The Engineering Design and Innovation Graduate Experience

The Engineering Design and Innovation program prepares the innovators of the future. Students may specialize in engineering entrepreneurship, engineering design, engineering leadership and innovation management, or engineering, law, and policy. Through the graduate program, students: 

• Build theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to design methods
• Develop entrepreneurial skills related to business finance, intellectual property, and marketing
• Develop knowledge of policymaking and the political process
• Build competencies to evaluate and apply leadership and innovation management strategies

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Become a Master Designer

We are real-life problem solvers, focusing our curriculum on collaborative, client-driven project-based learning. We are creative thinkers and innovators, designing solutions to society's most complex dilemmas. 

Degrees

Master of Engineering in Engineering Design and Innovation

• Intensive one-year, 31-credit program
• Completion of an interdisciplinary studio course
• Ideal for working engineers who wish to dive deeper into design

Master of Science in Engineering Design and Innovation

• Intensive one-year, 31-credit program
• Completion of a thesis
• Ideal for engineers wishing to pursue a traditional two-year, research-based master's degree

Both degrees provide ample opportunities for students to sharpen their holistic design skills while gaining substantial practical experience in a studio environment. Both offer a chance to explore engineering challenges through multidimensional context-specific lenses, from beginning to end.