tyler degree at the Tyler campus, the Houston Engineering Center or fully online. Wherever you go, you receive personalized guidance from renowned faculty and benefit from practical assignments, internships and research opportunities.
- Unique Curriculum: Combine sound engineering leadership principles and business techniques to address complex engineering problems within a broader context.
- Multidisciplinary Strength: Access seasoned faculty from the nationally recognized Soules College of Business and the College of Engineering, including those from several ABET- and AACSB-accredited graduate programs who actively engage in research.
- Affordability: Build your professional skills without building a burden of debt. We offset our already-low tuition with graduate assistantships, scholarships and other forms of financial support.
Curriculum
The master’s in engineering leadership is a 30-credit-hour course of study you can complete in two years. Build on your background with additional skills and competencies in three areas:
- Business Management: See the big picture as you learn the fundamentals of project management and team leadership, including operations, accounting, human resources and marketing. Prepare to plan and oversee all stages of a project and help move operations forward.
- Leadership: Delve into organizational behavior and change theories, and hone key leadership competencies in conflict resolution, decision-making, vision casting and ethics.
- Engineering: Grow your technical knowledge to enhance your leadership in engineering settings. Acquire an advanced understanding of process control, risk management, systems engineering, optimization and statistical modeling.
Bring all three areas together in a final capstone project, and apply what you’ve learned to solve a real-world business challenge.
Graduate ready to:
- Analyze engineering challenges in the context of broader business goals.
- Use data analysis tools to drive strategic decisions.
- Apply leadership principles to motivate individuals and teams to do their best work.
- Create operational plans and processes to promote teamwork and efficiency.
- Deploy systems design approaches, including modeling and simulation of interacting subsystems, to complex engineering problems.
- Communicate effectively in oral, visual and written contexts from a technical perspective.
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What Can You Do With a Master’s in Engineering Leadership?
Harness the creative potential of engineering teams to more effectively serve strategic business priorities, and prepare to guide technical employees and projects in industry or a government organization. Make your contribution in roles including:
- Aerospace Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Industrial Engineer
- Industrial Production Manager
- Management Analyst
- Materials Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Project Management Specialist
How to Apply
To be considered for admission, please submit or provide proof of:
- A completed online application.
- Official transcripts for all prior undergraduate- or graduate-level work, submitted to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
- Satisfactory grade point average on the student’s last four semesters of academic study and last 60 semester credit hours of upper division undergraduate or graduate courses.
- A bachelor’s degree in an engineering or construction management program accredited by the ABET. Students who have not earned such a degree will be required to complete prerequisite coursework before starting the MSEL program as determined by the MSEL Graduate Coordinator or Program Chair.
- A demonstrated proficiency in the use of the English language, both spoken and written.
When you’re a working professional, fitting your coursework within your busy schedule can be a challenge. That’s why, in addition to our main campus in Tyler, we also offer the master’s in engineering leadership through our Houston Engineering Center for those who work in or near the city. At the HEC, students learn from the same outstanding faculty and enjoy hands-on lab courses for experiential learning. Get the same great program closer to home.
February 28
Application deadline for summer admission for international students.
April 15
Application deadline for summer admission for domestic students.
April 30
Application deadline for fall admission for international students.
August 15
Application deadline for fall admission for domestic students.
October 1
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid opens for the upcoming academic year.
October 30
Application deadline for spring admission for international students.
December 20
Application deadline for spring admission for domestic students.
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Next Steps
Your future starts here. Enroll at UT Tyler to expand your reach as an engineer.