Departments
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Design the Intelligent Systems of Tomorrow
AI is changing the way people work, travel, learn, receive services and make decisions. Industrial engineers help make these technologies work in the real world by designing better systems that connect people, data, processes and technology. At Mizzou, students learn to improve operations, reduce delays, increase quality, strengthen supply chains and support better decisions across health care, logistics, manufacturing, transportation, business and emerging technology.
Message from the Chair
"Mizzou ISE has a distinguished history of developing top industry leaders. We train students to become critical systems thinkers, integrating data, people and technology seamlessly. Our students engage in highly experiential learning, preparing them to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.”
Spark Your Passion
Mizzou Engineering is a place where you can dig deep, a collaborative environment where you can conduct research from your first year and pursue leadership opportunities every day.
Build Skills for Real-World Systems
Students learn to improve the systems people rely on every day. Through coursework, faculty mentorship and hands-on projects, students build practical skills in analytics, optimization, simulation, quality improvement, supply chain and human-centered systems. A distinctive feature of the program is the senior capstone, where student teams work with industry partners on practical, industry-defined challenges.
Hear From our Students
What does the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering have to offer? According to our students, a lot. Hear from them on how you can expect a degree in industrial engineering to launch you into an amazing career.
Meet Industry Leaders
What do industrial engineers do and where do they work? Hear from some of our most esteemed Mizzou Made graduates about how an industrial engineering degree prepared them for success.
Big-Picture Thinkers
Our faculty are internationally recognized scholars and dedicated mentors who help students see problems from a systems perspective and connect classroom concepts to practical decisions. Students have opportunities to work closely with faculty through courses, projects, advising and research. This supportive environment helps students build confidence as problem solvers, collaborators and future engineering leaders.
ISE News Feed
June 18, 2026
Optimizing warehouse execution through human-robot collaboration
Engineering researchers address unpredictable environments with a system designed to coordinate human workers, autonomous mobile robots and operational workflows.
June 4, 2026
Reimagining delivery from the road to the sky
NSF-funded research shows that coordinated truck-drone systems can reduce delivery costs through smarter routing, speed control and cost-aware operations.
May 26, 2026
Mizzou Engineering Spring 2026 capstone projects
Mizzou Engineers helped predict no-shows to medical appointments, detected bot behavior, used augmented reality to aid during onboarding and more through senior capstone projects.
May 19, 2026
Using AR to save time and money
Industrial engineering students developed an augmented reality module to save Unilever time and money during onboarding.
ABET Accreditation
The University of Missouri program, B.S. Industrial Engineering, is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org), under the General Criteria and Program Criteria for Industrial and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.